Ala. Admin. Code r. 610-X-15-.04 - Competency Validation And Supervision
(1) Licensed healthcare facilities may employ
student nurse apprentices to perform nursing skills, tasks, and activities, as
submitted by Alabama Industry Recognized and Registered Apprenticeship Program
and approved by the Board, provided that such training, tasks, skills, and
activities are performed under supervision by licensed nurses.
(2) The nursing education program retains
responsibility for validating the apprentice's education or competency to
perform each nursing skill pursuant to the apprentice performing those skills
under the supervision of a licensed nurse at the healthcare facility. Skills
not routinely validated in the education program may be competency validated by
the clinical supervising nurse.
(3)
The supervising licensed nurse is responsible for validating, an apprentice's
competency to perform nursing skills or activities assigned to the apprentice
in the clinical setting.
(4) A
supervising licensed nurse may suspend an apprenticeship - due to poor
performance and collaborate with the nursing education program to oversee
remediation - until the apprentice can perform at an acceptable skill level.
Failure to perform at an acceptable level could result in dismissal from the
apprenticeship and failure of the nursing education
program.
Notes
Author: Alabama Board of Nursing
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, ยง 34-21-2.1.
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