Alabama Administrative Code › Title 610 - ALABAMA BOARD OF NURSING › Chapter 610-X-3 - NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 610-X-3-.01 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Approved Program: A
			 nursing education program that meets all of the standards as specified in these
			 rules.
(2) Articulation: A planned
			 process between two or more educational programs or systems to assist students
			 to make a smooth transition from one program to another without duplication in
			 learning or coursework.
(3)
			 Clinical and Theoretical Competence: The possession of knowledge, skills, and
			 abilities necessary to meet current standards of nursing practice and education
			 as specified in Chapter 610-X-6, Standards of Nursing Practice, Chapter
			 610-X-3, Nursing Education Programs, Chapter 610-X-4, Licensure, Chapter
			 610-X-5, Advanced Practice Nursing Collaborative Practice, and Chapter 610-X-9,
			 Advanced Practice Nursing.
(4)
			 Clinical Learning Experience: Organized plan of learning experiences, under the
			 oversight of an experienced clinical supervisor, that provides student
			 opportunities to integrate knowledge into assessment, planning, implementation,
			 evaluation, and clinical reasoning of nursing care appropriate to the scope of
			 practice for the level and type of program.
(5) Pre-clinical Learning Experience: An
			 organized plan occurring prior to the learning experience, with information to
			 span the lifespan for varied clinical settings, to ensure a safe transition to
			 nursing practice in complex environments with pre- and post-clinical
			 conferences.
(6) Simulation: A
			 technique that amplifies "real-life" learning in an interactive manner with
			 guided experiences that replicate significant aspects of reality of acute,
			 chronic, and community health settings across the life-span.
(7) Prelicensure Clinical Supervisor: A
			 licensed registered nurse, acting in a supervisory capacity of clinical
			 learning experiences, who is accessible to assign or prescribe a course of
			 action, give procedural guidance, direction, and evaluation for a nursing
			 student(s). This term may include assigned clinical faculty or adjunct
			 faculty.
(8) Preceptor (RN program
			 or LPN program): a licensed nurse whose licensure is appropriate to the scope
			 of practice with at least one year of experience, who is employed in a clinical
			 setting and serves as a role model, resource person, and clinical educator to
			 enhance the learning experiences of a student nurse.
(9) Clinical Supervisor, Clinical
			 Coordinator, or Preceptor (Advanced Practice Program): an advanced practice
			 registered nurse, a physician, or other appropriately licensed,
			 population-focused clinician who provides guidance, serves as a role model,
			 resource, and clinical educator to enhance the learning experiences of an
			 advanced practice nursing student.
(10) Curriculum: An organized plan of study
			 in nursing that includes both theoretical and clinical learning experiences
			 essential for preparing students to be eligible upon graduation to apply for
			 licensure as a registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, or certification and
			 approval of an advanced practice nurse.
(11) Curriculum Outcomes: A common set of
			 competencies expected of a program's graduates upon completion of an organized
			 plan of study. Outcomes are clear, measurable demonstrations of student
			 learning.
(12) Deficiency(ies):
			 Failure of a nursing education program to meet one or more of the standards as
			 stated in Chapter 610-X-3, Nursing Education Programs.
(13) Distance Education: A formal educational
			 process in which the majority of the instruction in a course/program occurs
			 when instructors and students are not physically in the same location. The
			 educational process may use various methodologies consistent with this chapter
			 for communication, instruction, and evaluation.
(14) Nursing Faculty: Registered professional
			 nurse, with at least one graduate degree in nursing or a health-related field,
			 appointed by the governing institution and who are employed full-time or
			 part-time and are responsible for developing, implementing, evaluating, and
			 updating nursing program curricula.
(a)
			 Nursing faculty for advanced practice nursing courses must meet national
			 accreditation, certification, and educational standards for the specific
			 program of study. This requirement does not apply to non-nursing faculty
			 teaching non-nursing courses in an advanced practice curriculum.