In order to comply with all standards established by the Orange County/Long Beach Consortium for Nursing and various clinical agencies attended by students throughout the program certain health and safety information and records must be maintained in each student file. Each student must submit to the program director or her designee documented proof (copies are acceptable) that the following requirements have been met and are current. The faculty suggests the student utilize this page to keep an active record of all expiration and/or renewal dates for each of these standards. In addition, copies should be maintained in a file by the student.

Physical and Mental Health
11.1
All students entering or re-entering the nursing program must submit a "Health Evaluation for the Associate Degree Nursing Program"(LBCC form) completed within the last year demonstrating good physical and mental health.

Tuberculosis Screening
11.2
Provide, if previously negative for TB, evidence of the absence of Tuberculosis by submitting to Mantoux PPD screening annually. If previously positive for TB, a chest x-ray is required on entry to the program and the student must complete a questionnaire annually showering that he/she is free of suspicious symptoms. Students, who convert to TB positive during the course of the program, must provide a chest x-ray report as evidence of the absence of active TB and then complete a questionnaire annually showering that they are free of suspicious symptoms.

TB tests are offered at no cost in the Student Health Center. Click on the following link for additional information:

Student Health Services

Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Immunity
11.3
Demonstrate proof of two MMR (rubella, rubeola, mumps) immunizations. For those born before 1957, proof of adequate titer or a single MMR is required.

Chicken Pox Immunity
11.4
If previously infected with Chicken Pox, provide proof of adequate titer. If uncertain, provide proof of varicella immunization.

Hepatitis B Immunity
11.5
Demonstrate proof of completion of a series of 3 Hepatitis B vaccinations. Any student who refuses to be vaccinated must sign a declination statement. Persons who have been infected with Hepatitis B must provide documentation by blood titers.

11.6
Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training for healthcare providers. Must be current; some courses valid for only one year.

11.7
A copy of current Malpractice Insurance (renewed annually).

Missing or updated information must be provided to the program director by the student BEFORE the first clinical day or he/she will not be permitted to attend clinical. Any clinical day missed due to an incomplete file will count as a clinical absence (behavioral objectives for the day not met).

Background Check
11.11
Nursing students go to the local medical centers with their nursing instructors to provide nursing care for patients. The medical centers require that students comply with all policies of the medical center; therefore, a clear background check is required..

A clear background check must be obtained by each student admitted to the Associate Degree Nursing Program. The clearance must be obtained by each student admitted to the Associate Degree Nursing Program, must be dated within two months of admission, and must be presented to the program director prior to enrollment in the first course of the program (Introduction to Nursing 11A/AL or Transition to Second Level Nursing, ADN 20A). The background check must include all names that were used within the past seven years, all addresses for the past seven years, any sexual offense, any abuse of others, and any medical fraud. Forms will be provided for students to purchase the background check. Only one background check is required if the student remains in continuous enrollment. All re-entry students will complete a background check prior to acceptance into the Associate Degree Nursing Program. .

For additional information regarding background checks, click on the following link:.

http://www.precheck.com/

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