If the student accepts their seat in the program, they must attend a mandatory orientation, prior to the start of class - date TBA.
Please upload the following required items to your online application. To access your application, log into your "My Account" page with your email address. Under "My Applications" where it reads "Action Required" click on "View". Click the link "Supplemental Items & Documents".
- Health History/Physical Exam
- Proof of Health Insurance (This is required by our clinical partners. If you don’t currently have insurance OneWorld or Charles Drew can assist).
- Copy of current BLS CPR Card: American Heart Association or American Red Cross BLS (basic life support) CPR cards are accepted (Contact Jenny Hank at jhank@mccneb.edu with any questions concerning this certification)
- Influenza Vaccination
- Documentation of the influenza immunization (flu shot) administered during the current flu season. This is ONLY Required October 1 – April 1. If you cannot receive the flu vaccine due to medical or religious reasons, you must notify your clinical instructor, adhere to your clinical site policy regarding non-vaccination, and contact your program director.
- MMR – Measles (Rubeola), Mumps, Rubella Vaccination
- Documentation of 2 vaccines – OR – positive antibody titers for all 3 components (physician verification of results required). If any component of the titer is negative, you will need to repeat the 2-vaccine series.
- If student has the MMRV vaccine, it will fulfill the Varicella vaccination as well as MMR.
- Varicella (Chickenpox) Vaccination
- Documentation of 2 vaccines – OR – positive antibody titer (lab report required) – OR – physician documented history of the disease, including dates of illness.
- If the titer is negative, the student must receive 1 booster shot.
- If student has the MMRV vaccine, it will fulfill the Varicella vaccination as well as MMR.
- Hepatitis B Vaccination
- Documentation of the 3-vaccine series – AND – a positive antibody titer; OR a positive titer alone.
- If the titer is negative, the student must repeat the 3-vaccine series.
- If you are just beginning the series, provide documentation of all shots received thus far and provide subsequent documentation when other shots are received.
- TDAP - (Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis) Vaccination
- Documentation of Tdap booster administered within the past 10 years.
- TB - Tuberculosis/PPD testing
- Documentation of one of the following within the past 12 months for Baseline Screening:
- Negative PPD/TST skin test (2 valid tests for RT students)
- Negative QuantiFERON Gold blood test
- Negative T-spot blood test
- TB questionnaire/attestation completed if there is evidence of previous PPD testing (RT 2nd Year);
- If positive results, one of the following is required each year:
- Clear chest x-ray report
- Negative QuantiFERON Gold blood test
- Negative T-spot blood test
- NOTE: Any student who was born outside of the United States and/or who knows they’ve been previously vaccinated for TB, should NOT get a TB blood or skin test, as it will show a positive result and may make the student ill; they need to get a chest x-ray, which can be done at OneWorld for a reduced fee or a provider of their choice.
- COVID-19 vaccination- (IF REQUIRED BY CLINICAL FACILITY)
- NOTE: This is not required at MCC for entry into the program, but students must comply with the requirements of the facility where they attend clinical. This means that evidence of the vaccination must be uploaded as follows or the student must be prepared to vaccinate or provide waiver or exemption documentation depending on what is required by the clinical faculty.
- Documentation of completed series of vaccination:
- [Moderna / Pfizer= 2 injections; J&J= one injection]
- Documentation from affiliated clinical partners of waiver or exemption
- Background Checks & Drug Screening/Testing
- Clinical facilities require Metropolitan Community College to perform drug testing and background checks on all students before they can participate in clinical experiences. Therefore, students will need a background check performed and submit to a drug screening before being allowed into clinical practice. Students may be subject to random and/or additional drug testing and/or background checks throughout the program.
Above are the standards for most all of our clinical partners. There may be a variation of requirements, depending on clinical location.
Complete required Background Checks electronically, using the secured links that will be emailed, once student has been registered in the program.
- Students under age 19 MUST have a parent or guardian's signature on all Background Check forms.
- Students will receive two background check links. Any student under the age of 19, will be required to have a parent/guardian signature on the documents. One background check link is to OneSource, which uses an electronic signature and the other will be from DHHS which will require a parent/guardian's notarized signature.
- Students accepted to one of MCC’s Health Profession’s programs may present history of a felony, open misdemeanor, or positive drug test result. While students with such a history may be accepted, “acceptance” into one of Metropolitan Community College’s (MCC) Health Professions Programs (“Program”) is not a guarantee of acceptance into the required clinical experience, nor that you will be allowed by the state and/or a credentialing agency to sit for the licensure or certification exam, nor future employment in the field being pursued. Various factors, including but not limited to, a student’s drug screening, criminal, sex offender, OIG-SAM and/or abuse registry history, may affect a student’s eligibility to progress through the Program and gain licensure/credentialing and employment. Facilities offering practical experiences to students make their own determination as to which students they will accept based on that organization’s standards, including review of a student’s drug screening, criminal history, sex offender registry, OIG-SAM and abuse registry records, over which MCC has no control. Failure to be accepted into and successfully complete a clinical rotation will result in failure to complete the course and/or degree. Similarly, MCC has no control over whom the state and/or credentialing agency allows to sit for the licensing or credentialing exam, or what factors potential employers may determine disqualify an individual from employment. Acceptance into an MCC Health Professions Program is not a guarantee of program completion, future licensure or certification, or ultimate employment in the field of study.
- The Nebraska Abuse Registry Check through DHHS, requires an Identity Verification form be completed by any student under the age of 19. The ID Verification form will appear after the student has submitted their personal data to DHHS. This form MUST be taken to a Notary of the Public, to be signed by the Parent/Guardian in front of the Notary after showing photo ID. The Notary will fill out the form, request the parent/guardian signature; then sign, date, and stamp the form making it a legal document. Please upload the fully signed document into the DHHS portal using the Request Number (from the form), the 4-digit Pin number that the student created when starting the process, and the instructions provided in the DHHS email. NOTE: Minors are not the only students subject to the ID Verification form. If you are not a minor and receive the ID form upon submission, follow the same steps mentioned for the minor. Since you are an adult, you can take the form to get notarized yourself. Any questions, contact Brenda Ballou at bmballou1@mccneb.edu. The DHHS link will expire, so complete the link as soon as possible from a computer/laptop/tablet, NOT FROM A CELL PHONE. Accuracy matters, so make sure all information is entered in correctly so another link does not have to be requested, as a fee may be assessed to your student account.
