{"id":1185,"date":"2018-05-07T10:26:06","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T15:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nursing\/?page_id=1185"},"modified":"2026-02-25T13:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:10:37","slug":"training-certification-requirements","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp.stolaf.edu\/nursing\/training-certification-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Additional Nursing Program Requirements"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-modular-content-collection><p>The nursing program has requirements for students that are in addition to the academic criteria required.\u00a0 They are dictated by state law and clinical agency contractual agreements.\u00a0 Contracts are created with clinical agencies that are professional and legal, which include specific stipulations for the protection of patients as well as faculty and students.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification:\u00a0<\/strong> students must be CPR certified by completing a Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers course.\u00a0 The course must include resuscitation of children and adults, one and two-person rescue techniques, and AED use.\u00a0 CPR certification must be valid for two (2) years.\u00a0 A course valid for one (1) year will not be accepted.\u00a0 Resources for finding an approved course include the <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/cpr.heart.org\">American Heart Association<\/a><span style=\"color: initial;\"> and the <\/span><a style=\"background-color: #ffffff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org\/take-a-class\">American Red Cross<\/a> websites.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Annual Exam, Immunizations, Tuberculosis (TB) Testing:\u00a0<\/strong> in addition to the college health requirements, clinical agency partners require documentation of student health and immunization status to be updated annually.\u00a0 This includes having a physical exam and TB screening completed after June 1 prior to the junior and senior years, and documentation of the following immunizations:\u00a0 immunity to Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Diphtheria and Tetanus, Hepatitis B, and documentation of an annual flu shot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Minnesota Department of Human Services (DHS) Criminal Background Study:\u00a0<\/strong> students in the nursing program must complete a criminal background study conducted by Minnesota DHS.\u00a0 This is required by Minnesota law.\u00a0 The study involves a review of specific records and will determine if a student is eligible to provide direct contact services (care of patients).\u00a0 A study will be submitted upon a student&#8217;s entrance to the nursing program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Additional Student Expenses:\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>students in the nursing program will incur additional expenses associated with the requirements of the major.\u00a0 Some examples include costs associated with CPR certification, healthcare costs pertaining to the annual exam, immunization, testing and vaccination requirements, fingerprinting fee associated with the criminal background study, nursing uniforms, transportation costs to clinicals, textbooks for nursing courses, and an annual nursing student fee.\u00a0 The fee, which is assessed by St. Olaf College, covers the expense of professional liability insurance.\u00a0 We are required to have this coverage for all nursing students for protection in case of errors of commission or omission during their student experience.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- begin-migrated-from-panel-builder --><!-- end-migrated-from-panel-builder --><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The nursing program has requirements for students that are in addition to the academic criteria required.\u00a0 They are dictated by state law and clinical agency contractual agreements.\u00a0 Contracts are created 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