NAC632.785. Duties of coordinator of approved program.

The coordinator of an approved program shall:

     1. Assist with the development of the budget of the program.

     2. Assist with the development of procedures for admission to the program.

     3. Select and supervise such number of qualified instructors as is necessary to carry out the program.

     4. Obtain adequate educational facilities for training, including areas to practice nursing skills.

     5. Obtain adequate clinical facilities for training.

     6. Provide each trainee with instructional materials during those hours in which they can be put to maximum use.

     7. Plan an orientation program for trainees at each clinical facility used for training. The time spent for orientation may not be included in the 75 hours required for training.

     8. Ensure that each trainee is clearly identified as a trainee in a manner which is easily recognizable to each patient, member of a patient’s family, visitor or member of the medical staff with whom the trainee works.

     9. Develop a system of maintaining permanent records which are essential to the operation of the program, including:

     (a) The current and final records of each trainee, which may include a list of the duties to be performed and the skills to be learned in the program, with notations of satisfactory or unsatisfactory performance, the date of the performance and the name of the supervising instructor.

     (b) The current records of the activities of the program.

     (c) The records of each instructor.

Ê Records maintained pursuant to this subsection must be retained by the coordinator of the approved program for at least 4 years after the date on which the record was created.

     10. Develop written policies for admission to, continuance in, and dismissal and withdrawal from the program.

     11. Report to the academic administrator of the Board the name of each trainee who satisfactorily completes the program within 30 days after the completion of the program.

     12. Submit annual reports on forms provided by the Board containing information required by the Board.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Nursing, eff. 3-26-90; A by R212-99, 5-8-2000)