Kan. Admin. Regs. § 60-2-103 - Nursing program faculty and preceptor qualifications
(a)
Professional nursing programs.
(1) Each nurse
faculty member shall be licensed as a registered professional nurse in
Kansas.
(2) Each preceptor shall meet
the following requirements:
(A) Be licensed as a
registered professional nurse in the state in which the individual is currently
practicing nursing; and
(B) complete a
preceptor orientation that includes information about the pedagogical aspects of the
student-preceptor relationship and course information.
(3) Each nursing program shall have a written plan
that includes the method of selection of preceptors, the roles of the faculty
members and preceptors, and the methods of contact between faculty members and
preceptors during the preceptorship.
(4)
Each nurse faculty member shall have academic preparation and experience as follows:
(A) Each nurse faculty member who is assigned the
responsibility of a course shall hold a graduate degree. Each person who is hired as
a nurse faculty member shall have a graduate degree in nursing, preferably in the
clinical area being taught, except for any person whose graduate degree was
conferred before July 1, 2001.
(B) Each
nurse faculty member responsible for clinical instruction shall possess a graduate
degree or provide to the board a faculty degree plan that projects completion of a
graduate degree. Each person who is hired as a nurse faculty member responsible for
clinical instruction shall meet one of the following requirements:
(i) Have a graduate degree in nursing, preferably
in the clinical area being taught, except for any person whose graduate degree was
conferred on or before July 1, 2001; or
(ii) provide to the board a faculty degree plan
that projects completion of a graduate degree in nursing.
(b) Practical nursing
programs.
(1) Each nurse faculty member shall be
licensed as a registered professional nurse in Kansas.
(2) Each preceptor shall meet the following
requirements:
(A) Be licensed as a registered
professional nurse in the state in which the individual is currently practicing
nursing; and
(B) complete a preceptor
orientation that includes information about the pedagogical aspects of the
student-preceptor relationship and course information.
(3) Each nursing program shall have a written plan
that includes the method of selection of preceptors, the roles of the faculty
members and preceptors, and the methods of contact between faculty members and
preceptors during the preceptorship.
(4)
Each nurse faculty member shall have academic preparation and experience as follows:
(A) Each nurse faculty member who is assigned the
responsibility of a course shall hold a baccalaureate degree. Each person who is
hired as a nurse faculty member shall have a baccalaureate or higher degree in
nursing, except for any person whose degree was conferred on or before July 1,
2001.
(B) Each nurse faculty member
responsible for clinical instruction shall possess a baccalaureate degree or provide
to the board a faculty degree plan that projects completion of a baccalaureate
degree. Each person who is hired as a nurse faculty member responsible for clinical
instruction shall meet one of the following requirements:
(i) Have a baccalaureate or higher degree in
nursing, except for any person whose degree was conferred on or before July 1, 2001;
or
(ii) provide to the board a faculty
degree plan that projects completion of a baccalaureate or higher degree in
nursing.
(c)
(1) For each
nursing program, each nursing program administrator shall submit to the board the
following:
(A) A faculty qualification report for
each faculty member newly employed. Faculty with a continuing appointment shall have
an appropriate degree;
(B) a faculty
degree plan reflecting completion of the degree within six years for each instructor
without the appropriate degree. Upon completion of the degree, a transcript showing
completion of the nursing program shall be submitted to the board; and
(C) notification and a rationale for each faculty
member who is not following the degree plan as submitted.
(2) The nursing program administrator may request
a faculty hire exception to be approved by the board's professional staff, if
faculty meeting the criteria specified in this regulation are not available, by
providing documentation of the following:
(A) A
lack of qualified applicants;
(B) a
rationale for the need to hire the applicant;
(C) the applicant's qualifications; and
(D) a plan for faculty recruitment.
Notes
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