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24.159.606    EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR NURSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS

(1) There must be safe and accessible physical facilities and resources for students and faculty.

(2) Physical facilities must be designed to meet the educational and clinical needs of the program. Classrooms, laboratories, offices, and conference rooms must be of adequate size, number, and type according to the number of students and purposes for which these areas are to be used.

(3) The program must ensure:

(a) adequate supplies and equipment, including computer resources and audio visual aids; and

(b) adequate and convenient access by students and faculty to library and information resources, including sufficient titles, periodicals, computer data bases, and similar media resources.

(4) Clinical resources must be:

(a) delineated in and applicable to the educational objectives of the program; and

(b) under the control and supervision of the nursing faculty.

(5) Each program director, with faculty input, shall determine appropriate student to instructor ratios in the clinical setting. The ratio must provide safe, accessible, and appropriate supervision based on client health status, care setting, and student level of preparation. The ratio must not exceed ten students to one instructor.

History: 37-8-202, 37-8-301, MCA; IMP, 37-8-301, MCA; NEW, 1997 MAR p. 626, Eff. 7/1/97; AMD, 2003 MAR p. 1080, Eff. 5/23/03; TRANS, from Commerce, & AMD, 2006 MAR p. 2035, Eff. 8/25/06.

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