Wis. Admin. Code Board of Nursing N 1.12

Current through October 28, 2024

Section N 1.12 - Nursing refresher course approval

(1) INTENT OF NURSE REFRESHER COURSE. A nurse refresher course is designed for nurses who have not been practicing for five years or more.

(2) FACULTY.

(a) The instructor shall have all of the following qualifications:

1. Masters degree in nursing.

2. Recent clinical experience or clinical teaching experience.

(b) If preceptors are used, the preceptor is selected by the instructor using criteria developed for the course and the instructor provides supervision of preceptors.

(3) PROFESSIONAL NURSE CONTENT. The nurse refresher course designed for professional nurse shall have all of the following content:

(a) Theory portion including all of the following:

1. Nursing process review.

2. Infection control.

3. Medication and pharmacology update.

4. Recent trends in nursing techniques and responsibilities.

5. Communication.

6. Documentation and reporting.

7. Supervision and delegation.

(b) Skills lab of at least 25 hours including basic nursing skills review and technology and equipment update.

(c) Directly supervised or precepted clinical experience of 100 hours or more performed in a hospital, clinic, long-term, or subacute facility.

(4) PRACTICAL NURSE CONTENT. The nurse refresher course designed for practical nurses shall have all of the following content:

(a) Theory portion including all of the following:

1. Nursing process review.

2. Infection control.

3. Medication and pharmacology update.

4. Recent trends in nursing techniques and responsibilities.

5. Communication.

6. Documentation and reporting.

7. Supervision and delegation.

8. Aging population.

(b) Skills lab of at least 15 hours including basic nursing skills review and technology and equipment update.

(c) Directly supervised or precepted clinical experience of 70 hours or more performed in a hospital, clinic, long-term, or subacute facility.

(5) APPROVAL PROCESS. The board will review curriculum of nurse refresher courses submitted for inclusion on a listing of approved courses. Individual course participants shall be required to submit curriculum only if the course is not on the approved list.

Wis. Admin. Code Board of Nursing N 1.12

CR 14-004: cr. Register July 2014 No. 703, eff. 8-1-14; correction in (4) (intro.) made under s. 35.17, Stats., Register July 2014 No. 703.