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• S-DC E-mail Accounts [IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ]
  

  Hello Everyone,

  Sojourner-Douglass College will be using College-assigned e-mail accounts for all students from now on, this includes all correspondence from the School of Nursing. Soon, if not already, students will no longer be able to access their private e-mail sites (like Yahoo, aol, etc.) from the College campuses.  You will only be able to access your S-DC e-mail accounts while on campus. Thus, please look at the information below and make sure that you can access your account. If you have difficulty accessing your account, I cannot help you. Please e-mail the MIS support team at support@mail.sdc.edu.

  Stephanie Henderson

  S-DC E-mail Accounts

   You can access your S-DC-assigned e-mail accounts by typing

  mail.live.com

  (do not use “www”)

  into your internet browser’s web address bar.

  Username: firstname.lastname
  Password: sdc#### 
  (use the last four digits of your ID number)

  The College and the School of Nursing will be using these e-mail addresses for all official correspondence. Please make sure that you can sign in to your accounts.

  Please check your accounts frequently for important news and information!

  If you have any questions, please contact the MIS Department at  support@mail.sdc.edu 

  or at 410-276-0306 x371

• Official Nursing Uniforms
  

   

  NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS

   IMPORTANT NOTICE

   The uniforms provided to you via Main Street Embroidery contain a copyrighted version of the school’s logo.  It is unlawful to obtain any garment containing this logo from any other source other than Main Street Embroidery.  Violation of this copyright law may cause your dismissal from the  college,  and you may face prosecution.

   MAIN STREET EMBROIDERY

  85 Main Street

  Reisterstown, MD  21136

  410-833-0414   

• SDC E-Mail
  

  To All: 

  It is imperative that the students have their OFFICIAL SDC e-mails setup.  This e-mail is the official and only way that e-mail communication is supposed to transpire.  This is not an optional e-mail.

  If you are having difficulties setting up this e-mail, for whatever reason, please call 410.276.0306 x371 (MIS department).  You may also e-mail them at support@mail.sdc.edu.  Please make sure to include your full name, and as much detail as possible about the difficulty you are encountering.

  Thank you.

  BBSysAdmin

• How to Access Your Courses/Accounts (Tuesday, January 10, 2012)
  

  Logging In to Blackboard

   

  You can access blackboard by typing

  sdcnursing.blackboard.com

  (do not use “www”)

  into your internet browser’s web address bar, or by clicking on the link from the sdc.edu homepage.

   

  Username: firstname.lastname (NOTE the period between firstname and lastname)

  Password:  Student ID # (last 5-digits)

   

  Please change your password after your initial log in. Once logged in, you will see general announcements and the classes you are registered for.

   

  If you have any questions, please e-mail:

  bbsupport@mail.sdc.edu

• Nurses Top Gallup's Honesty & Ethics Poll (Friday, December 16, 2011)
  

  From Advance - Posted December 13, 2011

  This year's update, from a Nov. 28-Dec. 1 Gallup poll, finds Americans rating the honesty and ethical standards of 3 medical professions -- nurses, pharmacists, and doctors -- the highest of the 21 professions tested.

  Nurses consistently top the list, having done so each year since they were first included in 1999 - apart from 2001, when firefighters were included on a one-time basis to measure public support for them after their heroic actions on 9/11.

  In addition to nurses and firefighters, medical doctors (1976), clergy (1977, 1981, 1983, 1985), and pharmacists (1988 and 1990-1998) have also ranked as the top-rated profession in a given year.

  The 84 percent of Americans who rate the honesty and ethics of nurses as very high or high in this year's Gallup poll is tied for the highest rating nurses have received. They achieved the same rating in 2001, 2006 and 2008.

  :We hold that trust as a sacred bond with our patients and our communities," says Karen Higgins, RN, co-president of National Nurses United, the nation's largest union and professional association of registered nurses.

  "Patients and their families expect nurses to fight for them at the bedside, even when it conflicts with the profit motive of far too many hospital managers, insurance companies, and others in the healthcare industry who put the bottom line above patient interest."

  At the opposite end of the spectrum, Congress is the only profession that established a new low rating for the profession this year. Sixty-four percent of Americans rate the honesty and ethical standards of members of Congress as "low" or "very low," tying the record "low"/"very low" rating Gallup has measured for any profession historically.

  Gallup has asked Americans to rate the honesty and ethics of numerous professions since 1976, including annually since 1990.