Clinical Mandatory Requirements

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Clinical Mandatory Requirements

• University of Delaware
• School of Nursing

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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.

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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 agencys health
  requirements needed to provide patient care at
  their site.

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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

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Results of a PPD skin test

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

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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.

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Hepatitis B Immunity

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

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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.

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Chicken Pox Immunity

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

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Tetanus

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

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Other Required Clinical Information

• Copy of an active professional level CPR
  certification
• Completed criminal background check
• Completed 9-panel urine drug screening

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Professional Level CPR Certification

• American Heart Association Healthcare Provider
  or BLS
• American Red Cross Professional Rescuer

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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.

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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.

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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 [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• hskopow_at_udel.edu