Code of Maryland Regulations
Title 10 - MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Part 4
Subtitle 27 - BOARD OF NURSING
Chapter 10.27.03 - Nursing Education Programs
Section 10.27.03.01 - Definitions
Universal Citation: MD Code Reg 10.27.03.01
Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 19, September 20, 2024
A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.
B. Terms Defined.
(1) "Approval" means the status granted to a
nursing education program that:
(a) Is in
compliance with the regulations of the Board; and
(b) Holds a certificate of approval from the
Board of Nursing.
(2)
"Articulation" means the process by which a registered nurse or licensed
practical nurse who is enrolled in a nursing education program is given credit
for previous nursing education.
(3) "Board" means the Board of Nursing.
(4) "Board-recognized nursing accreditation
agency (BRNAA)" means a national or regional nursing education accreditation
agency recognized by the:
(a) Secretary of
the United States Department of Education (USDOE); and
(b) Board.
(5) Clinical Learning Experience.
(a) "Clinical learning experience" means
faculty planned and guided learning activities designed to assist students to
meet the course objectives and apply nursing knowledge and skills in the direct
care of patients.
(b) "Clinical
learning experience" includes:
(i) Direct
care of patients within the relevant practice setting;
(ii) Clinical support activities such as
clinical conferences; and
(iii)
Simulation laboratories.
(6) "Clinical nurse faculty" means an individual with
at least a baccalaureate degree in nursing who is employed by the program
solely for clinical learning of nursing students.
(7) "Clinical preceptor" means a registered nurse
employee of a cooperating clinical agency acting to facilitate and supervise
student learning in a manner specified in a signed written agreement between
the cooperating clinical agency and the educational institution.
(8) "Clinical preceptorship" means an
organized system of clinical experience that allows a nursing student to be
paired with a clinical preceptor for the purpose of attaining specific learning
objectives.
(9) "Conditional
approval" means a limited-time status that:
(a) Is imposed by the Board if the Board
finds evidence that the program has failed to meet or maintain the regulations
or requirements, or both, set by the Board; and
(b) Allows the program to continue to operate
subject to the program conforming to the Board's requirements and
recommendations within a time period set by the Board.
(10) "Controlling institution" means an
organization that offers a nursing education program.
(11) "Cooperating clinical agency" means an agency
that provides the facilities and clinical resources for clinical learning
experiences in nursing, with the nurse faculty or the clinical nurse faculty of
the program responsible for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of
these experiences.
(12) "Curriculum
changes" means changes in course offerings that will alter the curriculum,
philosophy, objectives, outcomes, competencies, or conceptual framework of the
program.
(13) "Full time nurse
faculty equivalent" means nursing faculty who are designated as full time
employees by their institution.
(14) "Generic student" means one who enters
at the beginning of the nursing education program and plans to complete the
entire curriculum.
(15) "Initial
approval" means
(16) "Informatics"
means the use of technology in nursing practice.
(17) "Licensed practical nurse" means an
individual who:
(a) Is licensed by the Board
to practice licensed practical nursing; or
(b) Has a multistate licensure privilege to
practice licensed practical nursing.
(18) "Multistate licensure privilege" has the
meaning set forth in COMAR
10.27.01.01B.
(19) "MHEC" means Maryland Higher
Education Commission.
(20) "Nurse
faculty" means an individual with a graduate degree in nursing who is employed
to teach full-time or part-time in a nursing education program.
(21) Program.
(a) "Program" means a registered nursing or
licensed practical nursing educational program.
(b) "Program " includes any of the following:
(i) A college;
(ii) A school;
(iii) A division;
(iv) A department;
(v) An academic unit; or
(vi) A program.
(22) "Regional nursing education
accrediting agency" means an accrediting agency that operates in a specific
geographic region of the United States and accredits post-secondary
institutions and primary and secondary schools.
(23) "Registered nurse (RN)" means an individual who:
(a) Is licensed by the Board to practice
registered nursing; or
(b) Has a
multistate licensure privilege to practice registered nursing.
(24) "Requirement" means a
mandatory condition that a program meets:
(a)
For the program to be approved; and
(b) To ensure that graduates of the program
are eligible to take the NCLEX-RN® and NCLEX-PN®.
(25) "Simulation" means instructional
activities and strategies that mimic the reality of a clinical environment and
complement other clinical learning experiences.
(26) "Transfer student" means a student who
is permitted to apply nursing courses completed at another institution to a
nursing education program of study.
(27) "USDOE" means the United States
Department of Education.
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