Clinical Mandatory
Requirements
University of Delaware
School of Nursing
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What are Clinical
Mandatory Requirements
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Clinical Mandatory Requirements is
documentation of health status information
that is required for nursing students to be
able to participate in a clinical activities.
This documentation need 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
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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.
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Required Health
Documentation
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Results of a PPD skin test
Immunity to Hepatitis B
Immunity to Measles (Rubeola)
Immunity to Mumps
Immunity to Rubella (German
Measles)
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Required Health
Documentation
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Immunity to Chicken Pox/Varicella
Receipt of a Tetanus shot in the past
10 years
Receipt of a Pertussis vaccine at least
once
Annual Flu vaccine may be required by
some clinical agencies
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Results of a PPD skin test
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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.
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Positive PPD skin test
results
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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 additional documentation.
If you have a history of a + PPD skin test,
you will need to provide a copy of a recent
chest x-ray report and additional
documentation.
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Hepatitis B Immunity
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Documentation for
Hepatitis B
immunity: date of 3
Hepatitis B vaccines
or a + blood titer.
Signed declination
form.
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Measles, Mumps, and
Rubella (MMR) Immunity
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Documentation for
dates of 2 MMR
vaccines after 1
year of age or a +
blood titer for
Measles, Mumps
and Rubella.
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Chicken Pox Immunity
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Documentation for
Chicken Pox
(Varicella)
immunity: date of 2
Varicella vaccines,
date of disease, or
a + blood titer for
varicella.
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Tetanus and Pertussis
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Tetanus
documentation:
date of a tetanus
booster in the past
10 years.
Pertussis
documentation:
date of at least one
vaccine
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Other Required Clinical
Information
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Copy of an active professional level
CPR certification
Completed local criminal background
check
Completed 10-panel urine drug
screening
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Professional Level CPR
Certification
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American Heart
Association:
Healthcare Provider
or BLS
American Red
Cross: Professional
Rescuer
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Local Criminal
Background Checks
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Needs to be
completed in the
fall semester of
your sophomore
year.
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10-panel Urine Drug
Screening
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Needs to be
completed in the
fall semester of
your sophomore
year.
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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:
Karen Holden
350 McDowell Hall
Phone: 302-831-0384
Fax: 302-831-2382
krholden@udel.edu
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