California Code of Regulations › Title 16 - Professional and Vocational Regulations › Division 14 - Board of Registered Nursing › Article 3 - Prelicensure Nursing Programs › Section 1420 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
For purposes of this article, the term:
(a) "Affiliated institution" means a
				non-institution of higher education, such as a hospital, that is approved or
				has applied for board approval for a nursing program and is affiliated with an
				institution of higher education pursuant to section
				2786 of the code;
(b) "Approved nursing program" means a
				school, program, department or division of nursing in this state approved under
				the provisions of sections
				2785 through
				2789 of the code and this
				article;
(c) "Assistant Director"
				means a registered nurse administrator or faculty member who meets the
				qualifications of section
				1425(b) and is
				designated by the director to assist in the administration of the program and
				perform the functions of the director when needed;
(d) "Clinically competent" means that the
				nursing program faculty member possesses and exercises the degree of learning,
				skill, care and experience ordinarily possessed and exercised by staff level
				registered nurses of the nursing area to which the faculty member is
				assigned;
(e) "Clinical practice"
				means the planned learning experiences designed for students to apply nursing
				knowledge and skills to meet course objectives in a variety of board-approved
				clinical settings. Clinical practice includes learning experiences provided in
				various health care agencies as well as nursing skills labs, simulation labs,
				and computer labs;
(f) "Content
				expert" means an instructor who has the responsibility to review and monitor
				the program's entire curricular content for a designated nursing area of
				geriatrics, medical-surgical, mental health/psychiatric nursing, obstetrics, or
				pediatrics;
(g) "Course of
				instruction" means the minimum education program that meets the requirements of
				section 1426 for eligibility to take the
				licensing examination and that is not less than two (2) academic years or
				equivalent;
(h) "Director" means
				the registered nurse administrator or faculty member who meets the
				qualifications of section
				1425(a) and has
				the authority and responsibility to administer the program. The director
				coordinates and directs all activities in developing, implementing, and
				managing a nursing program, including its fiscal planning;
(i) "Faculty" means all registered nurses who
				teach in an approved nursing program;
(j) "Institution of higher education" means
				an educational setting that provides post-secondary or higher education, such
				as a university, a community college offering an associate degree, or other
				collegial institution that grants associate of arts degrees or baccalaureate or
				higher degrees to graduates of the nursing program;
(k) "Learning experience" means those
				activities planned for students by the faculty that are designed to meet the
				objectives of the required course of instruction, including the basic standards
				of competent performance in section
				1443.5;
(l) "Nursing process" means the application
				of scientific, evidence-based knowledge in the identification and treatment of
				actual or potential patient health problems. The nursing process includes
				assessment, nursing diagnosis, planning and outcome identification,
				implementation, and evaluation;
(m)
				"Non-faculty" means all persons other than faculty members who meet the minimum
				qualifications of clinical teaching assistant and are selected by the nursing
				program to teach or supervise nursing students in designated nursing
				areas;
(n) "Preceptor" means a
				registered nurse who meets the qualifications set out in section
				1426.1(b)(3)(A) through
				(D), employed by a health care agency, who is
				assigned to assist and supervise nursing students in an educational experience
				that is designed and directed by a faculty member;
(o) "Prelicensure registered nursing program"
				means an institution of higher education or affiliated institution that offers
				a course of instruction to prepare students for entry level registered nurse
				practice and to take the licensing examination;
(p) "Technology" means equipment, tools, and
				devices that are used to facilitate and support the teaching and learning of
				the nursing program's board-approved curriculum.
(q) "Year" means an academic year, unless
				otherwise specified.
1. Repealer of
				  Article 3 (Sections
				  1420-1435.5, not consecutive) and
				  new Article 3 (Sections
				  1420-1430, not consecutive) filed
				  9-27-85; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 85, No. 39). For prior
				  history, including former Sections
				  1419,
				  1422.2,
				  1422.3,
				  1424,
				  1425.5,
				  1426,
				  1427.5,
				  1427.6,
				  1429,
				  1430,
				  1433.05,
				  1433.1-1433.3,
				  1436 and
				  1437, see Registers 85, No. 25;
				  78, No. 9; 77, Nos. 47 and 34; 76, No. 47; 75, Nos. 41 and 33; 74, No. 13; 73,
				  No. 40; 72, No. 53; 70, No. 5; 68, No. 24; 66, Nos. 37, 7 and 6; 64, No. 3; 61,
				  Nos. 13 and 7; 60, No. 21; 57, No. 15; 55, No. 4; 54, No. 8; 53, No. 18; 27,
				  No. 5; 26, No. 4 and 20, No. 1.
2. Amendment of article heading and
				  section filed 9-21-2010; operative 10-21-2010 (Register 2010, No.
				  39).
Note: Authority cited: Section
					 2715,
					 Business and Professions Code. Reference: Sections
					 2785-
					 2788,
					 Business and Professions Code.