Students Orientation Forms and Requirements

DATE:  November 25, 2024

TIME: 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

PLACE: PWDC Conference Center, Room 1301-1303

600 Butler Farm Road

Hampton, VA 23666

On Orientation Day:

• Please print the instructions from your acceptance email and bring them with you (or bring a device for electronic access). Bring something to take notes.
• Dress comfortably in layers in case the room is too warm or too cold.
• There will be snacks and water provided but be sure to bring what you need to be comfortable for a long day. You may bring a lunch; there will not be time to travel to pick up food or wait for delivery.

ADDITIONAL STEPS REQUIRED for ADMISSIONS:

1. All students must complete a Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers class through the American Heart Association (AHA). Students must then email a copy of their certification card to the division office at PSAHHS@vpcc.edu and upload to CastleBranch (instructions for CastleBranch will be provided at Orientation) by Monday, December 30, 2024. Both sides of the certification must be scanned. CPR, Red Cross, or other non-AHA BLS courses are not accepted. This is a program and Virginia Board of Nursing requirement and cannot be waived or delayed. 

AHA BLS courses can be found by searching: https://atlas.heart.org/ OR  by searching the VPCC workforce development webpage: https://www.vpcc.edu/workforce/classes-programs.html

2. All students must provide documentation of a physical exam with a healthcare provider, using the VPCC   forms. Forms must be completed by the provider and must include the official office/clinic stamp.
    Please provide documentation and complete the forms in the links below to submit the following physical requirements:

• Physical exam included in your admissions package email on November 12, 2024. **Page 4 is not official documentation for the requirements below; it is a good checklist to ensure you have completed each requirement and have requested documentation from your doctor's office or provider.  Do NOT submit Page 4 separately as official documentation of MMR, Varicella, HepB or Tdap requirements; it will be REJECTED. Page 4 is part of the physical forms packet only.
  • Please provide/upload separate documentation of your Immunization History from your patient record, PCP's office, or appropriate drug store/clinic/health department for the following:
    • 2 MMR vaccines or positive titer with documented immunity ranges
    • 2 Varicella vaccines or positive titer with documented immunity ranges (history of chicken pox is not sufficient). [CDC Varicella Information]
    • 3 HepB vaccines, positive titer with immunity ranges documented, or sign the HepB declination waiver [HepB Declination Waiver]. HepB is the only requirement that can be waived. [CDC HepB Information] Please complete the HepB waiver if the 3-shot series is in progress and will not be completed before the start of the program. OR Heplisav (HepB-CpG) 2-vaccine series - This vaccine requires a positive titer (anti-HBs ≥10 mIU/ml) to prove immunity.
    • Current TDap (expires after 10 years)
    • 2024-2025 Flu Shot
    • COVID-19 Vaccinations:  Required by our clinical sites.  All students attending clinical rotations will need to complete COVID vaccination series and boosters as necessary to attend clinical. This requirement cannot be declined, and only approved medical or religious exemptions will be accepted. A medical exemption form can be obtained through your medical provider. Please visit 12VAC5-110-80. Exemptions from immunization requirements. (virginia.gov) for more information on a religious exemption. If you have a medical exemption for the COVID shots, please complete the RHS Vaccine Exemption Form [RHS Vaccine Exemption Form]. A medical exemption will require documentation from your doctor; please contact the Nursing Office at 757-825-2808 for more information and directions for additional forms.

• • Please provide/upload Negative IGRA test results from either (1) QuantifFERON^®-TB Gold In-Tube test (GFT-GIT) or (2) T-SPOT^®Btest (T-Spot). Please also complete the TB Survey at the top of the VPCC PPD form. OR Mantoux     Tuberculin Skin Tests (TST)/2-Step PPD -- Complete the survey portion at the top. Your provider will complete the middle box for Step 1. Then return to your provider 2 weeks later to complete Step 2. Your provider will need to complete both boxes of the VPCC form [VPCC PPD Form]

If you have a positive TST/PPD or IGRA, documentation of a negative chest x-ray after the positive TST is required along with your positive results and the completed survey at the top of the VPCC PPD Form.

3. There are several other requirements to be met, including the purchase of textbooks, uniforms, and equipment, etc.. You will receive information about this at orientation.

Documentation for ALL physical requirements is due by:

Monday, December 16, 2024

~See you at Orientation on November 25, 2024!~

Nursing Information and Resources:

• Application Forms/Requirements
• Orientation Forms and Requirements
• Steps to Admission for Nursing
• Essential Function Requirements
• Mission, Philosophy, & Outcomes
• NCLEX-RN Pass Rates
• Graduation & Employment Rates