Or. Admin. R. 851-021-0090 - Standards for Out-of-State Student Clinical Experience in Oregon
(1) All out-of-state nursing programs seeking
to place one or more students in Oregon for a nursing practice experience must
submit an initial letter of intent as per OAR 851-021-0010 and the required
Oregon State Board of Nursing petition. Board representative approval must be
obtained prior to student placements in the nursing practice experience site.
(a) The initial and annual petition must
include:
(A) Justification or rationale for
use of Oregon facilities including description of nursing practice experience
sites and planned duration of cohort placements;
(B) The estimated number of students to be
placed in an Oregon nursing practice experience site each term;
(C) Attestation of affiliation agreement with
clinical site;
(D) Documentation of
home Board approval including time frame and any recommendations which are
outstanding;
(E) Evidence of
educational institution accreditation by a regional accreditation body or
national agency recognized by the United States Department of
Education.
(F) Analysis of current
usage of planned nursing practice experience sites in areas where student
placements are planned;
(G)
Evidence of interactions with the Nurse Administrators of currently approved
nursing programs in area of planned nursing practice experience placements to
discuss the impact on those nursing programs;
(H) Evidence of availability of faculty in
areas where nursing practice experience placements are planned, including
providing meaningful presence as established in OAR 851-021-0045 (13)(d)(e),
(14)(C), (15)(c).
(I) Name and
credentials of a contact person within the Oregon nursing practice experience
facility;
(J) NCLEX® pass rate,
number of candidates and number passing for the past two years ending on the
most recent December 31st.
(K) An
out-of-state Nursing Program seeking to increase the approved number of student
cohorts must submit a revised petition prior to making the change and obtain
approval from the Board representative prior to placement of additional
students. The revised petition must include the following:
(i) Updates to the information required for
initial application as established in subsection (5)(a) above, or attestation
that the information has not changed; and,
(ii) A written agreement with the Oregon
nursing practice experience facility that additional students from the
out-of-state nursing program will not adversely impact current Oregon Nursing
Program placements.
(b) The Board representative may request
evidence from the nursing program of the following, including but not limited
to:
(A) A written agreement with the Oregon
nursing practice experience facility;
(B) Learning objectives to guide the student
experience;
(C) Specific policies
regarding patient and student safety such as error reporting, and frequency of
faculty visitation;
(D)
Expectations of the provision of meaningful presence by faculty providing
oversight;
(E) Criteria for
selection of Clinical Preceptor; and,
(F) Other information as needed.
(2) The Board
representative or designee, after timely review and consideration of the
request and required information, may grant, or deny the request, or bring it
to the full Board for a decision.
(3) All requests for precepted, final
clinical practicum and student cohort placements must include evidence that the
responsible faculty member is licensed in Oregon appropriate to the level of
the program and provides meaningful presence as established in OAR 851-021-0045
(13)(d)(e), (14)(C), (15)(c).
(4)
For precepted, final nursing practice experiences, student names and other
information required by the Board must be submitted for approval prior to the
start of the learning experience.
(5) Nursing programs with faculty and
facilities located in Oregon and approved by another state:
(a) The program must meet the OAR 851-021 for
Oregon-based nursing programs.
(b)
In addition, the program must:
(A) Report any
change in approval/accreditation status within 30 days of such
change;
(B) Report plans for a
significant increase in planned enrollment that may impact geographic region
practice sites including plans for provision of nursing practice experience
placement for an additional student or students;
(C) Submit to the Board representative, a
copy of any progress reports required by the home board;
(D) Submit the annual NCLEX® pass rate,
number of candidates and number of candidates passing for the previous calendar
year ending December 31; and,
(E)
Demonstrate attainment of OSBN standards for approval through OSBN
participation in the regular survey visit conducted by the home board and/or
nursing specialty accreditation organization.
(6) The Board may conduct a complete survey
of the program of nursing to determine its eligibility for approval at any time
or may accept all or part of the survey and findings on approval from the home
Board or nursing specialty accreditation organization.
Notes
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 678.031, ORS 678.150, ORS 678.340 & ORS 678.360
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 678.031, ORS 678.150, ORS 678.340 & ORS 678.360
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