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• Difficulty Uploading Assignments (Thursday, March 15, 2012)
  
  If you are having difficulty uploading your assignment by either cutting and pasting them into the drop down box, or even attaching a document, please attempt to execute the function using either the Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome web browsers, which seems to execute these functions better than Internet Explorer.

  Thank you,

  Blackboard Support
• Blackboard Support (Friday, March 9, 2012)
  
  When contacting Blackboard Support for assistance please include the following information in your email to bbsupport@mail.sdc.edu, according to the nature of you inquiry:

  
  

  1.  Cannot log in:  include the user name and password you are using to access your Blackboard account and your best contact phone number.

  2.  Do not see your course(s):  include your Blackboard user name and password, the name and course ID number for the course, and the name of the Instructor for the course (ex.  firstname.lastname,  12345,  SoDoTo II NUR440.001,  HKnight), and your best contact phone number.

  3.  Cannot see assignments or access a PowerPoint:  include your Blackboard user name and password, the name and course ID number for the course (ex.  firstname.lastname,  12345,  SoDoTo II NUR440.001) and your best contact phone number. Also include whether you received an Error Code when you attempted to open the PowerPoint or attachment , and what the Error Code was, or what it said in part or in its entirety (you can cut and paste the error message into the body of your email).  Please include any other information you feel is relevant.

  Please be sure to email bbsupport using your Sojourner Douglass College email address (i.e., firstname.lastname@mail.sdc.edu).

  Thank you,

  Blackboard Support
• School of Nursing Progression Policies (Wednesday, February 29, 2012)
  

  Sojourner-Douglass College School of Nursing
  Student Nurses Levels I and II
  M. Anderson, DNP, RN
  2/29/2012
  Progression Policy
  To all students in the Nursing Program Levels I and II, the following progression policies apply. Nursing Courses Students must maintain a GPA of 2.5 to progress through the nursing program. No grade less than ‘C’ is acceptable for a nursing course. Students will be allowed to repeat a nursing theory/clinical course one time. If the student repeats the course and fails again or fails any other nursing theory/clinical course, the student will be dismissed from the program with no opportunity for readmission to the program. Nursing clinical experiences are graded on a Pass/Fail basis. Students must complete the LPN portion of the program within 4 semesters of entry/acceptance into the program. If they do not complete within 4 semesters they will be withdrawn from the Nursing Program. Students must complete the BSN program within 8 semesters of entry/acceptance into the program. If they do not complete within this timeframe, they will be dismissed from the program. Additionally, students failing a nursing/theory clinical course (i.e. NUR 214/215/216, 310/311/312, 330/331/332, 340/341/342, 370/371, 400/401, 450/451/452, 460/461), will not be allowed to progress to the next clinical course. Letters will be going out this week. However all students should have grades posted in Self Serve. If you have failed a course, you will need to register for that course unless you have exceeded the number of nursing courses you are allowed to fail. In that case, you must drop all nursing courses. Schedule appointments to meet with your advisors as soon as possible. Cordially, M. Anderson, DNP, RN

• 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.