Mich. Admin. Code R. 338.10305c - Registered professional nursing and licensed practical nursing education programs; preceptor requirements
Rule 305c.
(1) A
program of nursing education that uses the personnel of a clinical facility as
preceptors to facilitate the faculty-directed clinical experience of students
to meet the requirements for an internship or to meet the clinical requirements
in the capstone course, shall meet all the following requirements:
(a) Each preceptor is approved by the nursing
faculty of the program.
(b) Each
preceptor shall possess a minimum of 1 year of clinical nursing experience as a
registered nurse and supervisor recommendation.
(c) Each preceptor shall hold an unencumbered
license in this state where the clinical experience occurs.
(d) Each preceptor is provided education
including the roles and responsibilities of students, faculty members, and
preceptors. The program shall maintain documentation of preceptor
education.
(e) Before the preceptor
begins instruction of the students, the nursing faculty of the program shall
develop written learning outcomes for the clinical experience and provide a
copy of those outcomes to each preceptor.
(f) The nursing faculty member shall retain
authority and responsibility for the student's learning experiences and confer
routinely and periodically with the preceptor and student to monitor and
evaluate the learning experiences.
(g) The maximum ratio of precepted students
to a supervising nursing faculty member must be not more than 10 students to 1
nursing faculty member.
(h) If the
nursing faculty member is not physically present in the area in which students
are practicing, the nursing faculty member is immediately available by
telephone or other means of telecommunication when students are engaged in
clinical activities with a preceptor.
(i) Preceptors shall not be used to replace
clinical nursing faculty in prelicensure certificate, associate, or
baccalaureate degree nursing programs.
(j) A preceptor shall supervise not more than
1 student during any 1 scheduled work time or shift.
(2) This rule does not apply to staff nurses
used by faculty intermittently during nonprecepted clinical
experiences.
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