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Graduate Catalog > University Policies and Procedures > Nursing Graduate Student Policies > Updated Credentials for Selected Courses

Updated Credentials for Selected Courses

• Evidence of current and valid unencumbered RN license and malpractice insurance is required at the time the student registers for NUR-4430: Public Health Nursing, in the BSN degree program. Students will be required to provide information to a vendor selected by the W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing and Health Professions.
• Evidence of current malpractice insurance and a current and valid unencumbered RN license is required at the time the student registers for the practicum courses in the MSN degree and graduate nursing certificate programs.
• Students must be in compliance with state and institutional requirements for health, criminal background checks, and/or child abuse background check prior to registering the practicums in the MSN degree and the graduate nursing certificate programs. Students will be required to provide health information to a vendor selected by the W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing and Health Professions. Students will be required to have a criminal background check and child abuse clearance through a vendor selected by the W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing and Health Professions.
• The W. Cary Edwards School of Nursing and Health Professions expects all students to adhere to the policies on background checks of any healthcare facility used by students for the independent Practicums required as part of their program requirements.