Welcome To Nursing

Dear Nursing Student,

Are you ready to start the first clinical course next semester? If you have completed the prerequisites* for the first clinical course, NU 226 – Introduction to Nursing, and you are planning to go to clinical, you are required to attend a pre-clinical orientation. Students will not be allowed to enroll in the first clinical course without attending an orientation. Sign-up sheets for these sessions are posted outside of the College of Nursing & Health Sciences (CNHS). The dates and times are as follows:

Monday, April 24th from 10:00am – 11:15am – 2nd floor Nursing Lab

Tuesday, April 25th from 2:30pm – 3:45pm – 3rd floor Old Language Lab

Thursday, April 27th from 10:00am – 11:15am – 3rd floor Old Language Lab

Monday, May 1st from 10:00am – 11:15am – 2nd floor Nursing Lab

The clinical clearance process will be discussed at the orientation. Students NEED to bring a government issued ID with a picture such as a driver’s license or passport in order to process the CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) background check.

Clinical clearance requirements also include the following:

• TB test (do not take before classes end)
• Health insurance
• Hepatitis B – 3 shot series – If you have not already started the Hepatitis series you must start it immediately.
• Tetanus immunization (within the past 10 years)
• Varicella titer documenting immunity to chicken pox
• CPR certification (American Heart Association – Health Care Provider). Students should take certification class after finals if they have not already.

*The following courses must be completed before taking NU 226:

• ENGL 101 & 102
• Nutrition
• SOCIOL 101
• A&P I
• Microbiology
• Human Growth & Development
• CHEM 130 (if you have not completed A&P II)
• NU 212 (unless you have already completed Chem 130 and A&P II)

**Students are required to have earned a C+ or better in the above Nursing and Science courses if they entered the Nursing program during Fall 2004 or after**

We look forward to meeting with you during the orientation and to working with you as you move towards your first clinical experience.

Sincerely,

Sherry Merrow

Undergraduate Program Director

College of Nursing and Health Sciences