Nursing Verifications
In order to maintain the highest level of safety for our patients, students, faculty, and staff, all Nursing students are required to provide verification of required training, certifications, health insurance and current immunizations as a condition of enrollment, and to meet requirements of our clinical agencies and the ND State Board of Higher Education. Documentation is uploaded using the UND approved vendor, Verified Credentials, and must be up to date before the beginning of the semester and cannot expire during a semester. In advance of the appropriate semester, enrolled students will receive information about uploading documents.
Background Check
- Review policy 207 and 207a.
- Offers of admission will include information about completing the process before your admission is official
- Satisfactory clearance of annual background checks will be required while you are in the program
Drug and Alcohol Testing
- Review policy 238a
- Offers of admission will include information about completing the process before your admission is official
- Reasonable suspicion testing will be required and completed in compliance with the agency policy where a student is placed for clinical experiences
R.N. Licensure
For graduate programs and R.N.-B.S.N. programs:
- Upload written verification of unencumbered US Registered Nurse licensure
- Licensure information may be available from your state Board of Nursing website or can be found at https://www.nursys.com/
Health Insurance
- Students are required to have health insurance coverage and are responsible for any medical expenses incurred while enrolled
- Complete and sign acknowledgment upon admission
CPR Certification
- Current cardio-pulmonary-resuscitation certification must be maintained (American Heart Association Basic Life Support for the healthcare provider). CPR training is offered at UND Wellness Center and at Altru.
- ACLS and PALS (Nurse Anesthesia only) – students in the Nurse Anesthesia program must maintain current American Heart Association Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Pediatric Advanced Life Support certification
- Upload documentation of current certification
HIPAA Training
- Privacy Rule regulates the use and distribution of identifiable health information. Security Rule mandates that reasonable and appropriate technical, physical and administrative safeguards be implemented with electronic identifiable health information.
- Review the instructions for registering and completing the training
- Training is available at https://about.citiprogram.org/en/homepage/
- Upload completion certificate
OSHA Training
- Review the Blood Borne Pathogen policy
- Complete and upload the quiz
Culturally Competent Nursing Care Training
For graduate programs:
- Complete all three training modules of Culturally Competent Nursing Care: A Cornerstone of Caring
- Upload completion certification
Immunizations/Vaccines
Review the Immunizations/Vaccines policy for more information.
Students must complete a, b or c as follows:
- A negative two step TB test (TST). The two-step tuberculin test involves placement of a purified protein derivative (PPD) to test for tuberculosis. The first reading must be read by a health care professional within 48 – 72 hours after placement, and the area of induration must be recorded. The second PPD test step should be administered one to two weeks after the first test.
- Submission of two previous negative TB skin tests, read within 12 months of each other.
- One Interferon-Gamma Release Assay (IGRA) test, which includes QuantiFeron TB Gold (QFT-G), QuanteFeron Gold in tube test (GFT-GIT) or T-Spot for TB (T-Spot) along with any required follow-up, done prior to clinical within the past 12 months is accepted
Students who are positive reactors must have a report of one negative chest x-ray on file and a statement signed by self and a health care provider, assuring absence of symptoms. Once this documentation is submitted, yearly TST or IGRA is not required. Bacille Callmette-Gurerin (BDG) vaccinated individuals who test positive by TST and negative by IGRA are not required to have a follow-up X-ray.
Additional information about the Tuberculin Skin Testing process can be found at CDC.
Documentation of 2 doses of the vaccine or an antibody blood titre documenting immunity is required. Students known to be pregnant will not be required to receive the rubella vaccine.
A history of varicella cannot be self-reported. Students must document 2 doses of the varicella vaccine or laboratory confirmation of immunity (titer). If a titer does not confirm immunity, 2 doses of varicella vaccine will need to be administered. Verification of a history of varicella disease by a licensed health care professional is not an acceptable form of documentation.
Three doses (at least the first dose given prior to beginning nursing classes) or an anti-HBS titre documenting immunity is required. Students may sign a waiver of declination to be vaccinated or tested. Students who refuse to have the Hepatitis B vaccine series may not be allowed to participate in clinical experiences in agencies where it is required. It is important to note that the Hepatitis B series takes 4 to 6 months to complete; therefore it you have not had this series, you should begin this process as soon as possible to comply with this requirement.
A one-time dose of the Tdap vaccination is required. A Td booster must be received every 10 years following Tdap.
Must be completed annually in the fall/winter. All documentation must contain the name of the agency or facility providing the vaccine as well as the signature and the credentials of the person giving the vaccine. Exceptions are allowed for those with the following medical contraindications only: egg allergy, history of Guillain-Barre within 6 weeks of influenza vaccination, and anaphylaxis after influenza vaccinations. A signed waiver from a health care provider must be provided in these cases. Contraindications are based on recommendations from the Centers from Disease Control and Prevention. Students will receive an email in the fall semester to inform them of the deadline to receive the flu vaccine.