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Second Level

Student Orientation

Spring 2012

We’re proud of our history of serving the health care

needs of the residents of McKinney and surrounding

areas for more than 80 years. Change and innovation

have marked our commitment to the community.

We’ve expanded our facilities, remodeled existing patient

care areas, recruited top-notch physicians and added

sophisticated medical and surgical services to meet the

dynamic changes that are taking place in McKinney.

Did you know that Medical Center of McKinney offers:

• Full-service 24/7 Emergency Department

• Outpatient services including ambulatory surgery, women’s imaging

services, general imaging services (64-slice CT, MRI, nuclear

imaging, etc.) sleep lab and rehabilitation therapies

• Cardiovascular services including cardiac catheterization and

interventional lab, open heart surgery and vascular surgery

• Orthopedic services including total and partial joint replacement

program and sports medicine services

• Neurosciences including neurosurgery, stroke care, pain

management, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s care

• Labor and delivery suites, Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

(NICU) and maternal fetal medicine

Medical Center of McKinney’s

Mission

To attain leadership in the healthcare field;

To provide excellence in healthcare;

To improve the standard of health care in our community;

To provide superior facilities and needed services to enable

physicians to best serve the needs of the patients;

To accomplish this mission within an environment of

honesty and integrity;

To generate measurable benefits for our patients,

community, employees and medical staff.

Medical Center of McKinney’s

Values:

We recognize and affirm the unique and intrinsic worth of each

individual.

We treat all those we serve with compassion and kindness.

We act with absolute honesty, integrity and fairness in the way we

conduct our business and the way we live our lives.

We trust our colleagues as valuable members of our health care

team and pledge to treat one another with loyalty, respect and

dignity.

We recognize each individual’s right to the assessment, evaluation

and management of pain.

Dress Code

All students are to wear the dress code required by

their college/school handbook.

Students are also required to follow the Medical

Center of McKinney dress code.

Clothing, hair styles and jewelry must conform to

business and professional standards as outlined in the

following guidelines.

Dress Code - Hair

Hairstyles must be clean cut, of a naturally occurring

hair color, well-groomed and professional looking and

must be secured in such a manner as to avoid contact

with the patient.

Beards, mustaches and sideburns must be

neatly trimmed. Personnel required to wear masks in

order to perform their duties may be required to shave.

Dress Code - Jewerly

Earrings must not extend further than ½” from the

earlobe. No visible body piercing beyond the earlobe will

be allowed, maximum two earrings per ear. No tongue

piercings permitted. Excessive jewelry should not be

worn around patients, in hazardous work areas or in

sterile processing or storage areas.

No more than 1 necklace < 20” long. No more than 2

rings per hand (wedding set considered 1 ring).

Dress Code - Tattoos

Tattoos must be covered at all times. Management

reserves the right to determine whether jewelry,

piercings, tattoos, or apparel are excessive or offensive.

Dress Code

Artificial fingernails, extenders, wraps, tips, etc.

may not be worn.

Natural nail tips may not extend more than ¼ inch

past the tip of the finger, must demonstrate good nail

hygiene and shall be maintained in a professional

appearance.

Dress Code – Perfume/Cologne

Excessive perfume, cologne and/or scented lotions

are not allowed due to sensitivity by patients and staff

members.

ID Badges

ID Badges:

• All students need to wear their school identification

badge at all times.

• Identification name badges are worn above the waist

with the identification facing forward at all times while on

duty.

• Failure to have appropriate identification may result

in the student being sent home from clinical.

CELL PHONES

• Cell phones are PROHIBITED

• Any student who has a cell phone out in patient care

areas will be asked to leave the facility and they forfeit

their clinical experience at MCM

Environment of Care Codes

Student Parking