Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 90 - BOARD OF NURSING › Chapter 27 - General Provision › Part I - Delegation of Nursing Tasks and Procedures › Section 18VAC90-27-10 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
In addition to words and terms defined in § 54.1-3000
					 of the Code of Virginia, the following words and terms when used in this
					 chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
"Accreditation" means having been accredited by an agency
					 recognized by the U.S. Department of Education to include the Accreditation
					 Commission for Education in Nursing, the Commission on Collegiate Nursing
					 Education, the Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation, or a national
					 nursing accrediting organization recognized by the board.
"Advisory committee" means a group of persons from a
					 nursing education program and the health care community who meets regularly to
					 advise the nursing education program on the quality of its graduates and the
					 needs of the community.
"Approval" means the process by which the board or a
					 governmental agency in another state or foreign country evaluates and grants
					 official recognition to nursing education programs that meet established
					 standards not inconsistent with Virginia law.
"Associate degree nursing program" means a nursing
					 education program preparing for registered nurse licensure, offered by a
					 Virginia college or other institution and designed to lead to an associate
					 degree in nursing, provided that the institution is authorized to confer such
					 degree by SCHEV.
"Baccalaureate degree nursing program" or "prelicensure
					 graduate degree program" means a nursing education program preparing for
					 registered nurse licensure, offered by a Virginia college or university and
					 designed to lead to a baccalaureate or a graduate degree with a major in
					 nursing, provided that the institution is authorized to confer such degree by
					 SCHEV.
"Board" means the Board of Nursing.
"Clinical setting" means any location in which the clinical
					 practice of nursing occurs as specified in an agreement between the cooperating
					 agency and the school of nursing.
"Conditional approval" means a time-limited status that
					 results when an approved nursing education program has failed to maintain
					 requirements as set forth in this chapter.
"Cooperating agency" means an agency or institution that
					 enters into a written agreement to provide clinical or observational
					 experiences for a nursing education program.
"Diploma nursing program" means a nursing education program
					 preparing for registered nurse licensure, offered by a hospital and designed to
					 lead to a diploma in nursing, provided the hospital is licensed in this
					 state.
"Direct client care" means nursing care provided to
					 patients or clients in a clinical setting supervised by qualified faculty or a
					 designated preceptor.
"Full approval" means the status granted to a nursing
					 education program when compliance with regulations pertaining to nursing
					 education programs has been verified.
"Initial approval" means the status granted to a nursing
					 education program that allows the admission of students.
"National certifying organization" means an organization
					 that has as one of its purposes the certification of a specialty in nursing
					 based on an examination attesting to the knowledge of the nurse for practice in
					 the specialty area.
"NCLEX" means the National Council Licensure
					 Examination.
"NCSBN" means the National Council of State Boards of
					 Nursing.
"Nursing education program" means an entity offering a
					 basic course of study preparing persons for licensure as registered nurses or
					 as licensed practical nurses. A basic course of study shall include all courses
					 required for the degree, diploma, or certificate.
"Nursing faculty" means registered nurses who teach the
					 practice of nursing in nursing education programs.
"Practical nursing program" means a nursing education
					 program preparing for practical nurse licensure that leads to a diploma or
					 certificate in practical nursing, provided the school is authorized by the
					 Virginia Department of Education or by an accrediting agency recognized by the
					 U.S. Department of Education.
"Preceptor" means a licensed nurse who is employed in the
					 clinical setting, serves as a resource person and role model, and is present
					 with the nursing student in that setting, providing clinical
					 supervision.
"Program director" means a registered nurse who holds a
					 current, unrestricted license in Virginia or a multistate licensure privilege
					 and who has been designated by the controlling authority to administer the
					 nursing education program.
"Recommendation" means a guide to actions that will assist
					 an institution to improve and develop its nursing education program.
"Requirement" means a mandatory condition that a nursing
					 education program must meet to be approved or maintain approval.
"SCHEV" means the State Council of Higher Education for
					 Virginia.
"Simulation" means an evidence-based teaching methodology
					 utilizing an activity in which students are immersed into a realistic clinical
					 environment or situation and in which students are required to learn and use
					 critical thinking and decision-making skills.
"Site visit" means a focused onsite review of the nursing
					 program by board staff, usually completed within one day for the purpose of
					 evaluating program components such as the physical location (skills lab,
					 classrooms, learning resources) for obtaining initial program approval, in
					 response to a complaint, compliance with NCLEX plan of correction, change of
					 location, or verification of noncompliance with this chapter.
"Survey visit" means a comprehensive onsite review of the
					 nursing program by board staff, usually completed within two days (depending on
					 the number of programs or campuses being reviewed) for the purpose of obtaining
					 and maintaining full program approval. The survey visit includes the program's
					 completion of a self-evaluation report prior to the visit, as well as a board
					 staff review of all program resources, including skills lab, classrooms,
					 learning resources, and clinical facilities, and other components to ensure
					 compliance with this chapter. Meetings with faculty, administration, students,
					 and clinical facility staff will occur.
Statutory Authority: §§ 54.1-2400 and 54.1-3005
						of the Code of Virginia.