COMPUTER SECURITY AGREEMENTS

In several of the clinical agencies, students are permitted access to computer stored patient/client data bases. Students may also be required to enter patient/client data to the record through computer. Students are required to sign a computer security agreement in these facilities as a protection to the patient/client and the affiliating clinical agency.

PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIABILITY INSURANCE

All students in the College of Nursing are required to carry personal and professional liability insurance in the amount of $1,000,000/$3,000,000 in order to practice in the clinical laboratories. RN students are required to obtain Liability Insurance upon admission to the Nursing Program. The cost is currently $59.00 per year. Registered nurse students must obtain their insurance through the student insurance company, a private company or agency or, if they are members of the Ohio State Nurse's Association, through that organization. Liability insurance renewal for R.N.'s is on an annual basis.

Students may not attend any clinical session without a current liability insurance policy and having provided evidence of this policy to the College of Nursing Office of Student Affairs. Lack of attendance due to lack of liability insurance will result in a need to withdraw from the clinical courses. RN students may practice in clinical settings within the guidelines of the course and the course objectives only, since they are not employees of the health care facility.

CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION

All students are required to maintain current CPR certification as a "Healthcare Provider C" with the American Heart Association. Students may enroll in the course N10020, CPR or may recertify through the College of Nursing if their certification is within a month of expiration. Recertification classes are typically offered each fall and spring semester. It is the student's responsibility to recertify prior to the end of the certification period.
If certification was obtained at the College of Nursing, a lost BLS card may be replaced by submitting the "Replacement of BLS Card" form and paying a fee for the issuance of the new card.