Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 410 - RULES OF GEORGIA BOARD OF NURSING › Chapter 410-9 - LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Rule 410-9-.02 - New Nursing Education Program Development

Current through Rules
			 and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1) Definitions.
(a) "Affiliating Clinical Facility" refers to
			 a contracted health care agency utilized by a sponsoring agency for clinical
			 experience of the students enrolled in a Board-approved nursing education
			 program.
(b) "Approved Nursing
			 Education Program" located in this state means a nursing education program
			 approved by the board as meeting criteria established by the board. An
			 "approved nursing education program" located outside this state means a nursing
			 education program that the board has determined to meet criteria similar to and
			 not less stringent than criteria established by the board. In order to be
			 approved by the board, a nursing education program must be one that is offered
			 by:
1.A unit of the University System of
			 Georgia accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of
			 Colleges and Schools;
2.An
			 institution of the Technical College System of Georgia;
3.A postsecondary institution of higher
			 education that is accredited by a regional accrediting agency recognized by the
			 United State Department of Education; or
4.A postsecondary institution of higher
			 education that is not accredited in accordance with subparagraph (3) of this
			 paragraph, but whose curriculum has been determined by the board to meet
			 criteria similar to and not less stringent than criteria established by the
			 board for other approved nursing education programs.
(c) "Campus laboratory" refers to the area in
			 the classroom building which has been designed and organized to simulate the
			 actual hospital patient care setting and where students shall obtain initial
			 practice on each other and/or mannequins prior to experience at the affiliating
			 clinical facilities.
(d) "Clinical
			 learning focus objectives" refer to those outcomes and competencies to be
			 gained by student assignment to a specific affiliating clinical facility and/or
			 area within the agency.
(e)
			 "Clinical rotation plan" refers to the schedule by which students shall be
			 assigned to and rotated through the appropriate experiences available at each
			 affiliating clinical facility.
(f)
			 "Library" refers to published literature, audiovisual aids, and all other
			 educational materials available to faculty and students in the nursing
			 education program.
(g) "Master
			 Curriculum Plan" refers to the written summary showing the sequence of all
			 courses offered in the nursing education program. It includes the number of
			 contact or actual clock hours for each theory and clinical component of each
			 course, the total hours of theoretical and clinical per semester, and the total
			 hours of theory and clinical for the entire program.
1.Theory includes those learning activities
			 which occur in the classroom and campus 'laboratory setting.
2.Clinical includes pre- and
			 post-conferences, actual patient care experience, and other patient-centered
			 learning activities which occur in the clinical facility.
(h) "Sponsoring Agency" refers to a parent
			 institution of the nursing education program. The parent institution shall
			 provide financial and administrative support during the establishment and
			 operational existence of a Board-approved nursing education program. Any change
			 in the parent institution's accreditation or affiliation shall be reported to
			 the Board within thirty (30) days of such change.
(i) "Survey of need" refers to statements
			 from potential affiliating clinical facilities' on agency letterhead which
			 describe the following:
1.E ach agency's
			 current staffing patterns;
2.The
			 current number of vacancies per type of nursing personnel category;
3.The projected utilization of each level of
			 nursing personnel within the facility.
(j) "Syllabus" refers to a written summary of
			 a course in the nursing education program. It includes the course title and
			 number, its credit distribution, placement in the curriculum sequence,
			 prerequisite and co-requisite courses, a course description, learning goals or
			 objectives, related learning activities, and clinical experience, if
			 appropriate.