Remediation (Policy SON-15)

Effective Date

4/1/2022

Last Revision Date

8/11/2025

Responsible Party

School of Nursing (SON) administration, Program Directors, faculty, and students.

Scope and Audience

School of Nursing administration, faculty, and students enrolled in the School of Nursing.

Additional Authority

BSU: Registration and Transcript Holds (Policy 3200), Student Code of Conduct (Policy 2020), Faculty Responsibility to Address Student Academic Misconduct (Policy 4180)

COHS: Dismissal Policy (Policy 315)

SON: Dismissal (Policy SON-16)

1. Policy Purpose

This policy aims to provide a process by which program administration and faculty may respond to disruptive, unprofessional, or inappropriate student behavior. The policy may also be utilized to address academic and/or clinical performance. The School of Nursing remediation policy is designed to foster student success by clearly outlining expectations and supporting professional growth. It ensures courtesy and fairness in the program’s response to student behavior while upholding a culture of accountability that prioritizes the safety and well-being of students, faculty, patients, and others. This policy provides students with constructive opportunities to learn from their actions and develop the professional responsibility essential to nursing practice. In cases of egregious or unsafe behavior, the School of Nursing reserves the right to take immediate and appropriate action to protect the integrity of the learning environment and the safety of all involved. This policy does not exempt students from course failure due to unmet course outcomes or grades below the passing standard. For academic progression and grading criteria, students should refer to the Undergraduate Progression or Graduate Progression Policies, as appropriate, and the SON Grading Policy.

2. Policy Statement

Types of Violation

Students are expected to adhere to standards of conduct outlined in applicable policies at Boise State University, the College of Health Sciences, the School of Nursing, and the American Nurses Association’s Code of Ethics for Nurses and Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice . Violation of any standard may be grounds for remediation or dismissal. Early steps and less stringent measures may be skipped at the program’s discretion for offenses such as, but not limited to, patterns of behavior, violation of academic probation, academic dishonesty, or egregious violations of professional standards.

Progressive Remediation Steps

The following are steps of a progressive remediation Please note, if the infraction is one of academic misconduct, faculty will follow the University Academic Misconduct process in collaboration with the Boise State University Dean of Students’ Office, in addition to the steps in this policy. Egregious and/or unsafe behaviors could result in immediate dismissal.

Counseling – Initial counseling event

These can range from general discussions of deficiencies and improvements to an official verbal warning. These conversations and student acknowledgement of the same will be documented through official email correspondence or written summary of the discussion.

Documentation will be placed in the student’s academic file in the School of Nursing. Student Success Plans are a viable way to document a first event.

Student Success Plan/Written Warning – Second counseling event or failure to meet conditions of initial counseling

Elements of a written warning shall include:

a clear identification of the infraction
policies or standards violated
date of the infraction
restatement of previous verbal warnings
specific action to be taken to correct behavior
timeline for completion of the success plan
statement of potential consequences if the student fails to take corrective action, and the next type of progressive remediation that may be issued

The warning and student acknowledgement of the same will be documented through the program’s Student Success form/process, official email correspondence or written summary of discussion. Documentation will be placed in the student’s academic file in the School of Nursing. Student Success Plan information may be shared with subsequent faculty/staff members with the intent of tracking and supporting students within the academic and clinical settings.

Probation – Third counseling event or failure to meet conditions of written warning

The probation and student acknowledgement will be documented through the program’s Probation form/process, official email correspondence or written summary of discussion, by the Program Director in collaboration with Divisional Dean and/or Associate Divisional Dean of the School of Nursing. Documentation will be placed in the student’s academic file in the School of Nursing.

A student may be restricted from registration due to failure to fulfill an academic obligation under Boise State University Policy 3200 – Registration Holds. The Registrar’s office authorizes a hold to be placed on the student account.

Dismissal – Fourth counseling event or failure to meet terms of Probation

Dismissal can be pursued following the SON Dismissal policy at any point in the remediation process for patterns of unacceptable, unprofessional, or unsafe behavior, egregious professional standards violations, and unresolved concerns. Please refer to the SON Dismissal Policy for additional information.

Forms

N/A

BSU: Registration and Transcript Holds (Policy 3200), Student Code of Conduct (Policy 2020),

Faculty Responsibility to Address Student Academic Misconduct (Policy 4180)

COHS: Dismissal (Policy 315)

SON: Dismissal Policy SON-16, Grading Policy SON-12, Undergraduate Progression Policy UG-03, Graduate Progression Policy GRAD-02

Last Review Date