Virginia Administrative Code › Title 18 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING › Agency 90 - BOARD OF NURSING › Chapter 27 - General Provision › Part II - Initial Approval of a Nursing Education Program › Section 18VAC90-27-90 - Curriculum

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. Both classroom
				  and online curricula shall reflect the philosophy and objectives of the nursing
				  education program and shall be consistent with the law governing the practice
				  of nursing.
B. Nursing education
				  programs preparing for licensure as a registered or practical nurse shall
				  include:
1. Evidence-based didactic content
				  and supervised clinical experience in nursing, encompassing the attainment and
				  maintenance of physical and mental health and the prevention of illness for
				  individuals and groups throughout the life cycle and in a variety of acute,
				  nonacute, community-based, and long-term care clinical settings and experiences
				  to include adult medical/surgical nursing, geriatric nursing, maternal/infant
				  (obstetrics, gynecology, neonatal) nursing, mental health/psychiatric nursing,
				  nursing fundamentals, and pediatric nursing;
2. Concepts of the nursing process that
				  include conducting a focused nursing assessment of the client status that
				  includes decision making about who and when to inform, identifying client
				  needs, planning for episodic nursing care, implementing appropriate aspects of
				  client care, contributing to data collection and the evaluation of client
				  outcomes, and the appropriate reporting and documentation of collected data and
				  care rendered;
3. Concepts of
				  anatomy, physiology, chemistry, microbiology, and the behavioral
				  sciences;
4. Concepts of
				  communication, growth and development, nurse-client interpersonal relations,
				  and client education, including:
a.
				  Development of professional socialization that includes working in
				  interdisciplinary teams; and
b.
				  Conflict resolution;
5.
				  Concepts of ethics and the vocational and legal aspects of nursing, including:
a. Regulations and sections of the Code of
				  Virginia related to nursing;
b.
				  Client rights, privacy, and confidentiality;
c. Prevention of client abuse, neglect, and
				  abandonment throughout the life cycle, including instruction in the
				  recognition, intervention, and reporting by the nurse of evidence of child or
				  elder abuse;
d. Professional
				  responsibility, to include the role of the practical and professional
				  nurse;
e. Professional boundaries,
				  to include appropriate use of social media and electronic technology;
				  and
f. History and trends in
				  nursing and health care;
6. Concepts of pharmacology, dosage
				  calculation, medication administration, nutrition, and diet therapy;
7. Concepts of client-centered care,
				  including:
a. Respect for cultural
				  differences, values, and preferences;
b. Promotion of healthy life styles for
				  clients and populations;
c.
				  Promotion of a safe client environment;
d. Prevention and appropriate response to
				  situations of bioterrorism, natural and man-made disasters, and intimate
				  partner and family violence;
e. Use
				  of critical thinking and clinical judgment in the implementation of safe client
				  care; and
f. Care of clients with
				  multiple, chronic conditions; and
8. Development of management and supervisory
				  skills, including:
a. The use of technology
				  in medication administration and documentation of client care;
b. Participation in quality improvement
				  processes and systems to measure client outcomes and identify hazards and
				  errors; and
c. Supervision of
				  certified nurse aides, registered medication aides, and unlicensed assistive
				  personnel.