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MISSIONIn support of the UMKC mission to lead inthe life and health sciences, the UMKCSchool of Nursing and Health Studiesprepares nurses and health professionalsPOLICIES AND PROCEDURESFebruary 10, 2021as leaders in improving health outcomesthrough interprofessional practice,research, service, and education.

Letter from Interim Dean of the School of Nursing and Health StudiesWelcome to the UMKC School of Nursing and Health Studies, we are glad you are here!At the School of Nursing and Health Studies (SoNHS) our goal is to educate the health care leaders ofthe future. The SoNHS has been in Kanas City for over 40 years, providing high quality undergraduateand graduate programs in nursing, health sciences and most recently in public health.To further our students’ educational opportunities, the SoNHS maintains strong partnerships withmany organizations in the Kansas City metropolitan area, including hospitals, health departments, nonprofit organizations, civic groups, and health care corporations. These partnerships allow our studentsaccess to the best capstone and clinical internship experiences as well as opportunities for mentoring,experiential learning, and full-time jobs.The SoNHS has a bright future. We continue to grow, both in our enrollment and in our number ofgraduates living and working in the Kansas City metropolitan area as well as in the Midwest and acrossthe country. Our Bachelor’s degrees in Nursing, Health Sciences and Public Health program attract themost intelligent and driven students from the area. Our graduate programs, which are highly ranked byU.S. News and World Report, continue to attract both local students and students from as far away asAlaska, Hawaii, and California.We are glad to have you joining us as you travel the path from student to graduate to leader in healthcare!Dr. Joy Roberts, JD, RN, FNPInterim Dean/Clinical Associate Professor1Approved policies through December 8, 2020. (2/10/2021)

UMKC School of Nursing and Health StudiesStudents are expected to become thoroughly familiar with the contents of the UMKC General Catalogand to comply with the provisions pertaining to them. The web site listing for the UMKC GeneralCatalog is www.umkc.edu/catalog. All statements in that publication as well as the UMKC School ofNursing and Health Studies (SoNHS) Policies & Procedures are subject to change at any time withoutprior notice. They are not to be regarded as offers to contract. The UMKC General Catalog outlines theminimum academic regulations and degree requirements. The UMKC School of Nursing and HealthStudies may adopt additional and/or more stringent requirements for admission, retention and degreesthat take priority over the Catalog’s minimum regulations. It is the student’s responsibility to becomefamiliar with both the UMKC General Catalog and the School of Nursing and Health Studies Policiesand Procedures. All policies are reviewed annually. Policy changes become effective the fall followingthe approved change. Students will be notified via UMKC e-mail if there are exceptions to the effectivedate.Table of ContentsUMKC STATEMENT OF VALUES . 6SoNHS VALUES 7STATEMENT ON DISCRIMINATION, INTIMIDATION, AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT . 8STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL AND ETHICAL BEHAVIOR (HONOR CODE) POLICYAND PROCEDURE – All Programs. 9Standards of Professional and Ethical Behavior . 9University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Nursing and Health Studies (SoNHS) . 9Honor Code Procedures for Violations of the Standards of Professional and EthicalBehavior . 15University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing and Health Studies (SoNHS) . 15ACADEMIC PROBATI0N – All Programs . 23ACADEMIC PROBATION/DISMISSAL APPEAL POLICY– All Programs . 23ACADEMIC PROBATION/DISMISSAL APPEAL PROCEDURE – All Programs . 23ACADEMIC PROGRESSION POLICY – BHS PROGRAM . 24ACADEMIC PROGRESSION POLICY – BSN PROGRAM – PRE-LICENSURE (PL) ANDACCELERATED (AT) . 25ACADEMIC PROGRESSION POLICY – BSN Program - RN-BSN PROGRAM . 28ACADEMIC PROGRESSION POLICY – B.S. Public Health PROGRAM . 29ACADEMIC PROGRESSION POLICY – MINOR IN HEALTH SCIENCES. 30ACADEMIC PROGRESSION POLICY – MINOR IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 30ACADEMIC PROGRESSION POLICY – MSN. 30ACADEMIC PROGRESSION POLICY – DNP & PhD . 31ADMISSION/PROGRESSION POLICY/PROCEDURE FOR 2ND NP to DNP – POSTMASTER’S . 32ADMISSION/PROGRESSION POLICY/PROCEDURE for NNP & PMHNP–POST-MASTER’S. 33ADMISSION/PROGRESSION POLICY/PROCEDURE–POST-MASTER’S CERTIFICATE . 34ADMISSION POLICY BSN – ACCELERATED (AT) . 36Criteria for Pre-Nursing Admission. 36Procedure for Application to the Pre-Nursing Program. 36Criteria for Admission to Nursing Major . 362Approved policies through December 8, 2020. (2/10/2021)

Procedure for Application to the Nursing Major . 36ADMISSION POLICY BSN-DNP. 36ADMISSION POLICY – BSN-PHD . 38ISSUE DATE: 2/8/12 . 38ADMISSION POLICY BSN – PRE-LICENSURE (PL) . 39Criteria for Pre-Nursing Admission. 39Procedure for Application to the Pre-Nursing Program. 39Criteria for Admission to Nursing Major . 39Procedure for Application to the Nursing Major . 40ADMISSION POLICY – All MSN Tracks . 40ADMISSION POLICY – POST MASTER’S DNP. 43ADMISSION POLICY – Post-Master’s PhD. 44ADMISSION POLICY – RN-BSN . 45ADVISEMENT POLICY – BSPH PROGRAM . 46ADVISEMENT POLICY – BSN-PL&AT PROGRAM. 47ADVISEMENT POLICY – RN-BSN PROGRAM . 47ADVISEMENT POLICY – MSN PROGRAM . 48ADVISEMENT POLICY – PhD and DNP. 48AFFILIATION AGREEMENTS – All Programs . 48ATI TESTING LANGUAGE. 49AUTHORSHIP POLICY – ALL PROGRAMS. 49BSN PL/AT TRACK TRANSFER . 51CHANGE OF PROGRAM/EMPHASIS AREA POLICY – BSN-PL and AT . 51CHANGE OF PROGRAM/EMPHASIS AREA POLICY – GRADUATE PROGRAMS . 51CLINICAL DRESS & PROFESSIONAL APPEARANCE – ALL PROGRAMS . 51CLINICAL/LAB FAILURE GRADE ASSESSMENT POLICY – BSN PL/AT . 52CLINICAL/LAB FAILURE GRADE ASSESSMENT POLICY – MSN & DNP PROGRAMS . 52CLINICAL/LAB FAILURE GRADE ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE – BSN – PL/AT, MSN &DNP PROGRAMS . 53CLINICAL LAB USE Policy – ALL PROGRAMS. 53CLINICAL PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS POLICY – BSN, MSN, & DNP . 53APPENDIX A (AMENDMENT A IN CNE MANUAL) . 56GRADUATE STUDENTS. 561. This document, once checked off, signed, and dated . 562. Copy of current unencumbered RN license(s) KC, FNP and AGNP students must belicensed in both Missouri and Kansas. 565. Copy of current AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION CPR card. 567 TB - A screen for tuberculosis via evidence of a 2-Step TB skin tests or a TB titer (TSpot or Quantiferon-TB Gold) less than 12 months old. All positive reactors must visittheir Health Department & bring a copy of the Dept.’s documentation of this visit withtheir follow up plan to us. (Skin test or Quantiferon must be done yearly. If positive chestx-ray submitted once but if symptoms arise another x-ray will be required.) . 568. MMR . 569. Tdap - Tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis immunity via documentation of toxoid boosterdate within last 10 yrs. . 5610. Hepatitis B - Completion of Hepatitis B vaccine series and titer. If titer is negative,repeat series & titer. . 56COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS - POLICY – PhD STUDENTS . 573Approved policies through December 8, 2020. (2/10/2021)

**FOR STUDENTS WHO WERE ADMITTED IN 2018 AND BEFORE. . 57COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS - POLICY – PhD STUDENTS . 61**FOR STUDENTS WHO WERE ADMITTED IN 2019 AND AFTER. . 61Doctoral Comprehensive Examination Process . 61Determining Readiness for the Doctoral Comprehensive Examination . 61Scheduling the Doctoral Comprehensive Examination . 61Preparation for the Doctoral Comprehensive Examination . 62Doctoral Comprehensive Examination Policy. 62Procedure for Written Portion of Doctoral Comprehensive Examination . 63Procedure for Oral Defense of the Doctoral Comprehensive Examination . 64Successful Completion of the Doctoral Comprehensive Examination . 64Doctoral Comprehensive Examination Results Form . 64Failure of the Doctoral Comprehensive Examination . 64Request for Clarification . 65Retaking the Comprehensive Examination . 65Sample Comprehensive Exam Timeline . 65COURSE WITHDRAWAL POLICY – All Programs . 66CREATION OF STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE AD-HOC SUBCOMMITTEES . 66CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK AND DRUG SCREENING – ALL CLINICALPROGRAMS . 66CURRICULUM CHANGE POLICY – ALL PROGRAMS . 67DISSERTATION POLICY – PhD . 69DRUG CALCULATION TEST OUT POLICY & PROCEDURE – BSN PRE-LCIENSURE &ACCELERATED . 70ELIGIBILITY FOR COURSE WORK – ALL CLINICAL NURSING PROGRAMS . 71EMPLOYMENT DURING CLINICALS POLICY – NNP TRACK . 71ENGLISH COMPOSITION I EXEMPTION POLICY – BSN AND BHS PROGRAMS . 71EVALUATIONS – COURSES/CLINICALS/STUDENTS/FACULTY - POLICY – All Programs. 71FERPA and GRADE DISTRIBUTION – ALL PROGRAMS . 71GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES FOR STUDENTS WITH A BACHELOR’S DEGREEPOLICY – BHS & BSN PROGRAMS. 72GRADE APPEAL POLICY & PROCEDURE – All Programs . 72HLSC 101 INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH SCIENCES WAIVER POLICY – PRE-NURSESUB-PLAN STUDENTS . 80INDEPENDENT STUDY POLICY – ALL PROGRAMS . 81INDEPENDENT STUDY PROCEDURE – ALL PROGRAMS . 81INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ADMISSION POLICY – RN-BSN, MSN, PhD, DNP . 82INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ADMISSION PROCEDURE –RN-BSN MSN, PhD, DNP . 82LAB INFECTION CONTROL POLICY – ALL CLINICAL PROGRAMS . 82LEAVE OF ABSENCE POLICY – All Programs . 83LEAVE OF ABSENCE PROCEDURE – ALL Programs . 84LOCKER POLICY – All Programs. 84MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION POLICY – BSN-PL & BSN-AT . 85NON-STUDENTS ATTENDING SCHOOL OF NURSING AND HEALTH STUDIES (SoNHS)CLASSES – All Programs . 85ONLINE COURSE & FACULTY CERTIFCATION – ALL PROGRAMS . 85PETITION FOR EXCEPTION POLICY – All Programs . 864Approved policies through December 8, 2020. (2/10/2021)

PETITION FOR EXCEPTION PROCEDURE – All Programs . 86READMISSION FOLLOWING ACADEMIC DISMISSAL – ALL PROGRAMS . 86REMOVAL OF A STUDENT FROM CLINICAL PLACEMENT/SERVICE . 87REMOVAL OF A STUDENT FROM CLINICAL PLACEMENT/SERVICELEARNING/INTERNSHIP PLACEMENT PROCEDURE – ALL PROGRAMS. 87RESEARCH OPTION POLICY – MSN . 90SCANTRON TESTING POLICY . 93SCHOLARSHIP POLICY – All Programs . 93SCHOLARSHIP PROCEDURE – All Programs . 93STUDENT CONCERNS – ALL PROGRAMS. 93STUDENT SOFTWARE REQUIREMENT – ALL PROGRAMS . 94SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE POLICY –PHD . 94SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE CHANGE PROCEDURE –PHD . 95TIME LIMITATIONS FOR DNP PROGRAM. 95TIME LIMIT ON SCIENCE COURSES POLICY – UNDERGRADUATE PROGRAMS . 96TURN-IT-IN POLICY . 96UMKC ELECTRONIC MAIL STUDENT POLICY – ALL PROGRAMS . 96UNDERGRADUATE ASSESSMENTS – BSN & RN-BSN . 965Approved policies through December 8, 2020. (2/10/2021)

UMKC STATEMENT OF VALUES6Approved policies through December 8, 2020. (2/10/2021)

SoNHS Values7Approved policies through December 8, 2020. (2/10/2021)

STATEMENT ON DISCRIMINATION, INTIMIDATION, AND SEXUAL HARASSMENTThe faculty, administration, staff and students of UMKC’s Nursing and Health Studies arededicated to the pursuit of knowledge and the acquisition of skills that will enable us to leadrich and full lives. We can pursue these ends only in a culture of mutual respect and civility. Itis always thus incumbent upon all of us to create a culture of respect everywhere on campusand through our actions and speech.As a community of learners, we are committed to creating and maintaining an environment atthe School of Nursing and Health Studies and on our Hospital Hill campus that is free of allforms of harassment, intimidation and discrimination. Any form of discrimination or coercionbased on race, ethnicity, gender, class, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, rank, or anyother protected characteristic will not be tolerated.Should you, a friend, or a colleague ever experience any action or speech that feels coerciveor discriminatory, you should report this immediately to the office

and graduate programs in nursing, health sciences and most recently in public health. To further our students’ educational opportunities, the SoNHS maintains strong partnerships with many organizations in the Kansas City metropo