Nursing undergraduate collaborative program (Algonquin College)

Program requirements and deadlines

Please note: Deadline dates for the 2024-2025 academic year were last updated on October 7, 2024.

It is your responsibility to keep copies of all your documents, as we will not provide them. We are also not responsible for providing proof of immunization to other programs, clinical sites or future employers (including after graduation) and cannot help with this.

Please email all of your completed forms and obtained documents to your Clinical Placement Risk Management Advisor Anne-Marie Laverdure at [email protected].

New entry: starting September 2024

Deadlines	Requirements
November 1, 2024	Student Placement: Immunization Requirements (up-to-date vaccinations, serology, full series COVID-19 vaccination and 2-step TST) Important information regarding the 2-step Tuberculin Skin Test (TST): If you completed a 2-step TST in the past, please provide proof and no new testing will be required until the next deadline of June 30, 2025. If you have never completed a 2-step TST in the past, you must now complete one. Although the typical schedule is to have the two tests administered 7-to-28 days apart, we ask that students adhere to the following schedule to ensure the results are valid for their entire second year of study: 1st step: administered after June 30, 2024, due Nov 1, 2024 2nd step: administered after April 30, 2025, due June 30, 2025

Deadlines

Requirements

November 1, 2024

Student Placement: Immunization Requirements
(up-to-date vaccinations, serology, full series COVID-19 vaccination and 2-step TST)
- Important information regarding the 2-step Tuberculin Skin Test (TST):
  - If you completed a 2-step TST in the past, please provide proof and no new testing will be required until the next deadline of June 30, 2025.
  - If you have never completed a 2-step TST in the past, you must now complete one. Although the typical schedule is to have the two tests administered 7-to-28 days apart, we ask that students adhere to the following schedule to ensure the results are valid for their entire second year of study:
    - 1st step: administered after June 30, 2024, due Nov 1, 2024
    - 2nd step: administered after April 30, 2025, due June 30, 2025

Admission: September 2023 (year 2)

Deadlines	Requirements
June 30, 2024	Annual Full Certification Course for CPR-HCP (Health Care Provider) orBLS (Basic Life Support) Certificate must only be obtained after April 30, 2024, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period. 1-step TST Test must only be administered after April 30, 2024, to ensure that results remain valid for the entire placement period. If you completed a 2-step TST in the past 12 months, the 1-step TST is not required at this time. If you have ever tested positive, you must provide: Documented proof of the positive TST (date of injection and results in mm) A copy of your chest x-ray report A completed Tuberculosis Signs and Symptoms Self-Declaration form.
October 1, 2024	Police Vulnerable Sector Screening (VSS) - original document with embossed seal or electronic document forwarded from police service VSS must only be obtained after April 30, 2024, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period. Please do not apply before September 1, 2024 as your clinical placement in 2nd year may take place in long-term care home (LTCH) settings. As per the LTCH policy, a police vulnerable sector screening must be completed within 6 months prior to starting placement in a LTCH setting.
December 1, 2024	Seasonal Influenza Vaccination N95 Mask Fit Testing

Admission: September 2022 (year 3)

Deadlines	Requirements
June 30, 2024	Police Vulnerable Sector Screening (VSS) - original document with embossed seal or electronic document forwarded from police service VSS must only be obtained after April 30, 2024, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period. CPR-HCP (Health Care Provider) orBLS (Basic Life Support) Renewal Course Certificate must only be obtained after April 30, 2024, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period. 1-step TST or if you previously tested positive, complete and submit the form: Tuberculosis Signs and Symptoms Self-Declaration Test must only be administered after April 30, 2024, to ensure that results remain valid for the entire placement period.
December 1, 2024	Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Non-Violent Crisis Intervention - Full Certification Course

Deadlines

Requirements

June 30, 2024

Police Vulnerable Sector Screening (VSS) - original document with embossed seal or electronic document forwarded from police service
VSS must only be obtained after April 30, 2024, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period.
CPR-HCP (Health Care Provider) orBLS (Basic Life Support) Renewal Course
Certificate must only be obtained after April 30, 2024, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period.
1-step TST or if you previously tested positive, complete and submit the form: Tuberculosis Signs and Symptoms Self-Declaration
Test must only be administered after April 30, 2024, to ensure that results remain valid for the entire placement period.

December 1, 2024

Admission: September 2021 (year 4)

Deadlines	Requirements
June 30, 2024	Police Vulnerable Sector Screening (VSS) - original document with embossed seal or electronic document forwarded from police service VSS must only be obtained after April 30, 2024, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period. CPR-HCP (Health Care Provider) orBLS (Basic Life Support) Renewal Course Certificate must only be obtained after April 30, 2024, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period. 1-step TST or if you previously tested positive, complete and submit the form: Tuberculosis Signs and Symptoms Self-Declaration Test must only be administered after April 30, 2024, to ensure that results remain valid for the entire placement period.
December 1, 202	Seasonal Influenza Vaccination N95 Mask Fit Testing

Deadlines

Requirements

June 30, 2024

Police Vulnerable Sector Screening (VSS) - original document with embossed seal or electronic document forwarded from police service
VSS must only be obtained after April 30, 2024, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period.
CPR-HCP (Health Care Provider) orBLS (Basic Life Support) Renewal Course
Certificate must only be obtained after April 30, 2024, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period.
1-step TST or if you previously tested positive, complete and submit the form: Tuberculosis Signs and Symptoms Self-Declaration
Test must only be administered after April 30, 2024, to ensure that results remain valid for the entire placement period.

December 1, 202

It is your responsibility to keep copies of all your documents, as we will not provide them. We are also not responsible for providing proof of immunization to other programs, clinical sites, or future employers (including after graduation) and cannot help with this.

As an RPN, it is likely that you have already completed some if not most of the requirements for a previous program or even through your workplace. If the documentation is currently valid, it can be submitted for review.

Please email all of your completed forms and obtained documents to your Placement and Experiential Learning Requirements Management Advisor Anne-Marie Laverdure at [email protected].

Entry Winter 2025

Deadlines	Requirements
April 30, 2025	Student Placement: Immunization Requirements (up-to-date vaccinations, serology, full series COVID-19 vaccination and 2-step TST) Important information regarding theTuberculin Skin Test (TST): Proof of a baseline two-step tuberculin skin test (TST) done at any time in the past is mandatory, in addition to a yearly one-step TST. The yearly one-step TST should only be completed AFTER April 30, 2025, but before June 30, 2025, to ensure that the results remain valid for the duration of the placement period. Students with a history of a positive TST must provide written proof along with the report of a chest X-ray completed after the positive TST. Future TST are not required but the Tuberculosis Signs and Symptoms Self-Declaration formmust be completed on an annual basis.
June 30, 2025	Police Vulnerable Sector Screening (VSS) - original document with embossed seal or electronic document forwarded from police service VSS must only be obtained after April 30, 2025, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period. Annual Full Certification Course for CPR-HCP (Health Care Provider) or BLS (Basic Life Support) Certificate must only be obtained after April 30, 2025, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period. N95 Mask Fit Testing A mask fitting session can be obtained by booking with one of the following companies or any other N95 mask fit-testing certified agencies: Levitt Safety: email them at [email protected] Paramed via their website GEM Health Care Services via their website 1-step Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) Test must only be administered after April 30, 2025, to ensure that results remain valid for the entire placement period. If you completed a 2-step TST in the past 12 months, the 1-step TST is not required at this time. If you have ever tested positive, you must provide: Documented proof of the positive TST (date of injection and results in mm) A copy of your chest x-ray report A completed Tuberculosis Signs and Symptoms Self-Declaration form.
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Nursing undergraduate collaborative program (Algonquin College)

Program requirements and deadlines

Please note: Deadline dates for the 2024-2025 academic year were last updated on October 7, 2024.

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