SPE 2023
Section 3: Standards for Approval: Nursing Faculty: 851-021-0045 (14)
(14) Faculty Member-to-Student Ratio in Dedicated Education Units (DEU):
(a) The faculty member-to-student ratios may be modified in the DEU with the use of DEU-specific Clinical Preceptors.
(b) Clinical Preceptors may be used within a DEU as described by the following guidelines:
(A) Faculty must orient and provide on-going guidance for Clinical Preceptors in practice sites related to the program goals, teaching strategies, learning outcomes, and expected competencies of the students;
(B) Clinical Preceptors must be selected according to written criteria developed by faculty and agreed to by a responsible person in the practice site;
(C) Faculty are not required to remain in the same facility as the student group throughout the nursing practice experience shift but must maintain a meaningful presence with nursing practice experience Preceptors and students at the practice site, as defined in program policy;
(D) The faculty member must confer with each Clinical Preceptor and student (individually or in groups) regularly during the nursing practice experience as defined in program policy; and,
(E) Each Clinical Preceptor in the DEU may have oversight of no more than two students at one time. Assessment Expected Level of Achievement Frequency of Assessment
Assessment Method
In Dedicated Education Units (DEUs), the faculty member-to-student ratios may be adjusted by utilizing DEU-specific Clinical
Annually
The college does not utilize DEU specific preceptors at this time
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