Program & Clinical Requirements
Each clinical site has specific requirements students must provide in order to secure placement. Each tab is an explanation of the common clinical requirements. Please refer to the BSN Student Guidelines (Handbook) for additional information as well.
Professional Liability Insurance will be maintained for all BSN nursing students.
Please choose the link that fits your needs. All directions, customer support, and technical issues should be addressed to CastleBranch. The SON will not provide copies of the background check or drug screen to students. Students have access to those through CastleBranch.
BACKGROUND CHECKS AND DRUGS SCREENS ARE REQUIRED YEARLY.
You will receive the package codes to place your order from son@apsu.edu
BSN HEALTH REQUIREMENTS
Please refer to the BSN Student Guidelines (Handbook) for health requirement information.
Vaccinations are one of the most significant public health interventions of all time. They reduce the risk of contracting dangerous vaccine-preventable diseases on the individual level and, when immunization coverage is high enough, confer herd immunity at the population level for those diseases that are contagious. All clinical sites recognizing the public health importance of immunizations. Clinical sites have the right to refuse placement of any student that has an exemption/waiver.
All APSU School of Nursing Students are required to maintain updated immunizations and testing while attending the APSU School of Nursing. In rare instances, students may need to have an exemption made for a specific requirement. In this situation, the Director of Nursing or their appointed representative will need to review the identified requirement with the student and approve the exemption. Students seeking an exemption to a specific immunization or testing requirement should seek guidance from their faculty.
Exemptions include students born before 1/1/1957, those students graduating from a Tennessee high school in 1998 or after, online only students, medical contraindication verified by a healthcare provider, or religious exemption requiring a signed and notarized statement by the student that the vaccine conflicts with his or her religious tenets or practices.
Exemptions include students born before 1/1/1980, those students graduating from a Tennessee high school in 2016 or after, on line only students, medical contraindication verified by a healthcare provider, or religious exemption requiring a signed statement by the student that the vaccine conflicts with his or her religious tenets or practices.
Currently, the SON has a partnership with CastleBranch to assist with BSN student clinical requirement needs.