I am responsible for the health screening of all prospective nursing and
midwifery students within Anglia Polytechnic University and would be very
interested to hear from others involved in screening this group and of your
screening procedures.
At APU all students are seen individually by our OH Screening nurse who
after reviewing their questionnaire performs basic screening tests ie BP,
Pulse, Ht, Wt, Keystone vision screening & Urinalysis. Not only is this
costly but is also very time consuming and I see little relevance in it.I
am anxious to streamline this process and believe we should just be
reviewing their questionnaires and vaccination history.
We request all prospective students provide us with HBsAg & Rubella blood
test results, and VZV in the absence of a history of chickenpox.
I have recently been told that we should now be referring all students
arriving from countries where there is a high prevalence of TB for chest X-
rays. We currently follow BTS guidelines and refer those with Heaf Grades
3 & 4 for further assessment.
I would be very grateful if you could spare the time to tell me your
screening procedures and of your opinions as to what we should be screening
these students for.
Thank you.
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