Academic Integrity

must be completed prior to admission and every academic school year. Students are responsible for all costs incurred. Students must report any criminal offense other than traffic violations to the nursing director. It is then up to the clinical facility as to whether the student can continue to participate.

If the student receives an adverse rating, participation in all clinical rotations may be denied by the healthcare facilities. The student must meet with the Nursing Program Director to determine if the facilities will allow the student to participate. If the student is denied by the healthcare facilities to participate in clinical rotations, the student will be dismissed from DCC’s Nursing Program. All tuitions, fees, etc. are nonrefundable.

Certain criminal convictions may prevent licensure as a nurse or certification as a nurse aide in Virginia. Criminal convictions may also prohibit employment in certain health care settings.

Students convicted of any felony do not qualify for the nursing program at DCC. Students convicted of any misdemeanor involving moral turpitude/barrier crimes do not qualify for the nursing program at DCC. Any clinical facility has the right to refuse a student clinical placement in their facility based on prior criminal, drug or employment history. It is strongly advised that any such student contact the program head for clarification. The clinical facilities will not allow students to complete clinical hours and students will not be able to meet the Virginia Board of Nursing requirements of direct clinical hours, nor meet the credit requirement for graduation. Students must produce a satisfactory criminal background check to the standards of ALL clinical agencies used by the college for experiential/clinical learning upon enrolling in the nursing program. Any charges or costs to secure the evaluation will be the responsibility of the student.

Any student entering the program who has committed illegal offenses other than minor traffic violations should discuss these matters with the program director for clarification.

Student Initiated Grievance Procedure

Danville Community College is dedicated to an affirmative action policy which provides that all grievances relating to students at the College, including grade appeals, will be handled fairly and without regard to race, color, age, national origin, sex, disability, or other non-merit factors. A grievance is a difference between a student and an employee of the College with respect to the application of the provisions of the rules, policies, procedures, and regulations of the College or the VCCS as this application affects the activities or status of each student. The grievance procedure must be initiated within seven class days according to the procedures outlined in the DCC Student Handbook.

Academic Integrity

This policy is an extension of DCC’s policy. All students are expected to maintain complete academic honesty and integrity in all academic exercises and classroom

experiences. Any student found guilty of dishonesty in academic work is subject to disciplinary action. Academic dishonesty occurs when any of the following acts is committed by a student:

A. Cheating: Intentionally using or attempting to use unauthorized materials, information or study aids in any academic exercise. The term academic exercise includes all forms of work submitted for credit or hours.

1. Cheating. Giving or receiving information on tests, exams, or any other academic work (including, but not limited to homework, projects, or any assignment that will be graded) such as:

a. Copying from another student’s test paper or other academic work. b. Using materials not authorized by the person giving the assignment. c. Collaborating, without authority, with another student during an examination or in preparing academic work. d. Knowingly using, buying, selling, stealing, transporting, or soliciting, in whole or part, the contents of an un-administered test. e. Substitution for another student, or permitting another student to substitute for oneself, to take a test or prepare other academic work. f. Bribing another person to obtain an unadministered test or information about an unadministered test. g. The appropriation of another’s work without acknowledging the incorporation of another’s work in one’s own written work (plagiarism). h. Allowing another student to copy from your homework/project/test paper, etc. i. Giving or obtaining homework/project/test, etc. information to/from another person. j. Changing answers on a test given back to the student for review.

2. Documentation. Students are expected to maintain complete honesty and integrity in their experiences in the clinical setting as well. Actions that constitute academic dishonesty also include (but are not limited to) falsification or fabrication of any client data, documentation, and information whether or not it is charted on or in the clinical institutions’ medical records or turned into your clinical instructor. 3. Any student found guilty of dishonesty in academic work is subject to disciplinary action. The college may initiate disciplinary proceedings against a student accused of any form of academic dishonesty.

B. Fabrication: Intentional or unauthorized falsification or invention of any information or citation in an academic exercise.