Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-39-166 - Nurse aide course instructor
(a) Approval and qualifications.
(1) Each person who intends to be a course
instructor shall submit a completed instructor approval application form to the
department at least three weeks before offering an initial course and shall
receive approval as an instructor before the first day of an initial
course.
(2) Each course instructor
shall be a registered nurse with a minimum of two years of licensed nursing
experience, with at least 1,750 hours of experience in either or a combination
of an adult care home or long-term care unit of a hospital. Each course
instructor shall have completed a course in teaching adults, shall have
completed a professional continuing education offering on supervision or adult
education, or shall have experience in teaching adults or supervising nurse
aides.
(b) Course
instructor and course sponsor responsibilities.
(1) Each course instructor and course sponsor
shall be responsible for ensuring that the following requirements are met:
(A) A completed course approval application
form shall be submitted to the department at least three weeks before offering
a course. Approval shall be obtained from the secretary at the beginning of
each course whether the course is being offered initially or after a previous
approval. Each change in course location, schedule, or instructor shall require
approval by the secretary.
(B) All
course objectives shall be accomplished.
(C) Only persons in health professions having
the appropriate skills and knowledge shall be selected to conduct any part of
the training. Each person shall have at least one year of experience in the
subject area in which that person is providing training.
(D) Each person providing a part of the
training shall do so only under the direct supervision of the course
instructor.
(E) The provision of
direct care to residents by a nurse aide trainee II during clinical instruction
shall be limited to clinical experiences that are for the purpose of learning
nursing skills under the direct supervision of the course instructor.
(F) When providing clinical instruction, the
course instructor shall perform no other duties but the direct supervision of
the nurse aide trainees.
(G) Each
nurse aide trainee in the 90-hour nurse aide course shall demonstrate
competency in all skills identified on the part I task checklist before the
checklist is signed and dated by the course instructor as evidence of
successful completion of part I of the course.
(H) The course shall be prepared and
administered in accordance with the guidelines in the "Kansas certified nurse
aide curriculum guidelines (90 hours)" and the "Kansas 90-hour certified nurse
aide sponsor and instructor manual," as adopted in K.A.R. 28-39-165.
(2) Any course instructor or
course sponsor who does not meet the requirements of this regulation may be
subject to withdrawal of approval to serve as a course instructor or a course
sponsor.
Notes
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