Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 30 - Professions and Occupations › Part 2865 - Practical Nursing State Accreditation Standards › Chapter 1 - Introduction › Rule 30-2865-1.2 - Definitions of terms for Part 2865

Current through June 25, 2024
A. Accreditation
				Site Team: Accreditation Site Team selected by the Board and LEA to visit
				nursing programs for the purpose of verifying and clarifying data presented in
				self-study or progress report. Selection is made at the discretion of the Board
				Practical Nursing Education Director.
B. Adjunct Faculty: All faculty who teach
				nursing courses in the program(s) being accredited and who have adjunct faculty
				employment status as determined by the governing institution.
C. Administrator: The person with designated
				authority and responsibility to direct the practical nursing program and/or
				program of nursing. This person may be called the director, dean, chair,
				etc.
D. Affiliation Agreement:
				Written agreement between the practical nursing programs and healthcare
				facilities.
E. Annual Report:
				Report submitted annually by the administrator of the program that updates
				information on files with the board and validates continuing compliance with
				minimum standards.
F. Assisting
				Staff/Personnel: Persons employed in a unit of nursing who support the nursing
				education program, but who are not classified as faculty by the governing
				institution.
G. Board: The
				Mississippi Board of Nursing.
H.
				Compliance: Adhering to the standards and criteria for accreditation.
I. Complaints: A formal, written charge
				against a practical nursing program.
J. Continuing Education: Planned, organized
				learning experiences designed to augment the knowledge, skill, and ability to
				enhance nursing practice and therefore improve health care delivered to the
				public.
K. Course Objective:
				Course-level objectives of the nursing program.
L. Curricula: All courses and planned program
				activities designed for completing a practical nursing program as defined by
				the Mississippi Community College Board (MCCB).
M. Distant Education: A formal education
				process which online learning is combined with traditional learning for an
				all-inclusive learning experience. Instructions can be synchronous or
				asynchronous (Commission on Regulation and Postsecondary Distance Education,
				2013).
N. Due Process: A formal
				proceeding based on established rules and principles that are not unfair,
				arbitrary, or unreasonable.
O.
				Fiscal Resources: Financial means to purchase, obtain supplies, materials,
				equipment, services, and personnel.
P. Full-Time Faculty: All faculty who teach
				nursing courses in the program(s) being accredited and who have full-time
				faculty employment status as determined by the governing institution.
Q. Governing Organization: The educational
				agency which the practical nursing program is an integral part.
R. LEA: Local Educational Agency.
S. NCLEX®: National Council of State
				Board of Nursing Licensure Examination.
T. Online learning: A delivery model that is
				an interactive computer-based and internet-connected learning environment in
				which students are separated from the instructor by time or location or both
				and in which an instructor is responsible for providing instruction.
U. Outcomes: Performance indicators measured
				at the end of any activity to determine the extent to which the purposes of the
				activity are being achieved.
V.
				Part-Time Faculty: All faculty who teach nursing courses in the program(s)
				being accredited and have part-time faculty status as determined by the
				governing organization.
W. Plan of
				Compliance: Written program for complying with state accreditation standards
				submitted by the administrator for the practical nursing program at the request
				of the Board.
X. Practical Nurse:
				The practice of nursing by a licensed practical nurse means the performance for
				compensation of services requiring basic knowledge of the biological, physical,
				behavioral, psychological and sociological sciences and of nursing procedures
				which do not require the substantial skill, judgment, and knowledge required of
				a registered nurse. These services are performed under the direction of a
				registered nurse, an advanced practice registered nurse, a licensed physician
				or licensed dentist and utilize standardized procedures in the observation and
				care of the ill, injured and infirm; in the maintenance of health; in action to
				safeguard life and health; and in the administration of medication and
				treatments prescribed by any advanced practice registered nurse, licensed
				physician or licensed dentist authorized by state law to prescribe.
Y. Practical Nursing Program: The department,
				school, division, or college within a governing organization that offers one or
				more nursing programs at selected sites.
Z. Preceptors: Individuals in a practice
				setting who function as role models and who assist individual students in
				achieving specific objectives. Preceptors shall be academically/experientially
				prepared at or beyond the level for which the preceptor service is rendered and
				shall have a minimum of one (1) year of experience.
AA. Program of Nursing: Certificate program
				in nursing. The total curriculum, funding, faculty, facilities, and other
				resources available or required by the practical nursing program or governing
				institution for a nursing certificate.
BB. Self-study: Self-study in the practical
				nursing program shall take into consideration previous evaluation instruments
				and their results, number of students enrolled, attrition rate, number of
				students completing, number of students placed, and percentage of students
				passing NCLEX-PN. It shall also include clinical site usage and affiliation
				agreements.
CC. Simulation: A
				technique, not a technology, that allows activities or events to be replicated
				for the purpose of practicing, learning, evaluation, or testing using
				scenarios, high fidelity manikins, medium-fidelity manikins, standardized
				patients, role playing, skills stations, and computer-based critical thinking
				simulation.
DD. State
				Accreditation: the approval by the Board of a Practical Nursing
				Program.
EE. State Accreditation
				Standards: Rules and Regulations for State Accreditation of Practical Nursing
				Programs.
FF. State-Accredited
				Status: Status for a Practical Nursing Program that has met all standards set
				forth in "Accreditation Standards and Rules and Regulations for Mississippi
				Programs of Nursing." State accreditation is required for graduates of
				Mississippi schools of nursing to take the licensed practical nurse examination
				(NCLEX-PN).
GG. Statement of need
				and feasibility: Current evidence of need for professional and practical
				nurses, additional program(s), and community support.
HH. Systemic Plan of Evaluation (SPE): A
				written comprehensive document that contains specific, measurable expected
				levels of achievement and appropriate assessment methods.
II. Traditional Experience: Planned,
				faculty-guided learning experiences that involve direct contact with patients
				in an inpatient, ambulatory care, or community setting (NCSBN Model Act,
				2012a).
JJ. Traditional education:
				Education which instruction takes place between an instructor and students were
				all physically present in the same place (e.g. face-to-face).
KK. Unencumbered license: A license without a
				current discipline, condition, or restriction.
Miss. Code
				  Ann. §§
										73-15-25,
				  73-15-27 (1972, as
				  amended)