Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING
Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing
NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Section 246-840-523 - Faculty requirements for nursing education programs
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Each nursing education program shall have a sufficient number of professionally and academically qualified faculty with adequate diversity of expertise in nursing to meet the nursing education program purpose, outcomes, and identified quality improvement processes.
(2) The nursing education program shall provide new faculty with sufficient orientation to achieve program purpose and outcomes, and to assure safe clinical and practice experiences for students.
(3) The program shall make available ongoing faculty development opportunities to assure faculty members are prepared, experienced, and current in subject matter taught.
(4) Nursing faculty shall have an active, unencumbered Washington state registered nurse license.
(5) Interdisciplinary faculty teaching in the nursing education program shall have academic and professional education and experience in their field of specialization.
(6) Adjunct clinical faculty employed solely to supervise clinical nursing experiences or practice experiences shall meet all the faculty qualifications for the program level they are teaching.
(7) Nursing faculty shall be responsible for: