SPE 2023
Faculty files
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Section 2: Standards for Approval: Nursing Faculty: 851-021-0045 (13)
(13) Faculty Member-to-Student Ratio in Faculty-led nursing practice experience:
(a) Faculty-led nursing practice experience must include nursing practice experiences that lead to achievement of course outcomes.
(b) The number of faculty members appointed for oversight of direct care must be one faculty member to every eight students having experience in one or more patient care units at any given time. Nursing faculty may determine that student and patient safety and learning effectiveness are improved with a lower faculty to student ratio.
(c) Nursing program policy must include factors to be considered in determining the faculty member-to-student ratio in each nursing practice experience setting, such as:
(A) Outcomes to be achieved;
(B) Preparation and expertise of faculty member;
(C) Level of students;
(D) Type of environment;
(E) Number, type and condition of patients;
(F) Number, type, and location of nursing practice experience sites; and,
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