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Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-523 - Faculty requirements for nursing education programs

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(1) Each nursing education program shall have
				  a sufficient number of professionally and academically qualified faculty with
				  adequate diversity of expertise in nursing to meet the nursing education
				  program purpose, outcomes, and identified quality improvement
				  processes.
(2) The nursing
				  education program shall provide new faculty with sufficient orientation to
				  achieve program purpose and outcomes, and to assure safe clinical and practice
				  experiences for students.
(3) The
				  program shall make available ongoing faculty development opportunities to
				  assure faculty members are prepared, experienced, and current in subject matter
				  taught.
(4) Nursing faculty shall
				  have an active, unencumbered Washington state registered nurse
				  license.
(5) Interdisciplinary
				  faculty teaching in the nursing education program shall have academic and
				  professional education and experience in their field of
				  specialization.
(6) Adjunct
				  clinical faculty employed solely to supervise clinical nursing experiences or
				  practice experiences shall meet all the faculty qualifications for the program
				  level they are teaching.
(7)
				  Nursing faculty shall be responsible for:
(a)
				  Developing, implementing, and evaluating the purpose and outcomes of the
				  nursing education program;
(b)
				  Designing, implementing, and evaluating the curriculum;
(c) Developing and evaluating nursing
				  education policies as identified in WAC 246-840-519(3)(a) through (e) within
				  the framework of the policies of the parent institution;
(d) Participating in or providing for
				  academic advising and guidance of students;
(e) Evaluating student achievement, in terms
				  of curricular objectives as related to both nursing knowledge and practice,
				  including preceptorship or mentored experiences;
(f) Selecting, guiding, and evaluating
				  student learning activities;
(g)
				  Participating in activities to improve their own nursing competency in area(s)
				  of responsibility and to demonstrate current clinical competency; and
(h) Developing criteria for the selection and
				  evaluation of clinical and practice experiences in clinical facilities or
				  clinical practice settings, which address safety and the need for students to
				  achieve the program outcomes and course objectives.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-524 - Degree requirements for faculty teaching in practical nursing education programs

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In a nursing education program preparing practical nurses
					 only, nursing faculty teaching nursing must have a minimum of a baccalaureate
					 degree with a major in nursing from a nursing education program that is
					 accredited by a nursing education accrediting body approved by the United
					 States Department of Education.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-525 - Commission action following survey visits (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.79.110 and
						18.79.150. 05-12-058, §
						246-840-525, filed 5/26/05, effective 6/26/05. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.79.110. 95-21-072, § 246-840-525,
						filed 10/16/95, effective 11/16/95.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-526 - Degree requirements for nursing faculty teaching in prelicensure registered nurse or for RN to BSN education programs

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In a nursing education program preparing registered nurses
					 for licensure or for RN to BSN degree, nursing faculty teaching nursing
					 shall:
(1) Have a minimum of a
				  graduate degree in nursing from an accredited college or university and from a
				  nursing education program that is accredited by a nursing education
				  accreditation body recognized by the United States Department of Education;
				  or
(2) A bachelor's degree in
				  nursing from an accredited college or university and from a nursing education
				  program that is accredited by a nursing education accreditation body recognized
				  by the United States Department of Education, and a graduate degree in a health
				  or education related field from an accredited college or university.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-527 - Degree and licensing requirements for nursing faculty teaching in a nursing education program leading to licensure as an advanced registered nurse practitioner

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In a nursing education program preparing students for
					 licensure as advanced registered nurse practitioners, nursing faculty teaching
					 nursing must meet the following qualifications:
(1) An active, unencumbered Washington state
				  ARNP license;
(2) A minimum of a
				  graduate degree in nursing from an accredited college or university and from a
				  nursing education program that is accredited by a nursing education
				  accreditation body recognized by the United States Department of
				  Education;
(3) Two years of
				  clinical experience as a nurse practitioner, nurse midwife, nurse anesthetist,
				  or clinical nurse specialist; and
(4)Current knowledge, competence, and
				  certification in the role and population foci consistent with teaching
				  responsibilities.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-528 - Degree requirements for nursing faculty teaching in a graduate nursing education program not leading to licensure as an advanced registered nurse practitioner

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For graduate nursing programs preparing nurses in advanced
					 degrees, nursing faculty teaching nursing must meet the following
					 qualifications:
(1) A graduate degree
				  in nursing from an accredited college or university and nursing education
				  program that is accredited by a nursing education accrediting body recognized
				  by the United States Department of Education and is at or above the program
				  level being taught; or a bachelor's degree in nursing from a nursing education
				  program that is accredited by a nursing education accrediting body and graduate
				  degree in a health or education related field from an accredited college or
				  university; and
(2) Demonstrated
				  specialization, expertise, or preparation and experience for the courses being
				  taught.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-529 - Exceptions to nursing faculty degree requirements in prelicensure registered nurse nursing education programs

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The commission may grant exceptions to faculty degree
					 requirements in prelicensure registered nurse nursing education programs under
					 the following conditions:
(1) For
				  faculty teaching in the classroom or laboratory, the nursing program shall
				  provide documentation to the commission prior to employment that:
(a) Despite aggressive recruitment efforts,
				  it has been unable to attract properly qualified faculty; and
(b) The individual will either teach one year
				  or less, or be currently enrolled in a nursing, health-related, or
				  education-related graduate degree program.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-530 - Denial, conditional approval or withdrawal of approval (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.79.110 and
						18.79.150. 05-12-058, §
						246-840-530, filed 5/26/05, effective 6/26/05. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.79.110. 95-21-072, § 246-840-530,
						filed 10/16/95, effective 11/16/95.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-531 - Clinical and practice experiences for students in approved nursing education programs

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(1) All nursing
				  programs preparing students for licensure shall provide faculty planned
				  clinical or direct patient care experiences based on program outcomes and
				  goals.
(a) The number of clinical or direct
				  patient care experience hours must be:
(i) At
				  least three hundred hours for licensed practical nursing education
				  programs;
(ii) At least five
				  hundred hours for associate degree nursing education programs;
(iii) At least six hundred hours for
				  bachelors of science in nursing education programs;
(iv) At least five hundred hours for masters
				  level nurse practitioner nursing education programs;
(v) At least one thousand hours for doctoral
				  of nursing practice nurse practitioner programs.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-532 - Faculty to student ratios for clinical and practice experience in nursing education programs

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(1) Practical
				  and prelicensure registered nursing education programs shall have a maximum
				  faculty to student ratio of one faculty member to ten students in clinical
				  settings involving direct patient care, and one faculty member to fifteen
				  students at one time in practice settings that are observational, involve
				  student precepted experiences, or are skills practice labs.
(2) Registered nurse to bachelor nursing
				  education programs shall have a maximum faculty to student ratio of one faculty
				  member to fifteen students at one time in clinical and practice
				  settings.
(3) Advanced registered
				  nurse practitioner nursing education programs shall have a maximum faculty to
				  student ratio of one faculty member to six students in clinical and practice
				  settings.
(4) Graduate nursing
				  education programs (not leading to licensure as an advanced registered nurse
				  practitioner) shall have a maximum faculty to student ratio of one faculty
				  member to fifteen students in clinical and practice settings.
(5) A lower ratio of faculty to students may
				  be required for students in initial or highly complex learning situations, or
				  when student or patient safety warrant.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-533 - Nursing preceptors, interdisciplinary preceptors, and proctors in clinical or practice settings for nursing students located in Washington state

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(1) Nursing
				  preceptors, interdisciplinary preceptors, and proctors may be used to enhance
				  clinical or practice learning experiences after a student has received
				  instruction and orientation from program faculty who confirm the student is
				  adequately prepared for the clinical or practice experience. For the purpose of
				  this section:
(a) A nursing preceptor means a
				  practicing licensed nurse who provides personal instruction, training, and
				  supervision to any nursing student, and meets all requirements of subsection
				  (4) of this section.
(b) An
				  interdisciplinary preceptor means a practicing health care provider who is not
				  a licensed nurse, but provides personal instruction, training, and supervision
				  to any nursing student, and meets all requirements of subsection (5) of this
				  section.
(c) A proctor means an
				  individual who holds an active credential in one of the professions identified
				  in
				  RCW
				  18.130.040 who monitors students during an
				  examination, skill, or practice delivery, and meets all requirements of
				  subsection (6) of this section.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-534 - Use of simulation for clinical experiences in LPN, RN, or RN to BSN nursing education programs located in Washington state

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(1) An LPN, RN, or RN to BSN nursing
				  education program may use simulation as a substitute for traditional clinical
				  experiences, after approval by the commission, not to exceed fifty percent of
				  its clinical hours for a particular course.
(a) Simulation as used in this section means
				  a technique to replace or amplify real experiences with guided experiences
				  evoking or replicating substantial aspects of the real world in a fully
				  interactive manner.
(b) The nursing
				  education program shall have an organizing framework providing adequate fiscal,
				  human, technological, and material resources to support the simulation
				  activities.
(c) Simulation
				  activities must be managed by an individual who is academically and
				  experientially qualified and who demonstrates currency and competency in the
				  use of simulation while managing the simulation program.
(d) The nursing education program shall have
				  a budget sustaining simulation activities and training of the
				  faculty.
(e) The nursing education
				  program shall have appropriate facilities, educational and technological
				  resources and equipment to meet the intended objectives of the
				  simulation.
(f) All faculty
				  involved in simulations, both didactic and clinical, shall have training in the
				  use of simulation and shall engage in ongoing professional development in the
				  use of simulation.
(g) Faculty to
				  student ratios in the simulation lab must be in the same ratio as identified in
				  WAC 246-840-532 for clinical learning experiences.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-535 - Reinstatement of approval (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.79.110 and
						18.79.150. 05-12-058, §
						246-840-535, filed 5/26/05, effective 6/26/05. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.79.110. 95-21-072, § 246-840-535,
						filed 10/16/95, effective 11/16/95.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-536 - Dedicated education units for practical nurse or registered nurse nursing education programs

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(1) Nursing
				  education programs in collaboration with a health care facility may use
				  dedicated education units as identified in WAC
				  246-840-010 to provide clinical
				  education and practice experiences for nursing students.
(2) A nursing education program using a
				  dedicated education unit shall have an affiliation agreement identifying the
				  roles and responsibilities of health care staff, nursing education program
				  faculty, and nursing students.
(3)
				  Nursing education programs using dedicated education units shall use licensed
				  nurses as preceptors as identified in WAC 246-840-533(4)(a), (b), (c), (d), and
				  (e) for practical and registered nurse programs, or WAC 246-840-533(5)(a), (b),
				  (c), (d), and (e) for programs leading to advanced registered nurse
				  practitioner licensure.
(4) Nursing
				  education program faculty shall only assign students to a licensed nurse
				  preceptor as identified in subsection (3) of this section, based upon the
				  nurse's knowledge, experience, and willingness to work with students.
(5) Nursing education faculty shall not
				  assign more than two students to each licensed nurse preceptor.
(6) Nursing education faculty with the
				  assistance from the preceptor shall be responsible for the evaluation of
				  student clinical performance.
(7)
				  Nursing education faculty shall be responsible for student learning in the
				  dedicated education unit.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-537 - Curriculum for approved nursing education programs

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(1) The curriculum of the nursing education
				  program must enable the student to develop the nursing knowledge, skills, and
				  professional identity necessary for the level, scope, and standards of
				  competent nursing practice expected at the level of educational
				  preparation.
(2) The curriculum
				  will be revised as necessary to maintain a program reflecting advances in
				  health care and its delivery.
(3)
				  The curriculum, as defined by nursing education, professional and practice
				  standards, shall include evidence-based learning experiences and methods of
				  instruction, including distance education methods, consistent with the written
				  curriculum plan.
(4) Clinical and
				  practice experiences must include opportunities to learn and provide care to
				  clients from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. The emphasis placed on
				  these areas and the scope encompassed shall be in keeping with the purpose and
				  outcomes of the program.
(5) The
				  length, organization, content, methods of instruction, and placement of courses
				  must be consistent with the purpose and outcomes of the program.
(6) All nursing programs delivering
				  curriculum through distance learning methods must ensure that students receive
				  curriculum comparable to in-person teaching and the clinical and practice
				  learning experiences are evaluated by faculty through formative and summative
				  evaluations.
(7) Nursing programs
				  shall not use external nursing examinations as the sole basis for program
				  progression or graduation. External nursing exams for the purpose of this
				  section, means examinations created by people or organizations outside a
				  student's own nursing education program.
(8) Competency based testing for progression
				  in nursing programs must be based on valid and reliable tools measuring the
				  knowledge and skills expected at an identified level of student or nursing
				  practice.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-539 - Curriculum for practical nurse nursing education programs

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The practical nurse nursing education program of study must
					 include both didactic and clinical learning experiences and must be:
(1) Effective September 1, 2017, designed to
				  include prerequisite classes in the physical, biological, social and behavior
				  sciences that are transferable to colleges and universities in the state of
				  Washington;
(2) Planned,
				  implemented, and evaluated by the faculty;
(3) Based on the philosophy, mission,
				  objectives, and outcomes of the program and consistent with chapters 18.79 RCW
				  and this chapter;
(4) Organized by
				  subject and content to meet program outcomes;
(5) Designed to teach students to use a
				  systematic approach to clinical decision making and safe patient
				  care;
(6) Designed to teach
				  students:
(a) Professional relationships and
				  communication;
(b) Nursing
				  ethics;
(c) Nursing history and
				  trends;
(d) Commission approved
				  scope of practice decision tree;
(e) Standards of practice;
(f) Licensure and legal aspects of nursing
				  including the disciplinary process, substance abuse and professional
				  values;
(g) Concepts and clinical
				  practice experiences in geriatric nursing, and medical, surgical, and mental
				  health nursing for clients throughout the life span;
(h) Concepts of antepartum, intrapartum,
				  postpartum and newborn nursing with only an assisting role in the care of
				  clients during labor and delivery and those with complications; and
(i) Concepts and practice in the prevention
				  of illness and the promotion, restoration, and maintenance of health in
				  patients across the life span and from diverse cultural, ethnic, social, and
				  economic backgrounds .
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-540 - Appeal of commission decisions (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority: Chapter 18.79 RCW. 97-13-100, §
						246-840-540, filed 6/18/97, effective 7/19/97. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.79.110. 95-21-072, § 246-840-540,
						filed 10/16/95, effective 11/16/95.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-542 - Curriculum for registered nurse to bachelor's or master's in nursing education programs

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Registered nurse to bachelor's or master's in nursing
					 education programs must:
(1) Develop
				  curriculum to ensure the courses or content completed at the diploma or
				  associate degree levels of nursing are not duplicated;
(2) Design curriculum to ensure student
				  sufficient exposure to content in science and liberal arts;
(3) Design curriculum to allow students the
				  exposure to apply new concepts to practice at the level of the bachelor's or
				  entry level master's in nursing including, but not limited to, practice
				  experiences identified in WAC 246-840-541(2);
(4) Design curriculum to include critical
				  thinking, problem solving, and clinical reasoning skills at the level of
				  preparation;
(5) Design curriculum
				  including a specific course or content directly related to role differences and
				  effective role transition strategies at the level of preparation;
(6) Design curriculum including competencies
				  in the following areas:
(a) The study and
				  practice of leadership, interdisciplinary team coordination and collaboration,
				  quality assurance and improvement, and care coordination and case
				  management;
(b) The study and
				  practice of community and public health; and
(c) The theory and application of research
				  and evidence-based practice concepts and processes.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-543 - Curriculum for nursing education programs preparing students for licensure as advanced registered nurse practitioners (ARNP)

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(1) Nursing education programs preparing
				  students for licensure as advanced registered nurse practitioners shall include
				  content culminating in a graduate degree with a concentration in advanced
				  nursing practice as defined in RCW 18.79.059, WAC
				  246-840-010(2),
				  and 246-840-300.
(2) The nursing education program preparing
				  students for licensure as advanced registered nurse practitioners shall have as
				  its primary purpose the preparation of advanced practice nurses for roles as
				  defined in WAC
				  246-840-300 and
				  246-840-302.
(3) Post-master's nursing education programs
				  preparing nurses for licensure as advanced registered nurse practitioners shall
				  teach all competencies designated for the ARNP role including clinical
				  practice. Post-master's students must meet the same ARNP outcome competencies
				  as master's advanced registered nurse practitioner students.
(4) The curriculum of the nursing education
				  program preparing nurses for licensure as advanced registered nurse
				  practitioners shall prepare the graduates to practice in one of the four ARNP
				  roles: Certified registered nurse anesthetist, certified nurse midwife,
				  clinical nurse specialist, or certified nurse practitioner. The curriculum must
				  include:
(a) Clinical and didactic course
				  work preparing the graduate to practice in the role of the ARNP consistent with
				  the designation being sought for licensure;
(b) Advanced physiology/pathophysiology,
				  including general principles applied across the life span;
(c) Advanced health assessment, including
				  assessment of all human systems, advanced assessment techniques, concepts, and
				  approaches;
(d) Diagnostic theory
				  and management of health care problems including diseases representative of all
				  systems;
(e) Advanced pharmacology,
				  which includes pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacotherapeutics of all
				  broad categories of agent, and pharmacological management of individual
				  patients;
(f) Preparation providing
				  a basic understanding of the principles for decision making in the identified
				  ARNP role;
(g) Role preparation in
				  one of the six population foci of practice, which includes family or individual
				  across the life span, adult gerontology, neonatal, pediatrics, women's health
				  gender-related, and psychiatric mental health;
(h) Advanced practice nursing core, including
				  legal, ethical and professional responsibilities of the ARNP; and
(i) At least five hundred hours in direct
				  patient care in the ARNP role with clinical preceptor supervision and faculty
				  oversight.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-544 - Curriculum for graduate nursing education programs

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(1) Graduate nursing education programs shall
				  meet the standards established by the national nursing or nursing-related
				  education accrediting body.
(2) The
				  curriculum of graduate nursing education program shall be congruent with
				  national standards for graduate level nursing education.
(3) The curriculum and practice experiences
				  shall be consistent with the competencies of the specific area of practice,
				  stated program outcomes, and established national standards by a nursing
				  education accrediting body approved by the United States Department of
				  Education.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-545 - Closing of an approved nursing education program (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.79.110 and
						18.79.150. 05-12-058, §
						246-840-545, filed 5/26/05, effective 6/26/05. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.79.110. 95-21-072, § 246-840-545,
						filed 10/16/95, effective 11/16/95.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-546 - Distance-learning nursing education course or courses offered by approved nursing programs

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Nursing education programs offering distance-learning
					 courses shall:
(1) Ensure
				  distance-learning courses meet established quality and security standards for
				  online and distance learning education;
(2) Develop written policies and procedures
				  ensuring quality assurance controls, security, maintenance, and service support
				  for students and faculty who use the system;
(3) Ensure students receive curriculum
				  comparable to in-person teaching;
(4) Complete ongoing student and faculty
				  evaluations of distance learning courses; and
(5) Provide access to distance-learning
				  courses when requested by the commission.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-547 - Extended or satellite nursing campus of nursing education programs approved in Washington state

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(1) An approved
				  nursing education program shall obtain commission approval prior to advertising
				  or admitting students in an extended or satellite nursing education
				  campus.
(2) An approved nursing
				  education program wishing to initiate an extended or satellite nursing program
				  off the main campus of the university but located in the state of Washington,
				  must submit an initial plan three to six months prior to the expected date of
				  operations. The initial plan must identify:
(a) The impact on existing nursing education
				  programs in a sixty mile radius from the location of the proposed extended or
				  satellite campus;
(b) Faculty
				  staffing for the extended or satellite program;
(c) How the nursing education program shall
				  meet curriculum and academic standards of the main campus nursing education
				  program;
(d) Adequate clinical or
				  practice facilities for the satellite or extended nursing program;
(e) Academic facilities and resources that
				  meet the requirements identified in WAC 246-840-518; and
(f) Nursing and institutional administration
				  of the extended or satellite program and how the extended or satellite campus
				  meets administration requirements as identified in WAC 246-840-516.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-548 - Standards and evaluation of nursing education (Repealed)

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Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.79.110 and
						18.79.150. 05-12-058, §
						246-840-548, filed 5/26/05, effective
						6/26/05.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-549 - Internationally educated nurse program approval criteria for nursing education programs approved in Washington state

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(1) A commission approved nursing education
				  program may apply on the forms provided by the commission to offer a nursing
				  education program for internationally educated nurses who do not meet
				  educational requirements for licensure.
(2) All nursing education programs for
				  internationally educated nurses shall:
(a)
				  Have identified theory and clinical student learning objectives and program
				  outcomes.
(b) Include evaluation
				  methods to measure student achievement of the stated theory and clinical
				  objectives.
(c)Be regularly
				  evaluated by faculty and students.
(d) Have written policies and procedures for
				  student admission, withdrawal, dismissal, progression, remediation, and
				  completion of the course.
(e)
				  Maintain student records for at least five years.
(f) Submit certification of successful
				  completion of the program to the commission office on forms provided by the
				  commission.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-550 - Standard I Purpose and outcomes for approved nursing education programs (Repealed)

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.79.110 and
						18.79.150. 05-12-058, §
						246-840-550, filed 5/26/05, effective 6/26/05. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.79.110. 95-21-072, § 246-840-550,
						filed 10/16/95, effective 11/16/95.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-551 - Internationally educated practical nurse program in an approved nursing education program

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For internationally educated practical nurses who do not
					 meet educational requirements for licensure, the nursing education program
					 shall offer the following:
(1) A
				  minimum of sixty hours of core theory content and one hundred twenty hours of
				  simulated competency-based practice experiences.
(2) The theory course content must include,
				  but not be limited to, a minimum of sixty hours in current basic concepts of:
(a) Nursing process;
(b) Pharmacology;
(c) Practical nursing today including legal
				  expectations, the commission approved scope of practice decision tree, the
				  Washington Nurse Practice Act as identified in chapter 18.79 RCW, and the
				  Uniform Disciplinary Act identified in
				  chapter
				  18.130 RCW;
(d) Basic communications and observational
				  practices needed for identification, reporting, and recording patient
				  needs;
(e) Basic physical,
				  biological, and social sciences necessary for practice; and
(f) Practical nursing knowledge, skills, and
				  professional identity to include, but not be limited to: Concepts of
				  fundamentals, medical, surgical, and mental health nursing across the life
				  span. These concepts must address diverse cultural, ethnic, social, and
				  economic backgrounds of patients and populations.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-552 - Internationally educated registered nurse program in an approved nursing education program

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For internationally educated registered nurses who do not
					 meet educational requirements for licensure, the nursing education program must
					 offer the following:
(1) A minimum of
				  eighty hours core theory content and one hundred sixty hours of simulated
				  competency-based practice in medical surgical nursing, mental health, family,
				  child, and obstetrical nursing.
(2)
				  The core course content shall include, but not be limited to, a minimum of
				  eighty hours of theory in current concepts of:
(a) Nursing process;
(b) Pharmacology;
(c) Professional nursing today including
				  legal expectations, the commission approved scope of practice decision tree,
				  the Washington State Nursing Practice Act as identified in chapter 18.79 RCW,
				  and the Uniform Disciplinary Act identified in
				  chapter
				  18.130 RCW;
(d) Communications and observational
				  practices needed for identification, reporting, and recording patient
				  needs;
(e) Basic physical,
				  biological and social sciences necessary for practice; and
(f) Registered nursing knowledge, skills, and
				  abilities to include, but not be limited to, concepts of fundamentals, medical,
				  surgical, parent, child, geriatric, family, community, and mental health
				  nursing.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-553 - Innovation projects or program approach for approved nursing education programs located in Washington state

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(1) A
				  nursing education program may apply to implement an innovative program approach
				  or project by complying with the provisions of this section.
(2) Nursing education programs approved to
				  implement innovative approaches or programs shall continue to provide quality
				  nursing education preparing graduates to practice safely, competently, and
				  ethically within the scope of practice as defined in chapter 18.79 RCW and
				  chapter 246-840 WAC.
(3) The
				  purpose of innovations in nursing education program approval is to:
(a) Foster innovative models of nursing
				  education to address the changing needs in health care;
(b) Assure innovative approaches or programs
				  protect the public; and
(c) Assure
				  innovative approaches or programs maintain quality outcome standards.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-554 - Ongoing evaluation and approval of nursing education programs located in Washington state

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(1) Nursing
				  education programs meeting the requirements of WAC 246-840-511 through
				  246-840-556 may be approved by the commission for a maximum of ten
				  years.
(2) To ensure continuing
				  compliance with nursing education standards, nursing education programs may be
				  required to participate in self-studies, self-evaluations and commission site
				  visits at various times in the approval cycle depending on program outcomes and
				  complaints received by the commission and as deemed necessary by the
				  commission.
(3) Any proposed
				  substantive nursing education program change must be presented to the
				  commission for approval at least three months prior to implementation.
(a) Substantive changes include the
				  following:
(i) Changes in legal status,
				  control, ownership, or resources of the institution;
(ii) Faculty numbers below the required staff
				  for clinical as found in WAC 246-840-532 or clinical simulation sections
				  identified in WAC 246-840-534(1)(g);
(iii) Changes in faculty composition when
				  their expertise or experiences are not adequate to teach those areas of nursing
				  described in WAC 246-840-523, 246-840-539, 246-840-541, 246-840-542,
				  246-840-543, and 246-840-544;
(iv)
				  Changes in the number of students admitted requiring one or more additional
				  clinical or practice groups, or changing the required faculty to student ratios
				  of 1:10 for prelicensure programs and 1:6 for nursing education programs
				  preparing students for advanced practice registered nurse licensure;
				  or
(v) Major curriculum revision or
				  changes in the length of the program.
(A)
				  Major curriculum revisions include:
(I)
				  Changes in curricular delivery method;
(II) Changes in nursing model or conceptual
				  framework;
(III) Changes in
				  curriculum meaning or direction of the curriculum such as philosophy, program
				  goals, program terminal objectives, course objectives and
				  descriptions;
(IV) Changes in total
				  program credits; or
(V) Addition or
				  deletion of a satellite or extended campus.
(B) The following changes do not require
				  commission approval:
(I) Movement of content
				  from one course to another; or
(II)
				  Formatting changes in syllabi.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-555 - Standard II Organization and administration for approved nursing education programs (Repealed)

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.79.110 and
						18.79.150. 05-12-058, §
						246-840-555, filed 5/26/05, effective 6/26/05. Statutory Authority:
						RCW
						18.79.110. 95-21-072, § 246-840-555,
						filed 10/16/95, effective 11/16/95.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-556 - Ongoing approval, accreditation and commission reviews

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(1) The commission
				  may accept accreditation by a commission-recognized national nursing education
				  accreditation body approved by the United States Department of Education as
				  evidence of compliance with the standards of nursing education programs.
(a) The nursing education program shall
				  submit to the commission a copy of any self-study submitted to the national
				  nursing education accrediting body at the time the report is sent to the
				  national nursing education accrediting body.
(b) The nursing education program shall
				  submit to the commission within thirty days of receiving any report or
				  accreditation letter from the national nursing education accreditation body to
				  include, but not limited to: Continuous improvement progress reports,
				  substantive change notification and accreditation action letters, site visit
				  reports and program response letters, final site visit report and
				  letter.
(c) The nursing education
				  program shall submit notice of any change in program or institution
				  accreditation status with the commission within thirty days of receipt of
				  notice from the national accreditation body.
(d) Failure to submit notice of accreditation
				  survey results within thirty days may result in a site visit or other sanctions
				  as described in WAC 246-840-558.
(e) Programs holding approval based upon
				  national nursing education accreditation must comply with WAC 246-840-511
				  through 246-840-556.
(f) The
				  commission may grant approval for a continuing period, not to exceed ten years,
				  to nursing education programs with maximum continuing national
				  accreditation.
(g) If the nursing
				  program is accredited for less than maximum accreditation, the program must
				  provide the commission with a copy of the report and a plan of correction for
				  the items of noncompliance within thirty days of receipt from the accreditation
				  body. The commission may require an additional report regarding noncompliance,
				  or may conduct a site visit.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-557 - Commission action following commission site visit, complaint investigation, or national accreditation visits of nursing education programs located in Washington state

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(1) When a matter
				  directly concerning a nursing education program is being considered by the
				  commission, any commission member associated with the program shall not
				  participate in the deliberation or decision-making action of the
				  commission.
(2) The commission
				  shall evaluate each program in terms of its conformance to the nursing
				  education standards in this chapter.
(3) Within thirty days of the commission's
				  decision, the commission shall give written notice to the educational
				  institution regarding its decision on the nursing education program's approval
				  status, including the nurse administrator, the president and provost or
				  vice-president of instruction.
(4)
				  The commission shall grant continuing full approval to a nursing education
				  program meeting the requirements of the law and this chapter. Full approval may
				  carry recommendations for improvement and for correcting
				  deficiencies.
(5) If the commission
				  determines an approved nursing education program is not maintaining the
				  education standards required for approval, the commission shall give written
				  notice specifying the deficiencies and shall designate the period of time in
				  which the deficiencies must be corrected.
(6) The commission may require the program to
				  submit a plan of correction, or the commission may issue a directed plan of
				  correction.
(7) The commission may
				  limit student numbers or deny admission of new students if the program has
				  insufficient resources, including faculty or program administration.
(8) The commission may withdraw program
				  approval if the program fails to correct the deficiencies within the specified
				  period of time.
(9) The commission
				  may summarily suspend approval of a program if circumstances constituting an
				  immediate threat to public safety are present.
Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING › Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing › NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS › Section 246-840-558 - Denial, statement of deficiencies, conditional approval or withdrawal of approval of nursing education programs located in Washington state

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(1) The commission
				  may deny full approval to new or existing nursing education programs if it
				  determines a nursing education program fails substantially to meet the
				  standards for nursing education as contained in WAC 246-840-511 through
				  246-840-556.
(2) The commission may
				  issue a statement of deficiencies and request a plan of correction or directed
				  plan of correction requiring compliance within a designated time
				  period.
(3) The commission may
				  grant conditional approval to a nursing education program failing to meet the
				  minimum standards contained in the law and this chapter.
(a) Conditions must be met within a
				  designated time period and shall be specified in writing.
(b) A conditionally approved program shall be
				  reviewed at the end of the designated time period. The review will result in
				  one of the following actions:
(i) Restoration
				  of full approval to existing programs;
(ii) Issuance of full approval to a new
				  program;
(iii) Continuation of
				  conditional approval; or
(iv)
				  Issuance of intent to withdraw approval.