Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 172 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE › Chapter 97 - APPROVAL OF BASIC NURSING PROGRAMS IN NEBRASKA › Section 172-97-002 - DEFINITIONS

Current through June 17, 2024
Definitions are set out in the Nurse Practice Act, the
				  Uniform Credentialing Act, 172 Nebraska Administrative Code (NAC) 10, and this
				  chapter.
002.01
ACCREDITATION.
A status bestowed by a national nursing
				accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of
				Education.
002.02
ADJUNCT FACULTY.
Persons who are employed by a
				program, but not on a fulltime basis, or who are not employed by a program, who
				supervise and instruct students in a specific area of expertise. Adjunct
				faculty work under the supervision and guidance of faculty. Adjunct faculty
				must meet the educational qualifications of faculty. Adjunct faculty are to
				supplement and complement the nursing faculty. Staff Nurse Clinical Instructors
				working on Dedicated Education Units (DEUs) are exempt from faculty
				qualifications as outlined in 172 NAC
				97-003.
002.03
ANNUAL
				REPORT.
A document that each nursing program is to submit at the
				end of each calendar year to maintain ongoing program approval and to keep the
				Board informed of the status of the program's administration and organization,
				clinical resources, curriculum, faculty and preceptors, program evaluation,
				students, and student services.
002.04
APPROVED.
A
				program has been approved by the Board after it has met the requirements of
				Nebraska Revised Statute (Neb. Rev. Stat.) §§
									38-2232 to
				38-2234 and the requirements of
				the Board as set out in this chapter.
002.05
ASSISTANT
				DIRECTOR.
The registered nurse who is assistant to the director in
				administration of the educational program in nursing regardless of the official
				title in any specific institution. The assistant director has the
				administrative responsibility for a specific program or site and must meet the
				same qualifications as those specified in this chapter for the
				director.
002.06
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE.
Faculty-planned and guided
				learning activities designed to assist students to meet the stated program and
				course outcomes. Learning activities should be designed to assist students to
				safely apply knowledge and skills to clients across the lifespan and must be
				appropriate to the expectations of the graduates according to the program
				type.
002.07
CONTROLLING INSTITUTION.
An established organization
				or institution which applies for approval and actually administers and controls
				the program of registered or practical nursing in its entirety after approval
				is received from the Board.
002.08
COURSE.
An instructional unit of the curriculum with
				defined objectives and methods of evaluation.
002.09
CURRICULUM.
The total learning experiences of the program organized in a systematic
				manner.
002.10
DEBRIEFING.
An activity that follows a clinical lab,
				classroom or simulation experience, is led by a facilitator, encourages
				participants' reflective thinking, and provides feedback regarding
				participants' performance.
002.11
DEDICATED EDUCATION UNIT (DEU).
Nursing units in which
				designated staff nurses become the clinical instructors to the students. Staff
				nurse clinical instructors work closely with nursing faculty and have received
				education about teaching, learning and evaluation in clinical nursing
				education.
002.12
DIPLOMA, DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE.
The formal document
				showing that the student has completed the prescribed program.
002.13
DIRECTOR.
The
				registered nurse administratively in charge of an educational program in
				nursing regardless of the official title in any specific institution.
002.14
DISTANCE LEARNING. A mode
				of delivering education and instruction to students who are not physically
				present in the same location.
002.15
GOVERNING
				BODY.
The body of a controlling institution that sets the policies
				for the institution.
002.16
INNOVATIVE APPROACH.
A creative nursing education
				strategy that departs from the current rule structure and requires Board
				approval for implementation.
002.17
NURSING FACULTY.
Individuals employed full- or
				part-time by an academic institution who drive nursing education based on
				national standards, reflect the parent institution's mission, and facilitate
				the development of clinical judgment necessary for safe and effective
				practice.
002.18
OBSERVATIONAL EXPERIENCE.
An assignment to a facility or unit
				where students observe the role of the facility and the role of nursing within
				the facility, but where students do not participate in direct patient or client
				care. Direct faculty or preceptor supervision is not required for an
				observational experience outside the clinical facility. Observational
				experiences may be used to supplement, but not replace direct patient care
				experiences.
002.19
PRECEPTOR.
An experienced registered nurse who
				provides direct supervision of a formal student clinical learning experience at
				a clinical agency where the preceptor is employed. A preceptor acts as a
				facilitator of student learning and serves as a teacher, mentor, role model or
				supervisor who is immediately available in a clinical setting. Preceptors are
				employed by the agency where the student is placed for clinical
				experience.
002.20
PRELICENSURE NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAM.
An educational
				program approved by the Board which prepares the registered or practical
				nursing graduates to qualify for the license of registered nurse or licensed
				practical nurse upon passing the required licensing examination, and meeting
				other licensure requirements.
002.21
PROGRAM
				STATUS.
A designation assigned to a nursing education program by
				the Board which may include approval, warning, suspension or
				revocation.
002.22
PURPOSE.
A statement which identifies the reason for
				the existence of a program.
002.23
RECOMMENDATIONS.
Advice of what must be done to ensure
				that the entire program or program components have met the requirements of the
				law and the requirements of the Board as set out in this rule. All
				recommendations must be considered and implemented by the program and the
				program must keep the Board informed of the implementation of the
				recommendations.
002.24
SIMULATION.
A technique to replace and or amplify
				patient care experiences with guided experiences that evoke or replicate
				substantial aspects of the real world in a fully interactive manner.
002.25
STAFF NURSE SUPPORTED
				EXPERIENCE.
A clinical experience, which is 3 days or less, where
				a student is assigned 1:1 to a staff nurse in a specialty setting for a hands
				on clinical experience at the direction of the staff nurse. Faculty should
				provide indirect supervision for the experience as defined in 172 NAC
				99.
002.26
STAFF NURSE
				CLINICAL INSTRUCTOR.
A registered nurse with 12 months or more
				experience who receives orientation and training from nursing programs and is
				employed in a clinical setting at sites using the Dedicated Education Unit
				(DEU) model of clinical instruction. A staff nurse instructor will supervise no
				more than 2 students at 1 time and is exempt from faculty qualifications as
				outlined in 172 NAC
				97-007.03.
002.27
SUGGESTIONS.
Proposals for the program to consider that may enhance the program or program
				components. Suggestions are to be considered by the program, but may be
				accepted and implemented, modified and implemented, or rejected and not
				implemented. No follow-up communication with the Board is required.
002.28
SUPPORT
				COURSE.
A non-nursing course in the areas of the biological,
				physical, or behavioral sciences, for which the content is essential to the
				application of nursing knowledge.
002.29
WAIVER.
A
				provisional document that allows temporary suspension of 1 element of this
				chapter, such as faculty education or preceptor education.