Nev. Admin. Code § 632.675 - Faculty: General requirements
1. A program of
nursing must have a competent and stable faculty. The majority of the members
of the faculty must be full-time employees.
2. Of the faculty who are hired after August
13, 2004:
(a) At least 75 percent of the
members must hold at least a master's degree with a major in nursing and have
completed training which is related to the area of teaching of the member;
and
(b) Except as otherwise
provided in subsection 3, the remainder of such members, if any, must hold at
least:
(1) A master's or doctoral degree with
a major in nursing;
(2) A
bachelor's degree with a major in nursing and a master's or doctoral degree in
a field related to nursing; or
(3)
A graduate degree from an accredited school of nursing as defined in NRS 632.011.
3. The
Executive Director of the Board may, for good cause shown, waive the
requirements of paragraph (b) of subsection 2.
4. The members of the faculty shall develop
and evaluate the curriculum and the educational practices of the
program.
5. In courses relating to
the care of patients, there must be at least 1 member of the faculty for every
12 students.
6. A program of
nursing that uses the personnel of a clinical facility as preceptors to
instruct the clinical experience of students must require:
(a) Each preceptor to have clinical expertise
and to have demonstrated competence in the specialty of the students whom he or
she will instruct;
(b) Each
preceptor to be approved by the faculty of the program of nursing;
(c) The faculty of the program of nursing to
provide to each preceptor an orientation concerning the roles and
responsibilities of students, members of the faculty and preceptors;
and
(d) The faculty of the program
of nursing to develop written objectives and provide a copy of those objectives
to each preceptor, before the preceptor begins his or her instruction of the
students.
7. In addition
to the requirements set forth in subsection 6, a program of nursing that uses
the personnel of a clinical facility as preceptors to instruct the clinical
experience of students:
(a) Must ensure that
each preceptor is assigned to instruct not more than two students at the same
time;
(b) Must designate a member
of the faculty to serve as a liaison between the preceptor and each student who
participates in the clinical experience;
(c) Must require that each preceptor be
present in the clinical facility and available to the students at all times
when the students provide nursing services to patients; and
(d) May use a preceptor to reinforce basic
nursing skills or to teach nursing skills which build on the basic nursing
skills that the students have acquired.
8. There must be at least one qualified
administrator for each department or division of the program.
9. If a university or college offers a
program of nursing for more than one level of preparation, there must be one
person who is responsible for each such level.
Notes
NRS 632.120, 632.430, 632.440, section 1 of Assembly Bill No. 401, chapter 42, Statutes of Nevada 2023, at page 193
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