Kansas Administrative Regulations
Agency 60 - KANSAS STATE BOARD OF NURSING
Article 17 - ADVANCED NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAM
Section 60-17-106 - Clinical resources

(a) Each advanced nursing education program shall have appropriate written contractual agreements with each affiliating agency. Each signed contract shall be kept on file in the advanced nursing education program office.

(b) Clinical learning experiences and sites shall be selected to provide learning opportunities necessary to achieve the advanced nursing education program objectives or outcomes.

(c) Faculty shall facilitate and evaluate student learning experiences in the clinical area.

(d) Preceptors shall be responsible for assessing performance in the clinical setting.

(e) The advanced nursing education program shall provide verification that each agency used for clinical instruction has clinical facilities that are adequate for the number of students served in terms of space, equipment, and other necessary resources, including an adequate number of patients or clients necessary to meet the program objectives or outcomes.

(f) The advanced nursing education program shall contract with an adequate number of appropriate affiliating agencies so that there will be appropriate clinical experiences to meet curriculum objectives or outcomes. The advanced nursing education program faculty shall provide the affiliating agency staff with the organizing curriculum framework and either the objectives or outcomes for that clinical learning experience. A sufficient number and variety of patients representing appropriate age groups shall be available to provide learning experiences to meet curriculum objectives or outcomes. If more than one advanced nursing education program uses the same affiliating agency, each advanced nursing education program shall document the availability of appropriate learning experiences for all of its students.