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Virginia Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 10, 2017) |
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Title 18. Professional and Occupational Licensing |
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Agency 90. Board of Nursing |
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Chapter 26. Regulations for Nurse Aide Education Programs |
Section 30. Requirements for instructional personnel
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A. Program coordinator.
1. Each program shall have a program coordinator who must be a registered nurse who holds a current, unrestricted license in Virginia or a multistate licensure privilege.
2. The program coordinator in a nursing facility based program may be the director of nursing services. The director of nursing services may assume the administrative responsibility and accountability for the nurse aide education program but shall not engage in the actual classroom and clinical teaching.
3. The primary instructor may be the program coordinator in any nurse aide education program.
B. Primary instructor.
1. Qualifications. Each program shall have a primary instructor who does the majority of the actual teaching of the students and who shall:
a. Hold a current, unrestricted Virginia license as a registered nurse who holds a current, unrestricted license in Virginia or a multistate licensure privilege; and
b. Have two years of experience as a registered nurse within the previous five years and at least one year of experience in the provision of long-term care facility services. Such experience may include, but not be limited to, employment in a nurse aide education program or employment in or supervision of nursing students in a nursing facility or unit, geriatrics department, chronic care hospital, home care, or other long-term care setting. Experience should include varied responsibilities, such as direct client care, supervision, and education.
2. Responsibilities. The primary instructor is responsible for the teaching and evaluation of students and, in addition, shall:
a. Participate in the planning of each learning experience;
b. Ensure that course objectives are accomplished;
c. Ensure that the provisions of subsection F of this section are maintained;
d. Maintain records as required by subsection A of 18VAC90-26-50;
e. Perform other activities necessary to comply with subsection B of 18VAC90-26-20; and
f. Ensure that students do not perform services for which they have not received instruction and been found proficient by the instructor.
C. Other instructional personnel.
1. Instructional personnel who assist the primary instructor in providing classroom or clinical supervision shall be registered nurses or licensed practical nurses.
a. A registered nurse shall:
(1) Hold a current, unrestricted Virginia license as a registered nurse; and
(2) Have had at least one year of direct patient care experience as a registered nurse.
b. A licensed practical nurse shall:
(1) Hold a current, unrestricted Virginia license as a practical nurse;
(2) Hold a high school diploma or equivalent;
(3) Have been graduated from a state-approved practical nursing program; and
(4) Have had at least two years of direct patient care experience as a licensed practical nurse.
2. Responsibilities. Other instructional personnel shall provide instruction under the supervision of the primary instructor.
D. Prior to being assigned to teach the nurse aide education program, all instructional personnel shall demonstrate competence to teach adults by one of the following:
1. Satisfactory completion of a course in teaching adults that includes:
a. Basic principles of adult learning;
b. Teaching methods and tools for adult learners; and
c. Evaluation strategies and measurement tools for assessing the learning outcomes; or
2. Have experience in teaching adults or high school students.
E. To meet planned program objectives, the program may, under the direct, onsite supervision of the primary instructor, use other persons who have expertise in specific topics and have had at least one year of experience in their field.
F. When students are giving direct care to clients in clinical areas, instructional personnel must be on site solely to supervise the students. The ratio of students to each instructor shall not exceed 10 students to one instructor.
Historical Notes
Derived from Volume 30, Issue 10, eff. February 27, 2014.