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Eligibility Requirements for Placement in Clinical Settings

Pre-registration: Pre-registration is required for clinical courses in order to ensure guaranteed course enrollment. Students who do not pre-register by the last day of class during the semester previous to the planned clinical course will be placed on a waiting list and are not guaranteed admission to the course.

Criminal Behavior and Background Check Policy: Background checks are required prior to entering clinical coursework for students in the undergraduate program and may be required as the student progresses in their program of study.

Criminal background checks are mandatory for all undergraduate nursing students prior to the start of their clinical coursework. The Conway School of Nursing and clinical agencies reserve the right to review the results of the criminal background check and to deny placement in a clinical setting on the basis of these results.

Evidence of past or present criminal behavior identified through the background check or through other documented evidence of criminal behavior may lead to administrative sanctions, up to and including dismissal from the Conway School of Nursing. The procedures for conducting criminal background checks are provided to students through the Office of the Dean.

Following admission to the Conway School of Nursing, students will have a continuing duty to disclose any activities which involve criminal behavior, including any arrests or citations for criminal violations, regardless of whether or how they are adjudicated, until the date of their graduation. Failure to disclose any such activity during this time period may result in dismissal.

Health and Basic Life Support Requirements: Students must submit a History and Physical Evaluation Form, along with documentation of current immunizations prior to commencement of the semester a student is enrolled in any clinical class. Students who fail to meet this requirement may be denied clinical placement for that semester.

All students are required to submit:

  • 10 panel urine drug screen (THC, Cocaine, PCP, Opiates, Methamphetamine, Methadone, Amphetamines, Propoxyphene Methaqualone, Barbiturate,, Benzodiazepines) before commencing clinical rotations.
  • Annual documentation of PPD status.
  • Annual updated certificate of current health.
  • Current CPR certification that is administered by the American Heart Association (AHA) (Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professionals). CPR certification from any other organization is not acceptable.
  • Annual influenza (flu) vaccine.
  • COVID 19 vaccine. Currently the COVID 19 vaccine may be continued to be required by the clinical partner for clinical placement clearance. The CSON will adhere to COVID-19 vaccine requirements for student placement.
  • Health Insurance – Students must submit documentation of their health insurance card per compliance requirements of clinical partners.

All students must report to the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs, immediately in writing, any changes in health status that impact their safety, the safety of patients or those whom the student encounters, or which significantly affect their progression in the program.

Students are expected to comply with all agency requirements for placement in the clinical setting. Of note: agencies may change their requirements or have special lab requirements, and a student is expected to comply with all requirements for clinical placement.

Failure to comply with these requirements by the set deadline may result in withdrawal from clinical courses, with resultant effect upon progression in the program.