Conn. Agencies Regs. § 20-90-45

Current through October 16, 2024

Section 20-90-45 - Definition of terms

As used in sections 20-90-45 to sections 20-90-56, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:

(1) "Academic Semester" means the semester length as established by policy by the parent institution;

(2) "Accreditation" means a level of quality achieved by educational programs and clinical facilities which have participated in voluntary evaluation by recognized agencies using predetermined criteria;

(3) "Administrator" means the registered nurse educator responsible for policies, contracts, curriculum, and overall administration of a nursing education program;

(4) "Admission with advanced standing" means academic credit for previous education or experience is given to a student;

(5) "Advanced degree in nursing" means a master's or doctoral degree in nursing;

(6) "Advanced levels of students" means students in the final year of study in a registered nursing education program;

(7) "Approval" means those nursing education programs and clinical facilities that are approved by the Board of Examiners for Nursing with the consent of the Commissioner;

(8) "Board" means the Connecticut Board of Examiners for Nursing;

(9) "Client" means the focus of nursing care, including individuals, families, groups, and communities;

(10) "Collaborative judgment" means shared decision making;

(11) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Department of Public Health, or his or her designee;

(12) "Contact hour" means a fifty (50) or sixty (60) minute period of time spent by students in the presence of program faculty;

(13) "Data collection" means the process of collecting information, observing the client, recording, and reporting to the appropriate person signs, symptoms, and other pertinent data which may indicate that the client's condition deviates from normal or that there is a change in the client's condition;

(14) "Direct client care experience" means student learning that involves the provision of primary nursing services to clients;

(15) "Educational outcomes" means behaviors demonstrated by the graduate of a registered nurse or practical nurse education program;

(16) "Laboratory experience" means student learning that involves the manipulation of concepts or materials within a controlled environment;

(17) "Licensing examination" means the examination for the licensure of registered nurses or practical nurses and shall be an examination approved by the board of examiners for nursing, with the consent of the department, such as an examination provided by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing;

(18) "Major curriculum changes" means significant deviations in content or length from a currently approved education program;

(19) "Nursing education program" or "program" means a school of nursing;

(20) "Nursing process" is a problem-solving approach consisting of five sequential and interrelated phases: assessment, which involves the gathering of data related to a client's health needs; diagnosis, which involves the analysis of the data obtained; planning, which involves the design of nursing interventions to address client needs; implementation, which involves performing the interventions; and evaluation, which involves determining whether the diagnosis was accurate, the plan appropriate, and the interventions effective in addressing the client's needs;

(21) "Observational experience" means a structured student learning experience in which learners observe but do not provide direct client care services;

(22) "Parent institution" means the single agency or institution that administers the nursing education program in its entirety;

(23) "Precepted clinical experience" means student learning that involves the provision of primary nursing services to clients under the guidance and direction of a preceptor in collaboration with nursing education program faculty;

(24) "Preceptor" means a registered nurse who guides and directs students in the provision of nursing services to clients and who meets the requirements of section 20-90-51(f) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(25) "Requirements" means the minimum standards which nursing education programs must meet in order to be approved;

(26) "Simulated experience" means student learning that involves interaction with computer-generated or other lifelike models of clinical nursing situations;

(27) "Supervision" means the acceptance by a registered nurse educator of the responsibility and accountability for the health care delivered to clients by students under his or her onsite direction;

(28) "Therapeutic nursing measures" means those actions taken to implement the plan of care for a client;

(29) "Transfer" means a student with post-secondary coursework who seeks admission to a program; and

(30) "Unexpected resignation" means an unanticipated resignation effective within an academic year or after hiring of faculty for an academic year has been completed.

Conn. Agencies Regs. § 20-90-45

Effective December 30, 1994; Amended May 4, 2004