Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM › Title 172 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSURE › Chapter 101 - PRACTICE OF NURSING › Section 172-101-002 - 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
APPROVED
				PROGRAM OF PRACTICAL NURSING.
A nursing program that meets the
				requirements for a practical nursing program set forth in 172 NAC 97.
002.02
APPROVED PROGRAM OF
				REGISTERED NURSING.
A nursing program that meets the requirements
				for a registered nursing program set forth in 172 NAC 97.
002.03
APPROVED
				PROVIDER.
Nationally recognized, accredited status given to a
				provider regarding their capacity to award contact hours for continuing
				education activities, planned, implemented and evaluated by the
				provider.
002.04
CREDENTIALING EVALUATION SERVICES.
A Board-approved
				service that evaluates foreign nursing education program credentials compared
				to United States nursing education standards and determines equivalency of
				language, content, credit hours, and a U.S. nursing degree.
002.05
CONTINUING COMPETENCY.
The demonstration of specified levels of knowledge, skills, or
				ability, not only at the time of initial licensure, but throughout an
				individual's professional career.
002.06
CONTINUING EDUCATION.
Planned, organized, systematic, and evaluative educational
				experiences designed to maintain or enhance the knowledge, skills, and
				attitudes of nurses for nursing practice, education, administration, or
				research for the purpose of improving health care to the public. Continuing
				education includes a variety of forms of learning experiences, such as
				lectures, conferences, academic studies, institutes, seminars, workshops,
				extension studies, and independent study programs which may or may not be
				formally peer reviewed and approved. Continuing education does not include
				orientation, in-service education or on-the-job training.
002.07
CONTINUING EDUCATION
				OFFERING.
A single continuing education activity that may be
				presented once, or repeated.
002.08
INSERVICE EDUCATION.
Activities intended to help
				nurses acquire, maintain, and increase the level of competence in fulfilling
				his or her assigned responsibilities specific to the expectations of the
				employer.
002.09
LICENSED BY ENDORSEMENT.
The granting of active status
				and the authority to practice to an individual who has been licensed in another
				jurisdiction and who meets the Nebraska licensure requirements.
002.10
LICENSED BY
				EXAMINATION.
The authority to practice based on having passed the
				licensing National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX).
002.11
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
				LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR PRACTICAL NURSES (NCLEX-PN®).
The
				accepted examination for practical nursing licensure in Nebraska.
002.12
THE NATIONAL COUNCIL
				LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR REGISTERED NURSES (NCLEX-RN®).
The
				accepted examination for registered nursing licensure in Nebraska.
002.13
NURSYST.
The
				national database for verification of nurse licensure, discipline and practice
				privileges for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses licensed in
				participating jurisdictions, including all states in the Nurse Licensure
				Compact.
002.14
ON-THE-JOB-TRAINING.
Informal instruction given by an
				employer to acquaint an employee with performance expectations related to a
				given task.
002.15
ORIENTATION.
The method by which nursing staff are
				introduced to the philosophy, goals, policies, procedures, role expectations,
				and other factors needed to function in a specific work setting.
002.16
PEER REVIEWED AND
				APPROVED.
Continuing education programs, offerings, or independent
				studies that are either provided by an approved or accredited provider or
				approved by an approved or accredited approver.
002.17
REFRESHER COURSE.
A planned program of study which provides a review of basic
				knowledge and skills. The focus of a refresher course is the enhancement of
				clinical competency.
002.18
STATE BOARD TEST POOL EXAMINATION (SBTPE).
The
				nationally accepted licensure examination for nurses that was the basis for
				registered nurse licensure in Nebraska between 1953 and 1981 and licensed
				practical nurse licensure between 1956 and 1981.