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NURSING STUDENTS' RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Students have a right to a sound education:

•      a right to and a responsibility for having a creative educational opportunity;
•      a right to and a responsibilty for having the highest quality practitioner-teacher;
•      a right to and a responsibility for achieving input into curriculum planning;
•      a right to and a responsibility for achieving self-directed learning;
•      a right to and a responsibility for achieving equal participation in all areas of clinical        practice;
•      a right to and a responsibility for participating in interdisciplinary activities;

•      A right to and a responsibility for insuring peer review and self-evaluation.
•      A right to organize and participate in an organization directed toward achieving professional goals.
•      A right to and a responsibility for facilitating change in health care delivery through various channels.
•      A right to and a responsibility for assembling and exploring fundamental and current professional issues and concerns.
•      A right to and a responsibility for organizing in a flexible structure to encompass and represent the diversities within nursing and be representative of the fundamental and current professional issue and concerns.
•      A right to and a responsibility for fostering a better correlation between nursing education and practice.

Reviewed: December 2004

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Last Update: January 2005  Published by Dr. Gloria P. Craig  Maintained by Vickie Prussman South Dakota State University  College of Nursing Nursing Student Handbook