Setting up Your VUNetID

Instructions on how to claim your VUNet ID and password will be sent to your personal email address from the University Registrar's Office. This email should be received 10 business days from the time you pay your deposit.

Vanderbilt Email

Once you have claimed your VUNet ID and Password all official correspondence from VUSN will be sent to your Vanderbilt email address. You can access your Vanderbilt email at https://outlook.com.You must use Multi-Factor Authentication to access your email account through outlook.com. For instructions on installing and setting up MFA, see the MFA block.

For assistance setting up your VUnetID and email, please contact VUIT:
Phone: (615) 343-9999
it@vanderbilt.edu
https://it.vanderbilt.edu

Multi-Factor Authentication to Access Vanderbilt Email

Many Vanderbilt resources including Office.com and YES now require Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA). If you have not done so, you will need to register DUO on your mobile devices. Steps for doing so can be found here.

The New Student Guide is now available.

MSN PreSpecialty level information is now available.

MSN and Post-Master's level information is now available.

Distance Students Hotel and Other Housing Options Near Campus

If you are a distance student that comes to campus for the modified block schedule, this document includes a list of hotels near campus and other temporary housing options offered in Nashville. Many of these hotels offer our nursing students special rates.

For those moving to the Nashville area:

Please view the Housing Guide by Current VUSN Students or the VeryApt webpage to find a roommate.

Vanderbilt's Off Campus Housing Referral Service, www.vanderbilt.edu/ResEd - Select Off Campus Housing Referral, Sign Up, select GUESTS, complete information and register. A guest account will expire after 30 days. Once you matriculate and receive a VUNetID, you may upgrade your account to a Vanderbilt account.

Our Hometown: Nashville, TN, http://www.vanderbilt.edu/nashville/ (which is from the main Vanderbilt's website)

Nashville boasts a variety of neighborhoods from downtown apartments to multifamily units in the suburbs to every kind of apartment community or single-family residential home. There are several distinct areas of the city. For more information about these & other Nashville communities visit the following sites: Nashville Essential Areas, Nashville Guru - Neighborhoods and Visit Music City - Neighborhoods.

Please review the following pages for important information on technology requirements at VUSN:

Technology Letter from Patty Sengstack, Senior Associate Dean for Informatics, and Ryan McNew, Assistant Director of Informatics

Technology Overview

Technology Descriptions

Program and Specialty Technology Requirements

Registration Instructions

Registration information is now available. You can access written instructions and/or a video tutorial to help with registration. Please note that although you can access the registration portal (Your Enrollment Services [YES]) now, you will not be able to register until July 1st.

To find the classes you should register for, see your level or specialty plan by following the link below:

Brightspace orientaition is now available.

Documentation of requirements must be submitted at two web locations (EXXAT and Student Health Portal) in order to be cleared to register for spring 2023 courses. Please complete and/or collect documentation of the required immunizations, titers and testing on the VU Nursing Immunization and TB Testing Form , which will need to be submitted to both web platforms.

EXXAT - (Vanderbilt School of Nursing enrollment requirements)
The MN program is admitting students on a rolling basis so these students' Exxat, Compliance portal requirements must be approved no later than December 1st to be cleared in time for clinical participation. Once you have paid your deposit, are officially enrolled, and have claimed your VUnet ID, then you will be receiving an email invitation from the Exxat system (noreply@exxat.com) to claim your Exxat profile. Please note that there is sometimes a lag between when you are officially enrolled and when the Exxat system is updated. Be sure to check your spam/junk folder periodically for the email. If you have not received an invitation from Exxat by November 7, email Clinical Placement Office.

Once the Exxat account has been activated you’ll be able to sign in with your Vanderbilt University email address at https://login.exxat.com. From there you’ll be directed to the Vanderbilt sign-on page to complete logging in with your VUnetID and password.

All newly admitted students must complete a background check and submit documentation of requirements through the Compliance portal in their Exxat Dashboard. Additionally, students admitted without a nursing license (Non-RN), specifically to the MN, Generalist Nursing Program need to complete the drug screen available in their Exxat Compliance portal. (Enrollment is contingent upon satisfactory evaluation of your background check results.) Instructions can be viewed or downloaded from the Resources tab of the Exxat Dashboard.
1. Select each requirement in the Compliance portal to view the student guidelines.
2. Select the Details drop-down under each requirement to upload documentation. All requirements with a November 1, 2022 Due Date that are appropriate to your entry type must be completed in order to clear the VUSN Requirements Hold on registration (these are required for enrollment – see Due Dates ). Allow 10 business days for documents to be reviewed.
3. Recheck your account to ensure the submitted documentation shows Approved under Status. Select Not Approved to view the reason and resubmit requested documentation until the requirement has been reviewed as Approved.

Note: VUSN Requirement Holds are cleared from Your Enrollment Services (YES) account once a week, after your documentation has been reviewed as Approved.

Student Health Portal (University and State-Mandated Requirements)

Submit to the Student Health Portal by following instructions for the School of Nursing at: https://www.vumc.org/student-health/immunization-requirements-new-students

Note: The University's Immunization Hold is cleared from Your Enrollment Services (YES) account when a message of compliance is received in your Student Health Portal.

For questions related to compliance, please contact Lisa Boyer Shiver, lisa.boyer@vanderbilt.edu | 615-343-3294.

Clinical Placement information is now available.

The onboarding task checklist is now available.

Financial aid award notifications have been processed and should be viewable in your application portal. If you have questions about your financial aid, please contact Kristie Smith, Director, Student Financial Services at k.smith1@vanderbilt.edu.

Tuition and Fees information for 2022-23 is now available.

Scrubs and lab coats can be purchased by accessing this link. The vendor is providing two order deadlines. The first deadline is June 24, 2022. A final deadline is July 8, 2022. It is important that you adhere to these deadlines, as you will need scrubs very early in the semester. You may order additional scrubs throughout the academic year. However, please note that there is an approximate 4-week delivery window. Additionally, the name on the order will be the name placed on the lab coat.

  Prespecialty students are required to purchase one pair of black scrubs and a lab coat through Vanderbilt University Book Store. Some students elect to purchase more than one pair. That decision is up to you. Scrubs purchased through the bookstore will have a VUSN patch sewn onto the sleeve. Permissible brands are on the website.

Direct Entry students are not required to purchase scrubs. Only Direct Entry students enrolled in AGACNP, AGPCNP, FNP, Nurse Midwifery, PMHNP, PNP-PC, and Women's Health programs are required to purchase lab coats. Lab coats must be purchased through Vanderbilt University Book Store. Lab coats purchased through the bookstore will have a VUSN patch sewn onto the sleeve.

Order Your Vanderbilt Student ID

All new students are REQUIRED to submit a photo in order to receive a Vanderbilt Student ID (also called the Commodore Card). All student IDs will be distributed during orientation (applicable for programs with in-person orientations). Student IDs will be given to specialty directors for direct entry students that have a virtual orientation. They will distribute them during your first required block session. Please note that a student ID is required for access to all VUSN building and remote proctored exams.

The deadline to order an ID is July 15th. 

The process to upload an ID photo is as follows:

1. Log in here using your VUnetID and password.

2. Upload a new photo of yourself – please ensure it is well lit, face on, against a plain solid light-colored background. It works best if you have someone take a photo of you using your phone.

No hats or sunglass on please.

Photo Requirements

• All photos need to be in color (no black & white photos)

• Your entire head and shoulders must be visible

• You must be facing forward looking directly into the camera

• You must have a plain, light-colored background

• No other people or objects may be in the photo

• You must not have anything touching your face such as hands, props or other distractions

• You must not make any gestures or inappropriate facial expressions

• You may not wear a hat or sunglasses

• You may not wear jewelry or garments that obstruct the view of your face

Vanderbilt Card Services reserves the right to determine any photo as being inappropriate.

  For issues loading an image for your student ID, please contact the Card Services Office, commodorecard@vanderbilt.edu | 615-322-2273.

Health insurance information, including instructions on how to waive health insurance, is now available.

Complete the required pre-matriculation course prior to orientation.

Direct Entry Orientation Schedule

PreSpecialty Entry Orientation Schedule

Parking Information  

For the protection of students, faculty, staff and postdocs, no parking is allowed at anytime, anywhere on campus, without a valid Vanderbilt University registration permit, except by visitors in spaces designated for visitors. University parking lots are identified by annual, daily, undergraduate, or reserved-spaces designations. Vehicles may park only in areas that correspond to their affiliation with the university, subject to the exceptions delineated in the University Parking Regulations. 

Permit parking registration for professional students will start on August 10th. Permit parking benefits begin on September 1st for the 2022-2023 academic year. Individuals with annual permits will be able to park in any non- reserved parking space on campus, with the exception of the daily parking facilities (Terrace Place, Wesley Place, Sony and West garages) and new hourly paid parking spaces.  

Students with on campus requirements prior to September 1st, can purchase a summer pass for the remainder of August for the prorated fee of $45. Additionally, individuals interested in the daily parking program, which allows participants to pay to park only on days they drive to campus, must apply by July 23rd for consideration in the program starting September 1st.  Space in the program is limited. 

You may also utilize new hourly paid parking spaces ($3 per hour includes sales tax plus a transaction fee) in select parking lots and garages across campus for short- term parking needs starting in August. 

Please contact the Parking Services Office directly if you have questions about permit, annual, or daily parking passes.  

https://www.vanderbilt.edu/traffic_parking/permit-parking.php 

The Office of Student Affairs is providing complimentary parking in the 25 th  Ave Garage, during new student orientation. A campus map is attached illustrating where the garage is in relation to the school of nursing. The 25th Ave Garage can be found at Locator Code 4E and the School of Nursing has a Locator Code of 6D. Student Ambassadors will be present to provide guidance on the first day of orientation. Parking RSVPs were to be submitted by 7/22/22. Please email Dean Feylyn Lewis (feylyn.m.lewis@Vanderbilt.Edu) if you did not RSVP and would like to reserve parking. 

Please monitor your Vanderbilt email address for a series of communications outlining your specific online module requirements, access information, and deadlines.

More information will be available from the Office of the Dean of Students in the upcoming weeks.