I'm a senior BSN nursing student and I was wondering if you all are required to get fingerprinted for nursing school. The nursing department contacted all the nursing students of my school and stated that due to new regulations all nursing students need to get fingerprinted for a cost of $65.
Also I go to college in New Mexico and Texas is only half of an hour away and sometimes I have clinicals in Texas. This summer the nursing department stated that we can no longer have clinicals in Texas (due to Texas regulations) and must have all clinical sites within 75 miles of campus. Thanks.
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I have heard that some rotations require fingerprinting card. But in my BSN program I have not been asked to obtain one. In order to get my VA badge, they did extensive background checking though.
I am also in a BSN program in NM (not the same school as you, though ... I'm not that close to Texas) and we were required to be fingerprinted at the start of this year due to state regulations and privacy laws. It was a pain, but not that big a deal. I'm sorry to hear you've lost clinical sites though. Are they scrambling to find places for everyone?
Yes, they are working on getting more clinical sites.
Thanks for all the replies and I'm glad to hear that my school isn't the only one that has to get fingerprinted.
We had to complete two separate background checks, fingerprinting, and take a drug test before starting school this month. Total cost for me was about $135.
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For my MSN program I had to get fingerprinted, background checked, and drug tested . . .$130!:uhoh21: