All students are required to meet keep the following health requirements current throughout the entire time they are in the nursing program, i.e., the first day of Term 1 until the last day of Term 4. Students will upload documented proof of each requirement to Student Passport, The Clinical Coordination Partnership's student compliance tracking software. Students are provided the log-in login information and instructions for Student Passport approximately six weeks prior to orientation. Each participating student must meet the following health requirements and have documentation: - A Physical Examination (within the past year) - 1 time only at admission
- MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella): Documentation of 2 vaccinations for measles, mumps and one for rubella is required
OR - OR documentation of positive titers.
- Varicella (chickenpox): Documentation of 2 vaccinations is required
OR - OR physician certified medical documentation of a positive history of the disease
OR - OR documentation of positive titers.
- A Two-Step TST (Tuberculosis Skin Test or Mantoux): Students must have a negative 2 step TST test or a negative QuantiFERON-TB Gold (QFT)
in their medical history with annual negative TST or QFT. Students with a positive - within the past year. Students with a positive TST test must have documentation of a negative chest x-ray
test within the 12 months prior to the Program visit and negative Routine - . They must sign a routine Tuberculosis Signs and Symptoms Screening form to indicate negative signs and symptoms upon entrance and annually while in the program.
- Hepatitis B Vaccination Series: A 3-shot Hepatitis B vaccination series is required for students who may have contact with blood or bodily fluids OR may be in the process of the series or titers.
- Pertussis (t-dap) Vaccination: One-time vaccination after age
of - 19.
- Tetanus immunization within 10 years.
- Annual influenza vaccinations.
- COVID-19 – evidence of the complete vaccine series, or documentation within Student Passport that the student is declining COVID-19 vaccination.
Students who are out of compliance with the above health requirements will be removed from attending their clinical(s) until they have uploaded current documentation to to Student Passport. For 2021-22, students may not be required to obtain Currently, the SON does not require students to get the COVID-19 vaccination. As most health care agencies are beginning to required require the COVID-19 vaccination, those students choosing to opt out of the COVID-19 vaccination will need to be placed in alternative clinical experiences. The School of Nursing will make every effort to find excellent clinical learning experiences for all students. However, alternative clinical experiences for those students no choosing not to be vaccinated cannot be guaranteed within a semester's timeframe. This may result in a delay in progression to the next term. |