Just got my health requirements for nursing school...

[larma]

I am so frustrated. Because I was accepted into the fall 2013 program back in Sept. Yesterday I received an email stating we would need to get a health checkup/physical and be able to provide proof of immunity/vaccinations for your typical childhood vacs etc. Which is fine, I figure if I couldn't get in touch with the pediatrician I had 30 years ago I would just have titers drawn for those and chicken pox. But then I read that I need a Hep B vaccine, I am pretty sure i have never had one, so I called the dr and said I would need a physical and at the very least the Hep B vac. I read further that you must have the complete series before you are allowed to register for classes for the fall semester when you come to Orientation which will be in late may or early june.

Well, come to find out when I talk to my dr office they said that I would get the first series of hep b, and then a month later the next shot. Then I would need to wait 6 months, for the final shot. So I called the school and told them this. They basically said, "oh well, you won't be able to register". How is that even remotely possible?! How do they send out the health requirements 2 months before orientation and expect people to get caught up on vaccines or even complete a series before signing up for classes with only 2 months notice?! I am so e

[dsb_fam]

My school has the same health requirements, but stated that you could have the Hep B series in progress. Can you talk to anyone else at your school? I'm sorry!

[dt70]

I never had chicken pox, neither did my grand mother. I was exposed by siblings and cousins who both got it.

I asked my doctor about the vaccine when I was in my late 30's.

My doctor insisted I had to have gotten it. He said some people only get one pox on the back that's tiny and not itchy.

Strangely both myself and my grandmother are immune to poison ivy. My sister gets it just from the wind.

[Everline]

The last dose has to be six months after the first. If you get the first shot right away, I think you will be able to get the last shot in the first week of September. Check with your doctor if that is the case and if so, make sure to get in right away for that first shot.

If the school sent you a notice about this that does not give you adequate time to complete the Hep B series, then you are most probably not the only one in this bind. Are you sure there was nothing in any of the paperwork prior to this that indicated you would need this? I would talk to someone else at the school if you can.

[larma]

No, I purposely went through all my pre-nursing requirment info last night...my acceptance letter that I received in September. There is no mention of what the medical records requirements were. I emailed the director of the program, let her know I have an appt for my health exam Monday; will start hep B then...and I am PRAYING my mom is able to get her hands on my vaccine history for Mumps and Measles.

I called my insurance to see if I should have titers pulled, she suggested it would be covered 100% if I just got all my vaccines again. But I am not really sure that is a good idea.

I am just going ot go to my appt and hope for the best.