Or. Admin. Code § 851-041-0010

Current through Register Vol. 64, No. 1, January 1, 2025

Section 851-041-0010 - Education Standards for Nurse Interns

(1) The pre-licensure nursing education program shall:

(a) Be approved by the Board or accredited or approved by another state or United States territory and approved by the Board;

(b) Include a face-to-face nursing practice experience (clinical) component; and

(2) Providing academic credit to the nurse intern is the decision of the program. When the program provides academic credit, the program must adhere to the following:

(a) If the program is providing academic credit to the student while working as a nurse intern, provide a faculty-supervised nursing practice experience.

(b) Faculty-supervised nursing practice experience shall include nursing practice experiences that lead to achievement of course outcomes.

(c) Faculty is not required to be consistently on-site but must provide meaningful presence and appropriate, in-person participation in the nurse intern-preceptor-faculty triad as described in program policy.

(d) Nursing practice experience evaluation of nurse intern achievement of course outcomes remain the responsibility of the assigned faculty member with consideration of input from the clinical preceptor and clinical nurses.

Or. Admin. Code § 851-041-0010

BN 15-2022, adopt filed 12/23/2022, effective 1/1/2023

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 678.111, ORS 678.150 & 2022 HB 4003

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 678.111 & ORS 678.150