It is imperative as an instructor to set professional boundries. Students want us to be their friends but we are not we are their teacher. I listen to my students problems and sometimes offer advice and give them information about student services that are available for counseling, but I never step over the line.

Yes, I believe that rules need to be explained on day 1 so that the students understand expectations and consequences of professional behavior. In the clinical nursing setting, the first thing that is discussed is tardiness, sick days and what a student nurse can or can not do in the clinical setting.

Managing student behavior is challenging every semester. First, to set the boundries between instructor and student. What is appropriate professional behavior whether it be communicated verbally, nonverbally, or in written format. When the boundries and rules are set on day number one with specific consequences then managing behavior is a small event.