Clinical Mandatory Requirements

1. Clinical Mandatory Requirements University of Delaware School of Nursing

2. What are Clinical Mandatory Requirements • Clinical Mandatory Requirements is documentation of health status information that is required for nursing students to be able to participate in clinical activities. • This documentation needs to be on file at the School of Nursing. You will need to provide COPIES that the School of Nursing can keep in their files.

3. Why we need Clinical Mandatory Requirements • The University of Delaware School of Nursing contracts with clinical agencies to place our students in the clinical setting. • By contracting with an agency, we promise our students will meet the agency’s health requirements needed to provide patient care at their site.

4. Required Health Documentation • Results of a PPD skin test • Immunity to Hepatitis B • Immunity to Rubella (German Measles) • Immunity to Measles (Rebeola) • Immunity to Chicken Pox/Varicella • Receipt of a Tetanus shot in the past 10 years

5. Results of a PPD skin test • A PPD skin test is used to check a student’s history of exposure to Tuberculosis (TB). This test needs to be done at least every 12 months, the normal result is a negative reading.

6. Positive PPD skin test results • There are several reasons why a PPD skin test will be positive. It does not necessarily mean you have had TB. • If your PPD skin test is +, you will need to provide results of a chest x-ray. • If you have a history of a + PPD skin test, we will need documentation that indicates you do not have active TB.

7. Hepatitis B Immunity • Documentation for Hepatitis B immunity: date of 3 Hepatitis B vaccines or a + blood titer. • Signed declination form.

8. Rubella and Measles Immunity • Documentation for Rubella: date of a Rubella vaccine after 1 year of age or a + blood titer. • Documentation for Measles: date of 2 Measles vaccines or a + blood titer for Rubeola.

9. Chicken Pox Immunity • Documentation for Chicken Pox (Varicella) immunity: date of Varicella vaccine, date of disease, or a + blood titer for varicella.

10. Tetanus • Tetanus documentation: date of a tetanus shot in the past 10 years.

11. Other Required Clinical Information • Copy of an active professional level CPR certification • Completed criminal background check • Completed 9-panel urine drug screening

12. Professional Level CPR Certification • American Heart Association: Healthcare Provider or BLS • American Red Cross: Professional Rescuer

13. Criminal Background Check • Needs to be completed in the fall semester of your sophomore year. • Employment criminal background checks can be reviewed to see if it meets criteria.

14. 9-panel Urine Drug Screening • Needs to be completed in the fall semester of your sophomore year. • Employment drug screenings can be reviewed to see if it meets criteria.

15. Submit Documentation Documentation for the Clinical Mandatory Requirements need to be submitted to the Clinical Coordinator at the School of Nursing: Heidi Skopowski, MS, RN 353 McDowell Hall Phone: 302-831-6918 Fax: 302-831-2382 hskopow@udel.edu