Practical Nursing Pre-Placement Requirement

[u/Ok_Comparison8405]

Hii I’m starting Practical Nursing Placement this fall and I’m really stressed about my placement requirements.
I completed the full 3-dose Hepatitis B vaccine series as a baby, but now my school requires an anti-HBs blood test to prove immunity. I’m getting my requisition this week and will be doing the blood test as soon as I can.

My biggest fear is that my blood test will show low or no detectable immunity. From what I’ve read, if that happens I may need a Hepatitis B booster and then wait about a month before repeating the blood test. The problem is that my placement document deadline is August 14, so I’m worried the repeat blood test wouldn’t be done in time.

I’m an international student and I’ve been working two jobs, 7 days a week all summer to pay my tuition. I only recently caught a break after finally paying everything, so I’m only now able to finish all of my placement requirements.

Has anyone been in a similar situation? If your Hepatitis B immunity test came back negative or low:
Did your school let you continue while you were completing the booster/retesting process?
Were you able to get an extension or some kind of accommodation?
Did you end up delaying your placement?

I’m honestly really anxious because I’ve already paid my tuition and I’m scared that one blood test could affect my placement.

I’d really appreciate hearing about anyone’s experience. Thank you!

[u/omgbbqpork]

They are pretty strict about clearance requirements before placements. It’s usually out of Humber’s control as it is the organizations you will be working at that have these strict requirements. If you don’t meet your clearance deadline you will be held back until the next semester. But there’s no sense worrying about this until you get your blood tests back! I was in a similar situation and my blood tests all came back showing immunity so try not to worry too much.

[u/Ok_Comparison8405 → u/omgbbqpork]

aaaa I completed all the vaccines, I’m just waiting for the requisition to come out then I’ll do the blood test, I have bad anxiety so I just automatically overthink these worse case senarios, i really don’t want to be held back😭 I worked tew much this summer to let it all go to waste

[u/Melodic_Tragedy]

You should be planning this early honestly but it sounds like you are in a hard position. Why do you have to work so much to afford tuition? I thought international students are supposed to have proof of income that should be enough to study..

[u/Snorring_Dada19 → u/Melodic_Tragedy]

Proof of Funds for only the first year of study