Pre-nursing NO VAX program? ABSN Masters or ASN

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Where can clinicals be completed without vaccination? 

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Specializes in IBCLC, Mother Baby.

I'm not sure what state you're in, but I will say that a reputable school will require vaccinations, since they are an important part of public health. This is due to clinical sites requiring them to work bedside with patients. 

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Specializes in OR, Nursing Professional Development.

A school itself may not require vaccinations, but the clinical site may. And schools only have clinical site agreements at certain facilities, not all facilities in a geographical area. You can't graduate without completing the clinical component. Even if you do find a school to accept you, the clinical site may not and then you're out your tuition. 

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Specializes in Psychiatric and Mental Health NP (PMHNP).
HopefulAutumn16 said:

I'm not sure what state you're in, but I will say that a reputable school will require vaccinations, since they are an important part of public health. This is due to clinical sites requiring them to work bedside with patients. 

None.  Even if the school does not require vaccinations, the clinical sites will.

If you can't get a particular vaccine(s)for medical reasons, it may be waived.  You will have to provide evidence of the issue.

If you just don't want to get vaccinated, you can't be a nurse.  End of story.

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Specializes in Dialysis.

I had a coworker go through this just recently. Her's is religious reasons. She had to jump through 10,000 hoops, and she almost didn't get to start. The school told her that she was lucky, as that site will no longer be hosting students in the future due to liability issues with another school in the area

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Specializes in School Nursing.

I had to show titers because my childhood vaccination record was long gone. Plus I was required to the HepB series, twice because I had no antibodies after the first. This was a REQUIREMENT at my school. There was no 'opting' out. 

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lifelearningrn said:

I had to show titers because my childhood vaccination record was long gone. Plus I was required to the HepB series, twice because I had no antibodies after the first. This was a REQUIREMENT at my school. There was no 'opting' out. 

As long as there was record of the HEP series, it's wrong that they required another series. One should not have to inject themselves with additional aluminum, polysorbate 80, and more... just because their system did not mount a response. We really are ridiculous with it.

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