Nursing undergraduate program (uOttawa campus)

Please note: Deadline dates for the 2025-2026 academic year were last updated on March 12, 2025.

Program requirements and deadlines

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 Marisa McCulloch at [email protected].

New entry: starting September 2025

Deadlines	Requirements
November 1, 2025	Student Placement: Immunization Requirements (up-to-date vaccinations, serology, and full series COVID-19 vaccination) Important information regarding the Tuberculin Skin Test (TST): The 2-step TST is not required at this time and should only be submitted in the Spring of 2026. (See Year 2 requirements for more information)

Admission: September 2024 (year 2)

Deadlines	Requirements
June 30, 2025	Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) - original document with embossed seal or electronic document forwarded from police service VSC must only be obtained after April 15, 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 15, 2025, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period. 1-step TST Test must only be administered after April 15, 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.
December 1, 2025	Seasonal Influenza Vaccination N95 Mask Fit Testing
June 30, 2026	INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS STARTING IN FALL 2025 ONLY 2-step Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) Test must only be administered after April 15, 2026, to ensure that results remain valid for the entire placement period. Proof of a baseline 2-step TST is required (two separate tests, ideally seven to 28 days apart) in addition to a yearly one-step TST. If you have a history of a positive TST, you must provide documented proof of the positive TST (date of injection and results in mm) along with the report of a chest x-ray completed after the positive TST and a completed Tuberculosis Signs and Symptoms Self-Declaration form.

Deadlines

Requirements

June 30, 2025

Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) - original document with embossed seal or electronic document forwarded from police service
VSC must only be obtained after April 15, 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 15, 2025, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period.
1-step TST
Test must only be administered after April 15, 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.

December 1, 2025

June 30, 2026

INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS STARTING IN FALL 2025 ONLY

2-step Tuberculin Skin Test (TST)
Test must only be administered after April 15, 2026, to ensure that results remain valid for the entire placement period.
- Proof of a baseline 2-step TST is required (two separate tests, ideally seven to 28 days apart) in addition to a yearly one-step TST.
- If you have a history of a positive TST, you must provide documented proof of the positive TST (date of injection and results in mm) along with the report of a chest x-ray completed after the positive TST and a completed
  Tuberculosis Signs and Symptoms Self-Declaration form.

Admission: September 2023 (year 3)

Deadlines	Requirements
June 30, 2025	Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) - original document with embossed seal or electronic document forwarded from police service VSC must only be obtained after April 15, 2025, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period. CPR-HCP (Health Care Provider) or BLS (Basic Life Support) Renewal Course  Certificate must only be obtained after April 15, 2025, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period. Crisis Intervention Training 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 15, 2025, to ensure that results remain valid for the entire placement period.
December 1, 2025	Seasonal Influenza Vaccination N95 Mask Fit Testing

Deadlines

Requirements

June 30, 2025

Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) - original document with embossed seal or electronic document forwarded from police service
VSC must only be obtained after April 15, 2025, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period.
CPR-HCP (Health Care Provider) or BLS (Basic Life Support) Renewal Course 
Certificate must only be obtained after April 15, 2025, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period.
Crisis Intervention Training
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 15, 2025, to ensure that results remain valid for the entire placement period.

December 1, 2025

Admission: September 2022 (year 4)

Deadlines	Requirements
June 30, 2025	Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) - original document with embossed seal or electronic document forwarded from police service VSC must only be obtained after April 15, 2025, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period. CPR-HCP (Health Care Provider) or BLS (Basic Life Support) Renewal Course  Certificate must only be obtained after April 15, 2025, 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 15, 2025, to ensure that results remain valid for the entire placement period.
December 1, 2025	Seasonal Influenza Vaccination N95 Mask Fit Testing

Deadlines

Requirements

June 30, 2025

Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) - original document with embossed seal or electronic document forwarded from police service
VSC must only be obtained after April 15, 2025, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period.
CPR-HCP (Health Care Provider) or BLS (Basic Life Support) Renewal Course 
Certificate must only be obtained after April 15, 2025, 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 15, 2025, to ensure that results remain valid for the entire placement period.

December 1, 2025

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 Marisa McCulloch at [email protected].

Year 2: Entry September xxxx (Program suspended until Spring 2026)

Deadlines	Requirements
xxxx	Student Placement: Immunization Requirements (up-to-date vaccinations, serology, full series COVID-19 vaccination and 2-step TST) Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) - original document with embossed seal or electronic document forwarded from police service VSC must only be obtained after April 15, xxxx, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period. Must apply first week of May xxxx to receive VSC by deadline. Annual Full Certification Course for CPR-HCP (Health Care Provider) or BLS (Basic Life Support)  Certificate must only be obtained after April 15, xxxx, 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 15, xxxx, 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.
xxxx	Seasonal Influenza Vaccination N95 Mask Fit Testing

Deadlines

Requirements

xxxx

Student Placement: Immunization Requirements
(up-to-date vaccinations, serology, full series COVID-19 vaccination and 2-step TST)
Vulnerable Sector Check (VSC) - original document with embossed seal or electronic document forwarded from police service
VSC must only be obtained after April 15, xxxx, to ensure that it remains valid for the duration of the placement period.
Must apply first week of May xxxx to receive VSC by deadline.
Annual Full Certification Course for CPR-HCP (Health Care Provider) or BLS (Basic Life Support) 
Certificate must only be obtained after April 15, xxxx, 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 15, xxxx, 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.

xxxx

Year 3: Entry xxxx and Year 4: Entry xxxx

*Please refer to the Nursing (uOttawa campus) 4-yr program requirements and deadlines.

Nursing undergraduate program (uOttawa campus)

Program requirements and deadlines

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New entry: starting September 2025

Admission: September 2024 (year 2)

Admission: September 2023 (year 3)

Admission: September 2022 (year 4)

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Year 2: Entry September xxxx (Program suspended until Spring 2026)

Year 3: Entry xxxx and Year 4: Entry xxxx