Spring 2022
While not all clinical partners have mandated the booster vaccine yet, we advise you get one as soon as you are eligible if you have not yet received one.
For more information about the the University’s Spring 2022 guidelines, including details about testing, isolation, and masking, please visit the Carolina Together website here.
Learn about the Clinical Partner COVID Vaccine Mandate here.
If You Test Positive for COVID-19 (Isolate)
Everyone, regardless of vaccination status:
- Continue to wear a mask at all times (surgical mask or KN95 mask)
- Stay home for 10 days post-positive test for OFF CAMPUS CLINICAL experiences (Ex. I tested positive on 1/1/22. I cannot attend off campus clinical experiences through at least 1/11/22).
- Stay home for 5 days post-positive test for ON CAMPUS ACTIVITIES (on campus clinical/EISLE lab and/or classroom experiences) (Ex. I tested positive on 1/1/22. I need to stay home through at least 1/6/22).
- If you have a fever or no resolution of symptoms, continue to stay home until your fever goes away without the use of anti-pyretics (ex. Tylenol/Advil) and symptoms improve regardless of days since testing positive.
- If you tested positive on campus, UNC Campus Health will reach out to you. If you tested positive off campus, immediately upload your positive results to campushealth_records@unc.edu.
- Campus Health should send you a University Approved Absence (UAA)
- Complete the confidential UNC SON app linked below.
If You Were Exposed to Someone with COVID-19
If you have been boosted
or
completed the primary series of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine within the last 6 months
or
completed the primary series of J&J vaccine within the last 2 months
- Continue to wear a mask at all times (surgical mask or K/N95 mask)
- Test on day 5 post-exposure (Ex. I was exposed on 1/1/22. I need to test on 1/6/22), if possible.
- If you develop symptoms, get tested and stay home. If positive, see above.
If you completed the primary series of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine over 6 months ago and are not boosted
or
completed the primary series of J&J over 2 months ago and are not boosted
or
are unvaccinated:
- Continue to wear a mask at all times (surgical mask or K/N95)
- Stay home for 5 days (Ex. I was exposed on 1/1/22. I need to stay home through at least 1/6/22).
- Test on day 5 (Ex. I was exposed on 1/1/22. I need to test on 1/6/22), if possible.
- If you develop symptoms, get tested and stay home. If positive, see above.
Testing Options at UNC
Classroom Guidance
All lectures will be recorded and be downloadable and available for students.
We understand that in Spring 2022 students’ course attendance may be affected by current COVID related health guidance. Recognizing this, all classes in all programs (BSN, ABSN, MSN, DNP, PhD) will be recorded and posted in the course Sakai site within 48 hours from when they were recorded. Recordings will be available through the end of the semester.
Clinical Guidance
Clinical absences by students due to COVID will be handled in a manner similar to other-than-COVID absences. These established protocols include:
- Determination on an individual basis
- Missing a clinical day in the Undergraduate Program will necessitate the use of independent case studies that are aligned with course objectives and/or making up the missed clinical day on a different day later in the semester.
- Case studies must turned in to clinical faculty prior to the next clinical day. Faculty will have 2-3 case studies ready to deploy.
- Ensuring clinical objectives are met may also mean that
- Students who miss more than 24 hours of clinical (2 -12 hour days or 3 or 4 – 6 to 8 hour days) meet with their course coordinator, clinical faculty, student, and possibly Lead Faculty/Assoc Dean to discuss if they are able to progress this semester
- Students who miss more than 2 on campus clinical lab days meet with the clinical faculty, course coordinator, and EISLE Director/staff to discuss if they are able to progress this semester.
- Missing a clinical day in one of the Graduate Programs (MSN/DNP) will result in rescheduling the time with the preceptor and agency at their convenience.
- An IN grade in a clinical management course in a sequential graduate clinical course must be removed by the end of the second week of the in Spring 2022 semester for the student to continue enrollment in the next nursing course in the sequence according to prerequisites as stated in the University Record.
- The PhD program will work with students on an individual basis.