Kan. Admin. Regs. § 60-17-101 - Definitions
Each of the following terms, as used in this article of the board's regulations, shall have the meaning specified in this regulation:
(a) An "advanced nursing program" may be housed within a part
of any of the following organizational units within an academic
institution:
(1) A college;
(2) a school;
(3) a division;
(4) a department; or
(5) an academic unit.
(b) "Academic equivalent" means the proportionate credit for
formal academic coursework if that coursework is completed on the basis of
trimester or quarter credit hours rather than semester credit hours.
(c) "Affiliating agency" means an agency that cooperates with
the advanced nursing program to provide facilities and resources for selected
student experiences.
(d) "Clinical learning experience" means an active process in
which the student participates in advanced nursing activities while being
guided by a member of the faculty.
(e) "Contractual agreement" means a written contract signed by
the legal representatives of the advanced nursing program and the affiliating
agency.
(f) "Criteria for unscheduled survey or site visit" means
indications that the advanced nursing program no longer meets the requirements
in the nurse practice act or the board's regulations.
(g) "Debriefing" means an activity that follows simulation 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.
(h) "Loss of approval" means the status that results when the
board withdraws its approval of an advanced nursing program.
(i) "Online or distance learning" means the acquisition of
knowledge and skills through information and instruction provided by means of a
variety of technologies.
(j) "Practice hour" means 60 minutes of clinical learning
experience.
(k) "Preceptor" means an advanced practice registered nurse or
a physician supervising a student in the clinical setting and is not employed
as nursing faculty. Any practice hours over 750 may be precepted with a
licensed interdisciplinary professional with a health science degree at a
master's level or above. 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.
(l) "Program evaluation plan" means an advanced 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 program
improvement.
(m) "Satellite program" means an existing, approved advanced
nursing program that is offered at a location geographically separate from the
parent advanced 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 each credential shall be conferred by the parent
institution.
(n) "Semester credit hours" means at least 13 clock-hours of
formal, didactic classroom instruction that occurs over the course of an
academic semester and for which the applicant receives formal academic
credit.
(o) "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.
(p) "Survey or site visit" means an in-person assessment of all
components of an advanced nursing program to validate information submitted by
the advanced nursing program or to follow up on the board's determination that
there is consistent evidence reflecting deficiencies in meeting the
requirements.
(q) "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 certification
examinations, and employment rates.
(r) "Transfer student" means an individual who is permitted to
apply advanced nursing courses completed at another institution to a different
advanced nursing program.
(s) "Quarter credit hour" means two-thirds of a semester credit
hour. Quarter credit hours shall be rounded as follows:
(1) One quarter credit hour equals .7 semester hours.
(2) Two quarter credit hours equal 1.3 semester hours.
(3) Three quarter credit hours equal 2.0 semester hours.
(4) Four quarter credit hours equal 2.7 semester hours.
(5) Five quarter credit hours equal 3.3 semester
hours.
Notes
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