Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 016 - DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
Division 06 - Medical Services
Rule 016.06.16-008 - Rules and Regulations for the Arkansas Long Term Care Facility Nursing Assistant Training Program
Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 016.06.16-008
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 9, September, 2024
Section VI QUALIFICATIONS OF INSTRUCTORS
A.
Primary Instructor
(PI)
1. The Primary Instructor
shall be a Registered Nurse currently licensed in Arkansas, or holding a
multi-state privilege to practice. If the Registered Nurse moves from a Compact
state to Arkansas, the Registered Nurse shall meet the requirements for
licensure in Arkansas as established by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing.
The Registered Nurse shall not be employed or act as an Instructor if the
Registered Nurse's license to practice has any current disciplinary action on
the license by the licensing entity or authority.
2. The Primary Instructor must possess a
minimum of two (2) years nursing experience including at least one (1) year of
long term care nursing services within the last five (5) years. Experience may
include, but is not limited to, employment in a nursing assistant education
program or employment in or supervision of nursing students in a nursing
facility or unit, geriatrics department (excluding geriatric psychiatry),
long-term acute care hospital, home care, hospice care or other long term care
setting.
3. In a facility-based
program, the training of nursing assistants may be performed under the general
supervision of the Director of Nursing (DON), who is prohibited from performing
the actual training (unless replacement DON coverage is provided).
4. An individual who will be the Primary
Instructor and meets the above criteria may submit the Application for Program
Approval (Form DMS-724) identifying their qualifications to teach. This must
include nursing experience, supervisory experience, teaching experience and/or
certificate of attendance in an instructor workshop.
B.
Primary Instructor
Responsibilities
1. There must be
one, and only one, Primary Instructor for each course. All questions and
correspondence referring to the course will be directed to this person. The PI
should participate in the planning of each lesson/teaching module - including
clinical instruction - whether or not the PI teaches the lesson.
2. The Primary Instructor of a nursing
assistant training program shall be responsible for supervision of the program
and ensuring that the following requirements are met:
(a) Course objectives are
accomplished.
(b) Only persons
having appropriate skills and knowledge are selected to conduct any part of the
training. Each instructor shall be monitored and evaluated during classroom,
learning laboratory and clinical training whenever new material is being taught
and at periodic intervals to include, but not limited to, first training calls,
following any complaint on a specific instructor and at least annually.
Performance reviews of instructors must be documented and maintained.
(c) The provision of direct individual care
to assigned residents by a trainee is limited to appropriately supervised
clinical experience. Instructors, not unit or facility staff, are expected to
function as supervisor of trainees while in clinical areas and providing
resident care.
(d) Each trainee
shall demonstrate competence in clinical skills and fundamental principles of
resident care. The task performance record (skills check-off) must be approved
by the Primary Instructor who must sign or initial all final skills check-off
records.
(e) Records are kept to
verify the participation and performance of each trainee in each phase of the
training program. The satisfactory completion of the training program by each
trainee shall be attested on each trainee's record.
(f) Each trainee is issued a certificate of
completion within ten (10) calendar days of course completion and as described
in Section IV(B) (7) of these regulations.
C.
Additional
Instructors/Trainers
1.
Instructors may use other qualified resource personnel from the health field as
guest instructors in the program to meet the objectives for a specific unit.
Examples are pharmacists, dietitians, social workers, sanitarians, advocates,
gerontologists, nursing home administrators, etc. Guest instructors must have a
minimum of one (1) year of experience in their respective fields and must not
have current disciplinary action by their respective regulatory
board.
2. Registered Nurses or
Licensed Practical Nurses may be used to provide classroom and skills training
and supervision. They must be under the general supervision of the Primary
Instructor (all final skills check-off reviews must be approved by the Primary
Instructor), currently licensed in Arkansas or holding a multi-state privilege
to practice, and have a minimum of one (1) year of long-term care experience.
If the Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse moves from a Compact state
to Arkansas, the Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse shall meet the
requirements for licensure in Arkansas as established by the Arkansas State
Board of Nursing. The Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse shall not be
employed or act as an Instructor if the Registered Nurse's or Licensed
Practical Nurse's license to practice has any current disciplinary action on
the license by the licensing entity or authority.
3. The Application of Program Approval (Form
DMS-724) shall be used to identify each additional instructor/trainer and their
qualifications to teach.
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