Non-Novant Nurse Requirements

Nurse Requirements Checklist

Print the following checklist to document the completion of your orientation requirements.

Mandatory Requirements

Nursing in the Novant Health Coastal Region (New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Scotts Hill Medical Center, Pender Medical Center and surrounding areas) 

• Non-Novant Health Worker Education - Contact Version: When you complete this orientation, print and save paperwork. You will need to provide a copy to your supervisor as proof of your completion of this education.
• Medication Safety: When you complete this course, print and save the completion certificate. You will need to provide a copy to your supervisor as proof of your completion of this education.
• 2025 Annual Compliance Training (ACT): Compliance for All course

Nursing at all other facilities

• Non-Novant Health Worker Education - Contact Version: When you complete this orientation, print and save paperwork. You will need to provide a copy to your supervisor as proof of your completion of this education.
• Medication Safety: When you complete this course, print and save the completion certificate. You will need to provide a copy to your supervisor as proof of your completion of this education.
• 2025 Annual Compliance Training (ACT): Compliance for All course

Dimensions (EPIC) RN Test-Out

• Submit the inpatient critical care, medical surgical and behavioral health RN EPIC test-out request
• Submit the emergency department RN EPIC test-out request

If you have sufficient previous EPIC experience, additional instructions will be sent via the email address you provide. You must complete the appropriate survey by no later than Monday at noon the week prior to starting at Novant Health.

Self-Learning Activities (SLAs)

These are required for all clinical personnel unless noted on the checklist (nurses, physicians, physician extenders). Read and complete each of the self-learning activities required for your job role. Record the completions on the checklist.

• Acute Coronary Syndrome (except behavioral health, womens, pediatrics, NICU) (CSF28)
• Airstrip ONE: Creating a Snippet (except behavioral health) (NE0117) - Not applicable to the Coastal Region
• Alaris IV Pump Interoperability and EUPA (EAE117) - Not applicable to the Coastal Region
• Alarm & Alert Management (NE0476)
• Alcohol Use Disorder/Non-Critical Care CIWA-AR (NE0005)
• Avoiding Medical Gas Misconnections (NE0238)
• Bariatric Sensitivity (CSF04)
• BBraun Introcan 3 Periph IV Catheter Insertion (Z2762)
• Carb Counting (Except for Surgical Services and Neonatal ICU) (NE0179) - Not applicable to the Coastal Region
• Cardiac Monitoring (except behavioral health) (Z2965)
• CAUTI Eradication for Nursing (NE0384)
• Clinician’s Guide to Environment of Care and Life Safety (EOC2892) - Not applicable to the Coastal Region
• Clinical Opiate Withdrawal Scale (z3987)
• Deep Sedation (emergency department, CC, PICU only) (Z1889)
• Diversion Prevention (z3404)
• Dysphagia and Aspiration (except behavioral health and NICU) (Z1898)
• ED DKA Non-Glucommander Education (NE0537) - Not applicable to the Coastal Region
• EMTALA in OB Triage (labor nurses only) NE0298
• Heart Attack Awareness (behavioral health, L and D, womens, pedicatrics) (Z1997)
• Hypoglycemic Management (NE0265) - Not applicable to New Hanover/Pender
• In Hospital Stroke Code Process (Z1899)
• Inpatient Blood Administration (Except ED and BH) (EAU102)
• Introduction to CCM Protocols (z2940) - Not applicable to the Coastal Region
• Let’s Pause for a Time Out (z3816)
• Ligature Risks of Hospital Beds (z4041)
• Malignant Hyperthermia Basics (except behavioral health) (Z2991) - Not applicable to the Coastal Region
• Management of Aggressive Behavior (MOAB) This is a live event.
  (Use “MOAB” in the keyword search field to locate the event listing. Each 8-hour session has an entry fee you must pay upon registration.)
• Moderate Sedation (ED, CC, PICU and SS) (Z1824)
• North Carolina Addendum to Non-Violent Crisis Intervention (CEG0030)
• Novant Health Restraint and Seclusion (Z1314)
• Observation Levels and Safety Precautions (z2887)
• PAPR Hood (Z0493)
• Patient Rights on the Behavioral Health Unit (z3183)
• Pharmaceutical Waste Management (Rx0034)
• Preparing a Patient for Procedure/Surgery (except behavioral health)
• Prevention of a Retained Surgical Items (RSI) (NE0037) (L and D and SS only)
• Purewick (except behavioral health, womens, pediatrics, NICU ) (z3625)
• Standing Orders (Z1586) - Not applicable to the Coastal Region
• Suicide Screening and Precautions for Acute Care (both inpatient and emergency department areas) (Z2798)
• TNKase (tenecteplase) (NE0165)
• Urinary Retention Standing Order (except behaviorial health and NICU) (NE0079) - Not applicable to the Coastal Region
• Use of Thrombolytics in Stroke Treatment (NE0421)
• Workplace Violence (NE0344)
• Workplace Violence for the Coastal Region (NL0290)