30 Miss. Code. R. 2865-1.2 - Definitions of terms for Part 2865
A. Accreditation
Site Team: Accreditation Site Team selected by the Board and LEA to visit
nursing programs for the purpose of verifying and clarifying data presented in
self-study or progress report. Selection is made at the discretion of the Board
Practical Nursing Education Director.
B. Adjunct Faculty: All faculty who teach
nursing courses in the program(s) being accredited and who have adjunct faculty
employment status as determined by the governing institution.
C. Administrator: The person with designated
authority and responsibility to direct the practical nursing program and/or
program of nursing. This person may be called the director, dean, chair,
etc.
D. Affiliation Agreement:
Written agreement between the practical nursing programs and healthcare
facilities.
E. Annual Report:
Report submitted annually by the administrator of the program that updates
information on files with the board and validates continuing compliance with
minimum standards.
F. Assisting
Staff/Personnel: Persons employed in a unit of nursing who support the nursing
education program, but who are not classified as faculty by the governing
institution.
G. Board: The
Mississippi Board of Nursing.
H.
Compliance: Adhering to the standards and criteria for accreditation.
I. Complaints: A formal, written charge
against a practical nursing program.
J. Continuing Education: Planned, organized
learning experiences designed to augment the knowledge, skill, and ability to
enhance nursing practice and therefore improve health care delivered to the
public.
K. Course Objective:
Course-level objectives of the nursing program.
L. Curricula: All courses and planned program
activities designed for completing a practical nursing program as defined by
the Mississippi Community College Board (MCCB).
M. Distant Education: A formal education
process which online learning is combined with traditional learning for an
all-inclusive learning experience. Instructions can be synchronous or
asynchronous (Commission on Regulation and Postsecondary Distance Education,
2013).
N. Due Process: A formal
proceeding based on established rules and principles that are not unfair,
arbitrary, or unreasonable.
O.
Fiscal Resources: Financial means to purchase, obtain supplies, materials,
equipment, services, and personnel.
P. Full-Time Faculty: All faculty who teach
nursing courses in the program(s) being accredited and who have full-time
faculty employment status as determined by the governing institution.
Q. Governing Organization: The educational
agency which the practical nursing program is an integral part.
R. LEA: Local Educational Agency.
S. NCLEX®: National Council of State
Board of Nursing Licensure Examination.
T. Online learning: A delivery model that is
an interactive computer-based and internet-connected learning environment in
which students are separated from the instructor by time or location or both
and in which an instructor is responsible for providing instruction.
U. Outcomes: Performance indicators measured
at the end of any activity to determine the extent to which the purposes of the
activity are being achieved.
V.
Part-Time Faculty: All faculty who teach nursing courses in the program(s)
being accredited and have part-time faculty status as determined by the
governing organization.
W. Plan of
Compliance: Written program for complying with state accreditation standards
submitted by the administrator for the practical nursing program at the request
of the Board.
X. Practical Nurse:
The practice of nursing by a licensed practical nurse means the performance for
compensation of services requiring basic knowledge of the biological, physical,
behavioral, psychological and sociological sciences and of nursing procedures
which do not require the substantial skill, judgment, and knowledge required of
a registered nurse. These services are performed under the direction of a
registered nurse, an advanced practice registered nurse, a licensed physician
or licensed dentist and utilize standardized procedures in the observation and
care of the ill, injured and infirm; in the maintenance of health; in action to
safeguard life and health; and in the administration of medication and
treatments prescribed by any advanced practice registered nurse, licensed
physician or licensed dentist authorized by state law to prescribe.
Y. Practical Nursing Program: The department,
school, division, or college within a governing organization that offers one or
more nursing programs at selected sites.
Z. Preceptors: Individuals in a practice
setting who function as role models and who assist individual students in
achieving specific objectives. Preceptors shall be academically/experientially
prepared at or beyond the level for which the preceptor service is rendered and
shall have a minimum of one (1) year of experience.
AA. Program of Nursing: Certificate program
in nursing. The total curriculum, funding, faculty, facilities, and other
resources available or required by the practical nursing program or governing
institution for a nursing certificate.
BB. Self-study: Self-study in the practical
nursing program shall take into consideration previous evaluation instruments
and their results, number of students enrolled, attrition rate, number of
students completing, number of students placed, and percentage of students
passing NCLEX-PN. It shall also include clinical site usage and affiliation
agreements.
CC. Simulation: A
technique, not a technology, that allows activities or events to be replicated
for the purpose of practicing, learning, evaluation, or testing using
scenarios, high fidelity manikins, medium-fidelity manikins, standardized
patients, role playing, skills stations, and computer-based critical thinking
simulation.
DD. State
Accreditation: the approval by the Board of a Practical Nursing
Program.
EE. State Accreditation
Standards: Rules and Regulations for State Accreditation of Practical Nursing
Programs.
FF. State-Accredited
Status: Status for a Practical Nursing Program that has met all standards set
forth in "Accreditation Standards and Rules and Regulations for Mississippi
Programs of Nursing." State accreditation is required for graduates of
Mississippi schools of nursing to take the licensed practical nurse examination
(NCLEX-PN).
GG. Statement of need
and feasibility: Current evidence of need for professional and practical
nurses, additional program(s), and community support.
HH. Systemic Plan of Evaluation (SPE): A
written comprehensive document that contains specific, measurable expected
levels of achievement and appropriate assessment methods.
II. Traditional Experience: Planned,
faculty-guided learning experiences that involve direct contact with patients
in an inpatient, ambulatory care, or community setting (NCSBN Model Act,
2012a).
JJ. Traditional education:
Education which instruction takes place between an instructor and students were
all physically present in the same place (e.g. face-to-face).
KK. Unencumbered license: A license without a
current discipline, condition, or restriction.
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