Section 54-03.2-04-04 - Baccalaureate or master's degree nurse education program faculty qualificationsThere must be sufficient faculty with graduate preparation and nursing expertise to achieve the purpose of the program and comply with the following:
1. Nurse faculty must have a minimum of a master's degree from an accredited institution. If a master's degree is in a discipline other than nursing, the faculty member must submit evidence of acceptable graduate level coursework in nursing, which includes learning principles for adult education, nursing curriculum development, administration, and evaluation.a. The majority of graduate program faculty must hold an earned doctoral degree;b. Nurse faculty must be registered nurses with a current unencumbered license or privilege to practice; andc. Evidence of prior nursing practice experience.2. Clinical faculty that supervise nursing practice experiences of students enrolled in a program leading to practice as baccalaureate or master's degree registered nurse shall meet the same requirements. a. A minimum of a master's degree from an accredited institution. If the master's degree is in a discipline other than nursing, the facultty member must submit evidence of acceptable graduate level coursework in nursing, which includes learning principles for adult education, nursing curriculum development, administration, and evaluation;b. A current unencumbered registered nurse license or privilege to practice; andc. Evidence of prior nursing practice experience.N.D. Admin Code 54-03.2-04-04
Amended by Administrative Rules Supplement 2014-352, April 2014, effective April 1, 2014. .General Authority: NDCC 43-12.1-17
Law Implemented: NDCC 43-12.1-17(1)