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Clinical Mandatory Clinical Mandatory RequirementsRequirements

University of Delaware University of Delaware

School of NursingSchool of Nursing

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What are Clinical What are Clinical Mandatory Mandatory

RequirementsRequirements Clinical Mandatory Requirements is Clinical Mandatory Requirements is

documentation of health status documentation of health status information that is required for nursing information that is required for nursing students to be able to participate in students to be able to participate in clinical activities.clinical activities.

This documentation needs to be on file This documentation needs to be on file at the School of Nursing. You will need at the School of Nursing. You will need to provide to provide COPIESCOPIES that the School of that the School of Nursing can keep in their files.Nursing can keep in their files.

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Why we need Clinical Why we need Clinical Mandatory Mandatory

RequirementsRequirements The University of Delaware School of The University of Delaware School of

Nursing contracts with clinical Nursing contracts with clinical agencies to place our students in the agencies to place our students in the clinical setting. clinical setting.

By contracting with an agency, we By contracting with an agency, we promise our students will meet the promise our students will meet the agency’s health requirements agency’s health requirements needed to provide patient care at needed to provide patient care at their site. their site.

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Required Health Required Health DocumentationDocumentation

Results of a PPD skin testResults of a PPD skin test Immunity to Hepatitis BImmunity to Hepatitis B Immunity to Rubella (German Immunity to Rubella (German

Measles)Measles) Immunity to Measles (Rebeola)Immunity to Measles (Rebeola) Immunity to Chicken Pox/VaricellaImmunity to Chicken Pox/Varicella Receipt of a Tetanus shot in the Receipt of a Tetanus shot in the

past 10 yearspast 10 years

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Results of a PPD skin Results of a PPD skin testtest

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

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Positive PPD skin test Positive PPD skin test resultsresults

There are several reasons why a PPD There are several reasons why a PPD skin test will be positive. It does not skin test will be positive. It does not necessarily mean you have had TB.necessarily mean you have had TB.

If your PPD skin test is +, you will need If your PPD skin test is +, you will need to provide results of a chest x-ray.to provide results of a chest x-ray.

If you have a If you have a historyhistory of a + PPD skin of a + PPD skin test, we will need documentation that test, we will need documentation that indicates you do not have active TB.indicates you do not have active TB.

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Hepatitis B ImmunityHepatitis B Immunity

Documentation Documentation for Hepatitis B for Hepatitis B immunity: date immunity: date of 3 Hepatitis B of 3 Hepatitis B vaccines or a + vaccines or a + blood titer.blood titer.

Signed Signed declination form.declination form.

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Rubella and Measles Rubella and Measles ImmunityImmunity

Documentation for Documentation for Rubella: date of a Rubella: date of a Rubella vaccine Rubella vaccine after 1 year of age after 1 year of age or a + blood titer.or a + blood titer.

Documentation for Documentation for Measles: date of 2 Measles: date of 2 Measles vaccines Measles vaccines or a + blood titer or a + blood titer for Rubeola.for Rubeola.

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Chicken Pox ImmunityChicken Pox Immunity

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

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TetanusTetanus

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

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Other Required Clinical Other Required Clinical InformationInformation

Copy of an active professional Copy of an active professional level CPR certificationlevel CPR certification

Completed criminal background Completed criminal background checkcheck

Completed 9-panel urine drug Completed 9-panel urine drug screeningscreening

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Professional Level CPR Professional Level CPR CertificationCertification

American Heart American Heart Association: Association: Healthcare Healthcare Provider or BLSProvider or BLS

American Red American Red Cross: Cross: Professional Professional RescuerRescuer

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Criminal Background Criminal Background CheckCheck

Needs to be Needs to be completed in the completed in the fall semester of fall semester of your sophomore your sophomore year. year.

Employment Employment criminal criminal background background checks can be checks can be reviewed to see if reviewed to see if it meets criteria.it meets criteria.

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9-panel Urine Drug 9-panel Urine Drug ScreeningScreening

Needs to be Needs to be completed in the completed in the fall semester of fall semester of your sophomore your sophomore year.year.

Employment drug Employment drug screenings can be screenings can be reviewed to see if reviewed to see if it meets criteria.it meets criteria.

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Submit DocumentationSubmit Documentation

Documentation for the Clinical Documentation for the Clinical Mandatory Requirements need to be Mandatory Requirements need to be submitted to the Clinical Coordinator submitted to the Clinical Coordinator at the School of Nursing:at the School of Nursing:

Heidi Skopowski, MS, RNHeidi Skopowski, MS, RN353 McDowell Hall353 McDowell Hall

Phone: 302-831-6918Phone: 302-831-6918Fax: 302-831-2382Fax: 302-831-2382hskopow@udel.edu hskopow@udel.edu