HAN Students Acceptance Letter

This training needs to be updated if older than one year from admission to the College of Nursing. An NAU login to Canvas is required.

If you are new to NAU, access to the Academic Integrity training requires enrollment in your nursing courses.

Please check back after you have been enrolled in your nursing courses. Contact University Admissions to ensure you have paid your application fee and have been fully admitted to the university.

Please download any documents linked below before filling them out. Thank you!

Please use your campus checklist to submit required documentation.

Students will use Exxat, an online student portfolio to maintain clinical documentation and performance sheets throughout the program.

Mandatory Document Checklist

Submit a copy of your CPR certification from the Netherlands. You will complete a CPR refresher once you arrive at NAU through the College of Nursing.

Once everything is completed you will need to make a PDF copy of your HIPAA completed training transcript and upload it to Exxat at nau.edu/mytraining.

Make sure your PDF copy shows that you completed all 7 units and the HIPAA University Security and Confidentiality Agreement. The College of Nursing does not need a copy of your HIPAA University Security and Confidentiality Agreement.

Complete HIPAA Training instructions:

• Click on the above link to complete the online HIPAA training.
• Complete all 7 units.
• Read and sign the HIPAA University Security and Confidentiality Agreement.

Liability insurance must be effective January 1, 2025 through January 1, 2026.

Liability insurance can be purchased through NSO. The minimum amount required is $1 million each claim/ $6 million aggregate.

You will need to select Arizona as your state of residence and put the address of the apartment you are currently living in. Per NSO policy, their coverage is for a full year, as they do not have a coverage for only 6 months so you will select the dates for the entire year. The coverage will only be for the United States and will not transfer to the Netherlands.

Provided by the College of Nursing.

Complete Online Bloodborne Refresher Training instructions:

• Once you are on the website click on Online Bloodborne Refresher Training.
• Log in using your NAU username and password.
• Complete the training and the quiz.

• Once you pass the quiz you will receive an email from support@bioraft.com to your NAU email address with a certificate of completion.
• Add the certificate of completion to your Exxat account.

If you are new to NAU, access to the Online Bloodborne Refresher Training requires enrollment in your nursing courses. Please check back after you have been enrolled in your nursing courses. Please contact University Admissions to ensure you have paid all fees and have been fully admitted to the university.

You will purchase international student health insurance through CIE. That will be charged to your LOUIE account.

Please download any documents linked below before filling them out. Thank you!

Physical Exam Form and Healthcare Provider Certificate

One physical exam required for entry into program.

Only the Physical Exam Form and Healthcare Provider Certificate that has been provided by the College of Nursing will be accepted as proof of completion. All other forms will not be accepted.

The forms need to be completely filled out and any incomplete documents will be rejected.

We will provide you with NAU College of Nursing scrub top and pants and polo shirt when you arrive on campus.

To safeguard the health of the NAU population, ALL new and transfer students born after December 31, 1956 are required to provide proof of immunity to measles, mumps and rubella (MMR).

Before a student can register, they are required to show proof of measles, mumps and rubella vaccinations or a lab test showing proof of immunity to the measles, mumps and rubella. You may obtain a copy of an official immunization record from your health care provider, health department, high school, or previous university. The MMR vaccine is available on a walk-in basis for a fee at Campus Health Services.

Campus Health Services – University MMR requirement

If you have chosen not to be vaccinated, please contact the College of Nursing, and speak with an Academic Program Coordinator.

Hepatitis B

Proof of immunizations or proof of immunity by positive titer (must submit lab report for titer; immunization record needs to indicate 3-dose, 2-dose or 4-dose accelerated series).

MMR

Proof of two immunizations or immunity by positive titer (must submit lab report for titer).

TB skin test or Quantiferon (blood test)

ALL students are required to complete the TB 2-step process. The first TB test is completed and then within 10 days, you must take a second TB test.

The 2-step TB skin test or blood test must be completed by the date given in Exxat.

Must be completed once a year and must be current throughout the program enrollment (positive TB skin test submit chest x-ray within 5 years or negative Quantiferon blood test).

Tdap

Proof of one immunization within 10 years (TD nor DTAP are not accepted).

Varicella

Proof of two immunizations or proof of immunity by positive titer (must submit lab report for titer).

Influenza

Flu Immunization for the flu season are required and must be for the current year, which is August to April.Annual influenza vaccines are due October 1st of every year, regardless if taken after October 1st of the previous year.

Covid-19

Northern Arizona University and the College of Nursing do not require the Covid-19 vaccine; however, we will abide by the guidelines set by our clinical agencies.At this time, many clinical partners require all our faculty and students to have their Covid-19 vaccination completed before being allowed to attend clinicals. As a new admit student, you still have the choice to be unvaccinated. If you cannot attend clinicals due to being unvaccinated, there are no alternatives to acquire credit for clinical time.Please remember that attending clinicals is part of the curriculum in graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing. If you are unable to attend clinicals, you will not receive a passing grade and be dismissed from the program. Please see the College of Nursing Student Handbook on receiving a failing grade.

Arizona State Board of Nursing Policy Brief

• Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine – proof of two immunizations; or
• Moderna Covid-19 vaccine – proof of two immunizations; or
• Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine – proof of one immunization

After May 12, 2023:

• Bivalent Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine – proof of 1 immunization. OR

Bivalent Moderna COVID-19 vaccine – proof of 1 immunization.