This is a summary of the Nursing Admission Packet.

The Texas Health Department now requires all students entering a health care provider program to have a complete series of Hepatitis B immunizations prior to clinical on 10/1/10. The Hepatitis B series takes 6 months to complete. Other required immunizations are specified in the nursing packet. Students are required to have a current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider Course prior to registration in August. Students are also required to comply with a criminal background and drug screening. The results of these screenings will be sent to the nursing program directors prior to admission. Failure to comply with or pass the criminal background and drug screenings may result in a student not being admitted to the vocational nursing program. Failure to report ANY criminal offense, including any which resulted in probation or deferred adjudication, may be grounds for dismissal from the Vocational Nursing Program. Any student who has been arrested for any cause will be required to declare this criminal information history to the Board of Nursing to be determined eligible to take State Board test.

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