Associate Degree Nursing Program Immunization Information

Immunization and Health Screening Requirements For Students with Clinical Responsibilities

The following immunizations are required for all students involved in clinical activities in academic programs. These requirements have been established to help protect health care providers and their patients during encounters with one another in clinical settings. Clinical facilities providing student experiences for the program may have additional requirements for students with which students must comply in order to continue in the nursing program.

Students must have completed all requirements prior to beginning the nursing program. Your personal healthcare provider will provide you with appropriate documentation which will be submitted to your nursing faculty on the first day of class.

• 1. TUBERCULOSIS SCREENING
• Documentation of a negative Mantoux PPD skin test within six weeks prior to beginning of class and updated every six months.
• If known positive, physician documentation of the positive test and a negative chest x-ray is required.
• 2. MMR
  Proof of immunity to rubella, rubeola, and mumps if born in 1957 or later. One of the following may be used as documentation:
• Documentation of two MMR vaccines with the first at 12 months or older.
• Documentation of positive rubeola, rubella, and mumps titers.
• 3. HEPATITIS B
• A series of three injections at recommended intervals or documentation of a protective Hepatitis B surface antibody titer (>10 mIU/mL).
• For students completing the series of three injections after January 1, 1999, a Hepatitis B titer drawn 1-2 months after completing the series of three injections.
• If the Hepatitis B titer is negative after the initial series of three injections, the series of three injections should be repeated and a repeat titer drawn. If the titer remains negative, appropriate clinical evaluation is indicated.
• 4. VARICELLA
  Proof of immunity to varicella by one of the following:
• Positive antibody titer
• Immunization with varicella vaccine. (Full immunization requires a series of two injections.)