Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 054 - Nursing, Board of › Sub-Agency 0002 - General › Chapter 2 - LICENSURE / CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 2-2 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Active nursing
				practice" means engagement in paid, unpaid, or volunteer activity in which the
				nurse applies knowledge or clinical judgment in a way that influences patients,
				nurses, organizations or systems. Active nursing practice may include
				volunteering in health or nursing professional organizations.
(b) "CBC" means Criminal Background Check.
				Fingerprints or other biometric data are submitted in connection with an
				application for initial licensure by exam or endorsement, for the purpose of
				obtaining criminal history record information from the Federal Bureau of
				Investigation and the agency responsible for retaining the State's criminal
				records.
(c) "Continuing
				competency" for a nurse is the ongoing ability of a nurse to maintain, update
				and demonstrate sufficient knowledge, skills, judgment and qualifications
				necessary to practice safely and ethically in a designated role and setting in
				accordance with the scope of nursing practice. A nurse achieves continuing
				competency through active nursing practice and continuing education.
(d) "Continuing competency" for a CNA is the
				ongoing ability of a CNA to maintain, update and demonstrate sufficient
				knowledge, skills and qualifications necessary to practice safely and ethically
				in the designated role and setting in accordance with the role of the CNA. A
				CNA achieves continuing competency through employment in the CNA role and
				continuing education.
(e)
				"Continuing education" refers to learning experiences obtained after initial
				licensure or certification and designed to augment the knowledge and skills of
				nurses and CNAs and enrich their contributions to quality health care and the
				pursuit of nursing career goals.
(f) "Equivalent
"
means equal to
				or exceeding the requirements as stated in these Board rules.
(g) "GAPRN" means Graduate Advanced Practice
				Registered Nurse.
(h) "GN" means
				Graduate Nurse.
(i) "GNA" means
				Graduate Nursing Assistant/Nurse Aide.
(j) "GPN" means Graduate Practical
				Nurse.
(k) "GVN" means Graduate
				Vocational Nurse.
(l) "Home state"
				means the party state which is the nurse's primary state of
				residence.
(m) "IV" means
				intravenous.
(n) "IV-C" means
				intravenous certified.
(o)
				"Multistate license" means a license to practice as a RN or LPN/VN issued by a
				home state licensing board that authorizes the licensed nurse to practice in
				all party states under a privilege to practice.
(p) "NATCEP" means Nurse Aide Training and
				Competency Evaluation Program.
(q)
				"NLC" means the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact enacted on March 1, 2016. The
				NLC is a mutual recognition model of nurse licensure that allows a nurse to
				have one license, issued by the state in which the nurse claims primary
				residence, to practice in all states entered into the NLC. An applicant must
				meet all of the NLC Uniform Licensure Requirements to be eligible for a
				multistate license.
(r) "Party
				state" means any state that has adopted the NLC.
(s) "Primary state of residence" means the
				state in which the licensee resides when applying for a multistate
				license.
(t) "Privilege to
				practice" means a legal authorization associated with a multistate license
				permitting the practice of nursing as either a RN or LPN/VN in a remote
				state.
(u) "Refresher course" means
				a planned nursing education program approved by the Board relating to basic
				review of current nursing practice, nursing theory and skills, and specifically
				planned for nurses who have not been engaged in active nursing practice and are
				preparing for re-entry into active nursing practice.
(v) "Remote state" means a party state, other
				than the home state.
(w) "Renewal
				cycle" means the period for meeting competency for renewal of licensure or
				certification which is from January 1st of every odd year to December 31st of
				every even year.
(x) "Single state
				license
"
means a nursing license issued by a party state that
				authorizes practice only within the issuing state and does not include a
				multistate licensure privilege to practice in any other party state.
(y) "SBTPE" means State Board Test Pool
				Examination. An examination which preceded NCLEX to test the competency of a
				person to perform safely as a newly licensed nurse.
(z) "Uniform Licensure Requirements" means
				the requirements for an applicant to obtain or retain a multistate license in
				the home state.