Nursing

All prospective healthcare students must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with a vaccine regime recognised in Singapore. Those who are medically-ineligible will be subject to prevailing MOH and healthcare institutions’ guidelines. Those who are medically eligible and choose to remain unvaccinated may not be able to access the healthcare and community care settings to complete their clinical posting and meet the clinical training requirement necessary for graduation. As the delivery of direct patient care is a requisite of healthcare professions, all applicants must pass a medical examination and be certified to have the following abilities to perform patient care activities in a safe and effective manner:

Mental-Cognitive ability (including interpersonal-communication ability and behavioural stability) to provide safe care to populations, including safety to self, demonstrate emotional-behavioural stability to function under the stress and pressure when performing nursing care on patients, remain calm when being observed by instructors and other health care personnel during clinical practice attachments. Physical abilityto move around in the clinical environment, walk/stand, bend, reach, lift climb, push and pull, carry objects, perform patient transfers and complex sequences of hand-eye coordination. Auditory ability to hear faint body sounds, auditory alarms, normal speaking level sounds (i.e. blood pressure sounds, monitors, call bells and person-to-person report). Visual ability to detect changes in physical appearance, colour and contour, read accurately medication/ drug labels, markings on syringes and manometers, written and electronic communication. The above required abilities are stipulated in consultation with Singapore Nursing Board to ensure nursing students are fit to practise when they apply for registration/ enrolment upon graduation from nursing programme.