Dismissal of a student currently enrolled in the San Antonio College Department of Nursing Education results in the formal termination and severance of the relationship between the student and the program.  Therefore, a nursing student who violates the Student Code of Conduct is subject to these rules.

A student enrolled in the SAC Department of Nursing Education program can be dismissed from the program based on failure to maintain:

• Academic standards
• Acceptable student conduct.
  

An instructor can file a grievance against any student demonstrating academic dishonesty.

Academic Dismissal

Automatic academic dismissal from SAC DNE will occur in any of the following circumstances:

• A student who accumulates more than ten (10) nursing course credit hours of interruption as defined in the readmission policy.
• A student who withdraws three (3) times from the same nursing course.
• A student who fails the same nursing course twice (less than a grade of C).
• Any combination of three interuptions in the same nursing course will result in a dismissal from the nursing program.

An accademically dismissed Nursing Student (Generic or Career Mobility) is not eligible for re-entry into the Nursing Program at San Antonio College.

A student may be subject to dismissal when in the judgment of the faculty, the good of the client, or of SAC, or the public welfare is threatened.  No student shall be dismissed except for cause and after being given an opportunity to be heard by the Admissions and Standards committee.  The grounds for dismissal include, but are not limited to, the following demonstrable behavior(s) contrary to those taught within the curricula and contrary to generally accepted ethical and professional nursing standards.

• Lack of evidenced professional character indicators (integrated pattern of personal, academic and occupational behaviors that an individual is unable to consistently conform his/her conduct to the requirements of the Nursing Practice Act, the State Board of Nursing Rules and Regulations and generally accepted standards of nursing practice including, but not limited to behaviors of honesty, accountability, trustworthiness, reliability, and integrity).
• A pattern of neglect of clinical responsibilities or failure to act in the best interest of clients and the public in any practice setting.
• Consistent evidence of a lack of caring behaviors in interactions and administration of therapeutic modalities across any practice setting.
• Violating the Student Code of Conduct published by San Antonio College.