Safety First, Drama Never
You remove your gloves after patient care. What exciting activity comes next: hand hygiene, checking your phone, or admiring your glove-removal skills?
Hand hygiene. Gloves do not replace hand hygiene.
Your phone vibrates during class. It might be important. It might also be TikTok. What should you do?
Leave it put away and follow the classroom electronics policy.
You arrive on time but don't have your supplies and spend 10 minutes borrowing everything. Were you prepared?
No. On time ≠ prepared.
You miss class. Who is responsible for finding out what you missed?
You are.
Your friend whispers, “Just give me the answer.” What should you give them instead?
Help understanding the material—not an answer to copy.
You notice liquid spilled on the lab floor. Your friend says, “Someone else will get it.” What should you do?
Secure/report the hazard and clean it according to classroom safety procedures.
True or False: One AirPod is technically not “headphones” because there is only one.
FALSE. Nice try.
You disagree with your classmate during a lab. Who wins: the loudest person or the person who communicates respectfully?
The respectful communicator. Healthcare requires professional teamwork.
Your assignment has been sitting unfinished for a week. Unfortunately, staring at it has not completed it. What should you do?
Complete it according to the assignment/late-work policy and communicate with the instructor when necessary.
Your lab partner says, “We don't need PPE. We're just practicing.” What's your response?
Practice correctly every time. Use required PPE and follow Standard Precautions/lab procedures.
Your gloves look perfectly clean after completing a skill. Can you keep them on for the next patient?
No. Gloves are changed between patients/tasks as appropriate.
Your assignment is finished, so you automatically earn unlimited phone privileges for the rest of class. True or False?
False. Follow the electronics policy and use remaining class time appropriately.
Your instructor corrects your technique.
Your choices are:
A) argue,
B) roll your eyes,
C) accept the feedback and improve, or
D) announce that “that's not how TikTok showed it.”
C — Accept the feedback and improve.
You have another subject's homework to finish during HOT. Does that automatically become today's HOT assignment?
No. HOT class time should be used for HOT coursework, skills, and assigned activities.
Your group finishes its lab first. One student starts playing with equipment because they're bored. What should happen?
Stop using equipment unnecessarily, clean/reset the area, and follow the instructor's next-step directions.
A classmate drops a used sharp and says, “Can you grab that for me?” What is your answer besides “Absolutely not”?
Do not pick it up by hand. Notify the instructor and follow the sharps-exposure/safety procedure.
Your smartwatch receives a text during a lab. You only need “two seconds” to read it. What's the problem?
It's distracting and inappropriate during a healthcare skill/lab. Stay focused on safety and the task.
You're wearing your uniform perfectly but behaving disrespectfully toward classmates. Are you demonstrating professionalism?
No. Professionalism includes behavior, communication, attitude, accountability, and appearance.
Name three things that can affect your ability to participate in clinical experiences or field trips.
Examples: attendance, grades, missing assignments, behavior/discipline, suspension, safety or site requirements.
You don't understand a skill, but everyone else seems to understand it. Which is more professional: pretending you know it or asking for help?
Ask for help. Patient safety is more important than pretending to know something.
You are halfway through a skill when you realize you skipped an important safety step. Your partner hasn't noticed. What should you do?
Stop, acknowledge the error, correct it safely, and notify/ask the instructor when appropriate. Never hide a safety mistake.
Why is the no-phone expectation about more than simply keeping students off social media?
Healthcare requires attention, confidentiality, safety, professionalism, and situational awareness.
You make a mistake during a simulation. Which demonstrates MORE professionalism: hiding it so nobody knows or immediately taking responsibility?
Taking responsibility. Accountability is an essential healthcare behavior.
You have excellent grades but repeatedly ignore safety instructions. Should good grades automatically guarantee participation in an outside healthcare experience?
No. Academic performance is only one part of eligibility; safety, attendance, behavior, and professionalism matter too.
Your instructor isn't looking. Does that change any classroom, lab, safety, or professionalism expectations?
NO. Expectations don't disappear when nobody is watching. Integrity means doing the right thing even when you aren't being supervised.