The Virginia Board of Nursing requires that all nursing students have a background check completed when they enroll in a program in Virginia.

Fieldprint, Inc. is a vendor the School of Nursing uses to complete electronic fingerprinting on our nursing students for the background check.

You will receive an email with detailed instructions on how to complete the background check from Deirdre Vandross, Student Services Coordinator, after you are up to date in SIS.

Graduate nursing students (CNL students excluded) will be charged a $35.72 cost for sending your fingerprint to the Virginia State Police to be evaluated.

Sometimes a second fingerprinting will be required, and we will contact you with directions if this occurs.

For questions or concerns, please email Deirdre Vandross or call (434) 924-0068 (434) 924-0068 .