Washington Administrative Code
Title 246 - Health, Department of
PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND LICENSING
Chapter 246-840 - Practical and registered nursing
NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Section 246-840-534 - Use of simulation for clinical experiences in LPN, RN, or RN to BSN nursing education programs located in Washington state
Universal Citation: WA Admin Code 246-840-534
Current through Register Vol. 24-06, March 15, 2024
(1) An LPN, RN, or RN to BSN nursing education program may use simulation as a substitute for traditional clinical experiences, after approval by the commission, not to exceed fifty percent of its clinical hours for a particular course.
(a) Simulation as used in this section means
a technique to replace or amplify real experiences with guided experiences
evoking or replicating substantial aspects of the real world in a fully
interactive manner.
(b) The nursing
education program shall have an organizing framework providing adequate fiscal,
human, technological, and material resources to support the simulation
activities.
(c) Simulation
activities must be managed by an individual who is academically and
experientially qualified and who demonstrates currency and competency in the
use of simulation while managing the simulation program.
(d) The nursing education program shall have
a budget sustaining simulation activities and training of the
faculty.
(e) The nursing education
program shall have appropriate facilities, educational and technological
resources and equipment to meet the intended objectives of the
simulation.
(f) All faculty
involved in simulations, both didactic and clinical, shall have training in the
use of simulation and shall engage in ongoing professional development in the
use of simulation.
(g) Faculty to
student ratios in the simulation lab must be in the same ratio as identified in
WAC 246-840-532 for clinical learning experiences.
(2) Faculty shall organize clinical and practice experiences based on the educational preparation and skill level of the student.
(3) Qualified simulation faculty must supervise and evaluate student clinical and practice experiences.
(a) The nursing education
program shall demonstrate that simulation activities are linked to programmatic
outcomes.
(b) The nursing education
program shall have written policies and procedures on the following:
(i) Short-term and long-term plans for
integrating simulation into the curriculum;
(ii) An identified method of debriefing each
simulated activity; and
(iii) A
plan for orienting faculty to simulation.
(c) Debriefing as used in this section means
an activity following a simulation experience that is led by a facilitator,
encourages reflective thinking, and provides feedback regarding the
participant's performance.
(d) The
nursing education program shall develop criteria to evaluate simulation
activities.
(e) Students shall
evaluate the simulation experience on an ongoing basis.
(f) The program shall include information
about use of simulation in its annual report to the commission.
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