Health and Immunization Requirements

College of Nursing undergraduate and graduate students must have a health clearance. To determine clearance, a health assessment must be done either by your personal health care provider or at Rutgers University Health Services. The cost incurred is your responsibility but it is generally less expensive to use the University Health Services.

NOTE: The required immunization information and Immunization and Health Clearance Form  must be completed and returned to the University after admission during the first semester of study at the College of Nursing . No later! This form is in addition to those you received from the University.

Health Clearance Requirements:

  1. Health Assessment
    Completion of the IMMUNIZATION AND HEALTH CLEARANCE FORM documenting a  health history, physical examination, complete blood count, blood glucose and cholesterol levels, and a urinalysis. This certificate determines medical clearance and must be completed once, immediately upon admission and during the first semester at the College of Nursing.
  2. The Immunization Record form  Please read all forms carefully and submit all the information, which includes:

    Immunization/Immunity History

    Nursing students must provide documentation of all of the following:
    1. Immunity to measles, mumps and rubella (two doses or by a seropositive titer; if titer is negative, immunizations are required);
    2. Hepatitis B three dose series or a seropositive titer;*
    3. Tetanus booster within the last 10 years;
    4. Proof of immunity to varicella (chickenpox) by a seropositive blood titer. If the titer is negative, immunizations are required.*
    5. Proof of meningitis (Menumune) immunization is requiredfor all new first year and transfer undergraduates living in University housing.


    NOTE: *If the hepatitis series of immunizations is needed, the process takes seven months to complete. If the varicella immunizations are needed, the series takes 30 to 45 days to complete.

     

  3. Tuberculosis Screening

     A mantoux tuberculin skin test within the last year is required. If you have not had a  tuberculin skin test within the past year you will be required to complete a 2-STEP MANTOUX  TEST. If you test negatively, you will need to be retested annually. If you test positively, a chest x-ray must be performed and, if necessary, that must be followed by therapy. The results of mantoux testing and chest x-ray must be recorded on your immunization form.
FOR REFERENCE
  1.  Read all forms and directions carefully.
  2. Know what the health requirements are for the College of Nursing.
  3. Keep a copy of all completed forms as these may be needed in the future when you begin your clinical (hospital) experiences. Once the data is put into the computer, the forms will be shredded and will not be retrievable.
  4. Never have your records sent from your health care provider’s office to the Immunization Program. Have them sent to you first.  KEEP A COPY OF ALL YOUR  IMMUNIZATION AND HEALTH CLEARANCE INFORMATION. Only the College of Nursing Immunization and Health Clearance Form should be sent to the University. If you go to any of the Rutgers Health Centers for your immunizations or testing, you need to tell every clinician to whom you speak that you are a nursing student and to please enter your data on the computer.
  5. If you are tested annually for tuberculosis, by your private health care provider, please return the results of the mantoux test to the iMMUNIZATION CENTER ASAP:

    If you are tested at any one of the University Health Centers, please tell the clinician to put the test results in the computer databank.
  6. Return all forms to:

    Immunization Program
    Hurtado Health Center
    11 Bishop Place
    New Brunswick, NJ 08901-1180
  7. If you have any questions, please call the Office for Student Affairs at 973/353-1157. If you choose not to use your own health care provider, you have the option to use the University Health Services. However, this cannot be done until classes begin in the Fall. If you choose this option, please make an appointment at any one of these locations for your health assessment:

    Newark

    Newark Health Center
    Blumenthal Hall
    249 University Avenue
    973/353-5231, ext. 2

    New Brunswick

    Hurtado Health Center
    11 Bishop Place
    College Avenue Campus
    732/932-7402

    Busch/Livingston Health Center
    110 Hospital Road and Avenue E
    Livingston Campus
    732/445-3250

    Willets Health Center
    11 Suydam Street
    Douglass College
    732/932-9805

    Camden

    Camden Health Center
    326 Penn Street
    856/225-6005
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