Resolution 17-16: TURNCOATS
| Number | 17-16 |
| Description | Having UTA CONHI change its jacket dress code from white coats to navy scrub jackets |
| Authored by |
Amelia Jackson |
| Sponsored by |
Zach Gentry Nina Nguyen Matthew Biggerstaff Uzma Khan Roman Vasquez |
| Date Submitted | Tuesday, September 5, 2017 |
| Date Considered | Tuesday, October 24, 2017 |
| Committee | Other |
| Result | n/a |
| Remarks | The Student Senate felt that by pushing for the allowance of nursing students to wear navy scrub jackets as student nurses would not be mistaken for doctors when wearing the white lab coat while on clinical. The resolution already has support from the administers of CONHI, and we plan to ensure that this policy is changed. |
| Whereas | The College of Nursing and Health Innovation upholds a dress code that many hospitals follow, which teaches nursing students the proper dress for their job; and |
| Whereas | Nursing students are allowed to wear lab coats and undershirts when they are cold as detailed in the dress code; and |
| Whereas | Nursing students who wear lab coats are often mistaken for doctors when working their clinical; and |
| Whereas | Many hospitals allow their nurses to wear scrub jackets. |
| Be It Further Resolved That | The University of Texas at Arlington College of Nursing and Health Innovation change their dress code policy to allow nursing students to wear navy blue scrub jackets as part of their uniform. |