College of Nursing Policies and Procedures
Welcome
The College of Nursing is currently undergoing a Policy and Procedure review process. As part of that process, we are eliminating the numbering system. New policies are listed by title only.
Please bear with us as we go through the process of reviewing, approving, and converting our old (numbered) policies to new (website page) policies.
Please contact Nicole Krueger, [email protected], 406-994-2663, with any questions.
New Policies
Academic Affairs
- Application, Admission and Placement into the College of Nursing Undergraduate Programs (Replaces C-16)
- Faculty or Student Reporting of Unusual Incidents (Replaces A-11)
- Graduate Professional Scholarly Project and Committee Membership (Replaces D-4)
IV. Professional Nursing Curricula - Program Outcomes and Conceptual Threads (Replaces C-13*) *C-13 will be maintained under the old curriculum until it is completely finished (spring 2023)
V. Standardized Grading Criteria (New Policy)
Financial Affairs
Governance and Organization
- College of Nursing Policies and Procedures (Replaces A-1, A-2)
- Faculty Development Policy (Replaces E-4)
- Funding for Faculty Development (Replaces E-2)
- Master Evaluation Plan (Replaces A-9)
- MRJCON Faculty Bylaws (Replaces F-1)
- Strike Notice Arbitration (Replaces A-29)
Non-policy Guidance
- Rescheduling Class and Clinical Due to Holidays (New Policy)
Personnel
- Guidelines for Faculty, Administrators, and Staff with Family Members who are MSU College of Nursing Students (replaces A-10)
Student Success
- Acceptable Performance in UG Courses (Replaces C-1)
- College of Nursing Scholastic Committee (Replaces A-8)
- CON Scholarship and Awards Commitee (Replaces A-18)
- Essential Requirements for Nursing Education: Technical Standards (Replaces A-19)
- Professional Student Behavior (New Policy)
- Student Clinical Compliance (Replaces A-20) *MSU CON Immunization Requirements
- Student Exposure to or Diagnosis of a Communicable Disease (Replaces A-33)
The Policy Index document, available in PDF, contains "last updated" information on the policies, as well as conversion information from the old organization system.
Old Policies
Section A: Executive Council
Section B: UAAC & GAAC (both)
Section C: Undergraduate Academic Affairs Committee (UAAC)
- C-2: Use of Simulation to Enhance Learning
- C-6: Removal of Undergraduate Students from Clinical Settings (Denial of Access to Patients)
- C-7: Student Attendance at All Campus, Class, Clinical/Lab Orientations
- C-8: NRSG 498 Summer Internship (2020)
- C-9: Preceptorship for Undergraduate Nursing Courses
- C-12: Student Refusal of a Clinical Assignment
- C-14: Correlation of Classroom and Clinical Experiences
- C-15: Developing New or Elective Undergraduate Nursing Courses
Section D: Graduate Academic Affairs Committee (GAAC)
- D-3: Graduate Program Admissions
- D-6: Clinical Site Visits And Performance In Required Graduate Clinical Nursing Courses
- D-7: Central Files For Graduate Courses And Clinical Materials
- D-8: Denial of Graduate Student Access to Clinical Experiences
- E-1: Evaluation of Faculty for Annual and Formal Reviews (AY 19-Current)
- Previously Affirmed Standards and Criteria by Year:
- E-1: Evaluation of Faculty for Annual and Formal Reviews (AY 08-18)
- E-1: Evaluation of Faculty for Annual and Formal Reviews (AY 07-08)
- E-1: Evaluation of Faculty for Annual and Formal Reviews (AY 06-07)
- E-1: Evaluation of Faculty for Annual and Formal Reviews (AY 05-06)
- E-1: Evaluation of Faculty for Annual and Formal Reviews (AY 04-05)
- E-1: Evaluation of Faculty for Annual and Formal Reviews (AY 01-02)
- C-1: Evaluation of Faculty for Annual and Formal Reviews (AY 00-01)
- Previously Affirmed Standards and Criteria by Year:
Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC)
Faculty Development Committee (FDC)
Miscellaneous
- Campus Director Discretionary Funds
- Gift Fund
- Position Descriptions
- #1: Dean
- #2: Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Education
- #3: Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs
- #4: Director of Administration and Finance
- #5: Campus Director
- #6: Clinical Resource Registered Nurse (CRRN)
- #7: Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA)
- #8: Course Coordinator
- #9: Faculty Member
- #10: FNP & FPMHNP Clinical Coordinator
- #10a: DNP Clinical Coordinator
- #11: Undergraduate Student Services Coordinator
- Tenure Track Faculty Search Procedure