Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 054 - Nursing, Board of › Sub-Agency 0003 - Wyoming Investment in Nursing › Chapter 1 - WYOMING INVESTMENT IN NURSING PROGRAM (WYIN PROGRAM) › Section 1-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "ADRN" means
				Registered Nurse with an Associate's (2-year) Degree.
(b) "Approved higher education institution"
				means one of the seven Wyoming community colleges, the University of Wyoming,
				an institution included in the Western Interstate Commission for Higher
				Education, or a distance nursing education program at a university that is
				regionally accredited.
(c)
				"Authority" means the Higher Education Assistance Authority.
(d) "Board of Directors" or "Board" mean the
				members of the Authority.
(e)
				"Board of Nursing" means the Wyoming agency which examines, licenses, renews,
				relicenses, and reactivates the licenses of duly qualified individuals to
				practice nursing within the state of Wyoming.
(f) "BSN" means Baccalaureate of Science in
				Nursing.
(g) "Community college"
				means any of the seven 2-year institutions of higher education in Wyoming
				recognized by the Wyoming Community College Commission.
(h) "Cost of Attendance" means tuition and
				fees; on-campus room and board or a housing and food allowance for off-campus
				students; allowances for books, supplies, transportation, loan fees, and, if
				applicable, dependant care; and costs related to disability.
(i) "Distance learning" means an educational
				program delivered primarily through means other than on-site
				instruction.
(j) "FAFSA" means Free
				Application for Federal Student Aid.
(k) "Federal financial assistance" means
				grants from the United States Department of Education or other federal
				agencies.
(l) "Financial aid
				officer" means a financial aid officer of the University of Wyoming or of the
				seven designated colleges.
(m)
				"Financial institution" means any banking corporation or institution engaged
				primarily in lending or investing funds and authorized to do business in the
				state.
(n) "Licensure examination"
				means the test required before the Wyoming Board of Nursing grants an
				individual a license to practice nursing.
(o) "LPN" means Licensed Practical
				Nurse.
(p) "Nurse aide" means an
				individual to whom a licensed nurse may delegate nursing or nursing-related
				activities or who assists licensed nursing personnel in the provision of
				nursing care, and who is not otherwise licensed as a health care
				professional.
(q) "Nursing program"
				means a series of courses leading to an LPN certificate or an ADRN degree
				provided through a Wyoming community college; or a BSN degree or a Master's
				degree provided through the University of Wyoming; or, in the case of a
				candidate for a doctoral degree, provided through an institution offering the
				required nursing education courses under contract with the WICHE, or in a
				distance nursing education program provided through a university that is
				regionally accredited.
(r)
				"Qualified work" means employment in Wyoming as an LPN or RN who practices
				nursing or a nurse educator who teaches at a nurse education program at a
				Wyoming community college or the University of Wyoming.
(s) "RN" means Registered Nurse.
(t) "Total and permanent disability" means
				the inability to work and earn money because of an injury or illness that is
				expected to continue indefinitely or to result in death.
(u) "Unencumbered license" means a permit to
				practice nursing without restrictions imposed by the Wyoming Board of
				Nursing.
(v) "Unmet need" means the
				total amount of financial need as determined by the FAFSA process as
				administered by the school minus the following:
(i) Any Pell or other federal
				grant;
(ii) Any employer-based
				financial assistance received by the applicant; and
(iii) Any other public or private financial
				aid that is provided to the applicant as a scholarship or grant.