Fitchburg State College-Online RN to BSN Program-Health Requirements and Liability Insurance

Mission

Overview

Admissions Requirements

Health Requirements and Liability Insurance

Curriculum

Course Descriptions

Information for Current Students

Health Requirements and Liability Insurance
Health Requirements and Records - The health requirements and records should be sent to the undergraduate program chair and must be received prior to the commencement of any undergraduate nursing courses with clinical components

Annual physical exam documentation

Annual PPD (TB test) and proof of a negative chest X-ray if the PPD test was positive

Two doses of measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine or serologic proof of immunity

A booster dose of TD within the last 10 years

Three (3) doses of hepatitis B vaccine and a copy of dated immune titer and proof of chicken pox or immunization

Personal Liability Insurance
Students must have professional malpractice coverage if enrolled in any clinical course. Currently, the college provides this personal liability coverage for all nursing students. If this college coverage should change, students will be responsible for purchasing their own professional liability insurance.

CPR
Current CPR Certification /recertification for health professionals (The department recommends that certification be through the American Heart Association’s Health Care Provider certification process.)