Or. Admin. R. 851-021-0015 - Periodic Evaluation of Nursing Education Programs
The Board representative may require reports or conduct a survey or site visit for any one of the following reasons:
(1) The nursing program requests a survey or
site visit.
(2) The Board may
require survey or site visits or interim progress reports at any time to
determine if the minimum standards for nursing programs are being met. These
situations may include, but are not limited to the following:
(a) Reports relating to identified violations
of OAR 851-021.
(b) Potential
violations of OAR 851-021.
(c)
Denial, withdrawal or change of nursing program or educational institution
accreditation status.
(d)
Providing false or misleading information to Board representative, applicants,
students, accreditors, or the public concerning the nursing program.
(e) Inability to secure or retain a qualified
nurse administrator, resulting in substandard supervision and instruction of
students.
(f) Failure to achieve
NCLEX® pass rate standards per OAR 851-021-0018.
(g) Evidence of non-compliance with
remediation plan by programs with deficiencies or violations.
(3) Survey Visits to Determine
Continued Approval:
(a) All nursing education
programs without national nursing accreditation are required to demonstrate
continuing compliance with OAR 851-021 a minimum of every eight years for
continued approval
(b) Programs
that have received national nursing accreditation may be surveyed in
conjunction with the national nursing accreditation body.
(c) The survey visit must be made by a
representative of the Board on dates mutually acceptable to the Board
representative and the program.
(d)
A program must submit a narrative self-evaluation report that provides evidence
of compliance with OAR 851-021 one month prior to the scheduled survey
visit.
(e) During the survey visit
the Board representative will review and analyze various sources that validate
compliance.
(f) Nursing programs
must be evaluated by use of a rubric to guide approval. The Board determines
the approval length of time.
(g)
Program evaluations based on OAR 851-021-0040 through OAR 851-021-0070 are
deemed "met", "partially met" or "not met" with narrative explanation for any
standard that is partially met or not met.
(A)
Expectations in the summary of the report are intended as action items for the
nursing program and educational institution. Expectations are intended to be
corrected and implemented within a timeframe set by the Board representative
and approved by the Board.
(B)
Failure to address previously identified areas deemed "partially met" or "not
met" may result in identification of a deficiency.
(C) If the Board determines that a deficiency
exists, the nurse administrator and educational institution administration
shall receive a report specifying the deficiency and prescribing the timeframe
within which the deficiency must be corrected.
(D) Failure to address previously identified
survey deficiencies in the time prescribed by the Board may result in
withdrawal of program approval.
(h) Continuing approval will be granted upon
the Board's verification that the program is in compliance with OAR 851-021 and
has the continued support of the educational institution to maintain
compliance.
(i) The Board
representative may share a preliminary summary report with the program at the
end of the survey with the understanding that the report is not final until
final modification or approval by the Board.
(j) A draft of the survey visit report may be
made available to the program for review and corrections in factual data before
review by the Board.
(k) The nurse
administrator or designee of the program may be invited to be present during
the presentation of the survey visit report to the Board.
(l) Following the Board's review and
decision, written notification regarding approval of the program, or notice of
standards requiring a follow-up report within a specified timeframe must be
sent by the Board representative to the administrator of the nursing education
program within 30 business days.
(m) An approved nursing program that becomes
accredited by a national nursing accreditation body between Board survey
visits, may have the next scheduled Board survey visit adjusted to provide for
alignment with the accreditation review cycle.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 678.340 & ORS 678.360
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 678.360
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