To reduce your risk of exposure, the following guidelines affect you as you engage in the practice of nursing. Information on Hepatitis and HIV infection will be provided in the Nursing Curriculum. This information will help you to protect yourself and others from unnecessary risks and exposure to disease. Educational material from the Center for Disease Control will serve as guidelines. All nursing students are expected to follow Universal Precautions to prevent contact with blood.
All blood is considered to be potentially infected.
Because nursing students may have direct contact with blood and other body fluids, the School of Nursing requires training in Universal Precautions as adopted by the Indiana State Board of Health. This training will be given during your first semester in nursing prior to caring for patients in the clinical setting. All nursing students will be expected to wash their hands with soap and water after exposure to blood and after removal of contaminated gloves or other personal protective equipment. Disposable latex gloves will be used by nursing students providing first-aid or medical treatment to persons with bleeding wounds.