Kan. Admin. Regs. § 60-1-104 - Definitions
Each of the following terms, as used in the board's regulations except articles 5, 6 and 17, shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a) "Affiliating agency"
means an agency that cooperates with the nursing program to provide facilities
and clinical resources for selected student experiences.
(b) "Approval" means the status granted by
the board to a nursing program that provides evidence of both of the following:
(1) The nursing program is operating on a
sound educational basis that is consistent with the educational requirements as
specified in the nurse practice act and the board's regulations.
(2) The nursing program has no deficiencies
that would adversely affect student learning outcomes.
(c) "Articulation" means the process by which
a registered professional nurse, licensed practical nurse, or mental health
technician who is enrolled in a nursing program is given credit for previous
education in nursing or mental health technology.
(d) "Bilevel program" means a nursing program
that has one application process, with faculty teaching practical nurse (PN)
and registered nurse (RN) content from the first day of the nursing program.
The student can opt out of the RN program, which is known as the PN exit
option, take the national council license examination-practical nursing
(NCLEX-PN), and become licensed as a PN; or the student can matriculate through
the entire nursing program, take the national council license
examination-registered nurse (NCLEX-RN), and become licensed as an
RN.
(e) "Capstone course" means an
experiential nursing course for students to demonstrate integration of
knowledge and professional nursing supervised by a preceptor during the final
semester of the professional nursing program.
(f) "Clinical learning experience" means an
active process in which the student participates in nursing activities while
being guided by a member of the faculty.
(g) "Clinical observational experience" means
the process in which the student views health care interventions but does not
participate in the interventions. Affiliating agency personnel shall be
responsible for patient care. However, a student may use any of the five senses
while with the patient for the sole purpose of observing as the agency
professional assesses and provides care to the patient. The instructor shall
not be required to be present, but the students shall be included in the
faculty-student ratio.
(h)
"Community-based health care" means health care provided outside of hospitals
and long-term care facilities, including public health departments, ambulatory
health clinics, prenatal and well-baby clinics, hospice agencies, doctors'
offices, industrial settings, homeless shelters, nursing centers, home health
agencies, and patients' homes.
(i)
"Conditional approval" means the status that the board imposes on an approved
nursing program for a limited time to comply after finding evidence that the
nursing program no longer meets educational requirements as specified in the
nurse practice act or the board's regulations. When placed on conditional
approval, the nursing program may be directed by the board to limit or cease
admissions.
(j) "Contractual
agreement" means a written contract signed by the legal representatives for the
nursing program and the affiliating agency.
(k) "Criteria for unscheduled survey" means
indications that the nursing program no longer meets the requirements in the
nurse practice act or the board's regulations.
(l) "Debriefing" means an activity that
follows a simulation experience and is led by a facilitator. Participants'
reflective thinking is encouraged and feedback is provided regarding the
participants' performance while various aspects of the completed simulation are
discussed. Participants are encouraged to explore emotions and question,
reflect, and provide feedback to one another in order to facilitate the
transfer of learning to future situations.
(m) "Faculty degree plan" means the plan for
a course of study leading to a degree appropriate for a teaching
position.
(n) "Faculty hire
exception" means that a nursing program is allowed by the board to hire, on a
limited-time basis and in accordance with K.A.R. 60-2-103, an instructor who
does not meet the faculty qualifications if no qualified individuals are
available.
(o) "Generic student"
means one who enters at the beginning of a prelicensure nursing program and
plans to complete the entire curriculum.
(p) "Initial approval" means the approval
period from the first admission of nursing students to the nursing program
through the first full implementation of the curriculum and
graduation.
(q) "Loss of approval"
means the status that results when the board withdraws its approval of a
nursing program.
(r) "National
nursing accreditation agency" means the accreditation commission for education
in nursing, the commission for nursing education accreditation, or the
commission on collegiate nursing education.
(s) "Nursing program administrator" means an
individual with successful experience in administration or teaching and with a
graduate degree in nursing. However, an individual with successful experience
in administration or teaching whose graduate degree is not in nursing and was
conferred on or before July 1, 1999 shall be acceptable. This individual has
the primary responsibility and dedicated time for effective and continuous
oversight of a nursing program, including the following:
(1) Verification that the nursing program
complies with the nursing act and the board's regulations;
(2) assurance that nursing program and
educational outcomes are met;
(3)
assessment of and recommendations for material, human, and clinical resources
for effective nursing program implementation;
(4) collaboration with faculty for continuous
nursing program improvement; and
(5) responsibility for the development and
implementation of the nursing program.
(t) "Nursing program" means practical nursing
program or professional nursing program, or both.
(u) "One-plus-one program" means a nursing
program that includes two application processes, one for the practical nurse
(PN) program and one for the registered nurse (RN) program. The first level has
only PN content, and the student must obtain a PN license before continuing in
the RN program.
(v) "Online or
distance learning" means the acquisition of knowledge and skills through
information and instruction provided by means of a variety of
technologies.
(w) "PN exit option"
means in the bilevel programs that there is one application process for the PN
and RN programs. Therefore, a PN exit option allows students to opt out of the
RN program at a designated point in the curriculum. At this point, these
students apply for licensure and take the NCLEX-PN.
(x) "Practical nursing program" means a
course of study leading to a certificate and preparing an individual for
licensure as a practical nurse.
(y)
"Preceptor" means a registered professional nurse supervising a student in the
clinical setting who is not employed as nursing faculty. The preceptor provides
oversight of each student's patients and gives feedback to the student and
clinical instructor. The nursing program faculty shall not be required to be in
the affiliating agency's facilities but shall be immediately
available.
(z) "Professional
nursing program" means a course of study preparing an individual for licensure
as a registered professional nurse. This term shall include baccalaureate
degree programs and associate degree programs.
(1) A "baccalaureate degree program" shall
lead to a baccalaureate degree with a major in nursing.
(2) An "associate degree program" shall lead
to an associate of science or applied science degree, each with a major in
nursing.
(aa) "Program
evaluation plan" means a nursing program's written systematic methodology or
plan for measuring and analyzing student learning outcomes and program outcomes
against defined standards and timelines to determine effectiveness and provide
for ongoing nursing program improvement.
(bb) "Refresher course" means an educational
program for nurses whose licenses are inactive or have lapsed for more than
five years.
(cc) "Review course"
means an education offering used to prepare students for the licensing
examination.
(dd) "Satellite
program" means an existing, approved nursing program that is offered at a
location geographically separate from the parent nursing program. The students
may spend a portion or all of their time at the satellite location. The
curricula in all locations shall be the same, and the credential shall be given
by the parent institution.
(ee) A
"school of nursing" means a nursing program. This term may include any of the
following:
(1) A college;
(2) a school;
(3) a division;
(4) a department;
(5) an academic unit; or
(6) a program.
(ff) "Simulation" means a teaching strategy
utilizing technology to replace or amplify clinical situations with guided
experiences that evoke or replicate substantial aspects of the real world in a
fully interactive manner.
(gg)
"Survey or site visit" means an in-person assessment of all components of a
nursing program to validate information submitted by the nursing program or to
follow up on the board's determination that there is consistent evidence
reflecting deficiencies in meeting the requirements.
(hh) "Student learning outcomes" means the
achievement of expected knowledge, skills, and attributes demonstrated by
students at course and program levels. Student learning outcomes are measured
in classroom and experiential settings and are reported in individual and
aggregate formats, including retention and graduation rates, performance on
licensure and certification examinations, and employment rates.
(ii) "Transfer student" means one who is
permitted to apply nursing courses completed at another institution to a
nursing program of study.
This regulation shall be effective on and after January 1, 2022.
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