Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-39-166

Current through Register Vol. 43, No. 49, December 5, 2024

Section 28-39-166 - Nurse aide course instructor

(a) Approval and qualifications.

(1) Each person who intends to be a course instructor shall submit a completed instructor approval application form to the department at least three weeks before offering an initial course and shall receive approval as an instructor before the first day of an initial course.

(2) Each course instructor shall be a registered nurse with a minimum of two years of licensed nursing experience, with at least 1,750 hours of experience in either or a combination of an adult care home or long-term care unit of a hospital. Each course instructor shall have completed a course in teaching adults, shall have completed a professional continuing education offering on supervision or adult education, or shall have experience in teaching adults or supervising nurse aides.

(b) Course instructor and course sponsor responsibilities.

(1) Each course instructor and course sponsor shall be responsible for ensuring that the following requirements are met:

(A) A completed course approval application form shall be submitted to the department at least three weeks before offering a course. Approval shall be obtained from the secretary at the beginning of each course whether the course is being offered initially or after a previous approval. Each change in course location, schedule, or instructor shall require approval by the secretary.

(B) All course objectives shall be accomplished.

(C) Only persons in health professions having the appropriate skills and knowledge shall be selected to conduct any part of the training. Each person shall have at least one year of experience in the subject area in which that person is providing training.

(D) Each person providing a part of the training shall do so only under the direct supervision of the course instructor.

(E) The provision of direct care to residents by a nurse aide trainee II during clinical instruction shall be limited to clinical experiences that are for the purpose of learning nursing skills under the direct supervision of the course instructor.

(F) When providing clinical instruction, the course instructor shall perform no other duties but the direct supervision of the nurse aide trainees.

(G) Each nurse aide trainee in the 90-hour nurse aide course shall demonstrate competency in all skills identified on the part I task checklist before the checklist is signed and dated by the course instructor as evidence of successful completion of part I of the course.

(H) The course shall be prepared and administered in accordance with the guidelines in the "Kansas certified nurse aide curriculum guidelines (90 hours)" and the "Kansas 90-hour certified nurse aide sponsor and instructor manual," as adopted in K.A.R. 28-39-165.

(2) Any course instructor or course sponsor who does not meet the requirements of this regulation may be subject to withdrawal of approval to serve as a course instructor or a course sponsor.

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 28-39-166

Authorized by K.S.A. 2008 Supp. 39-925(d)(2); implementing K.S.A. 2008 Supp. 39-936; effective Feb. 28, 1994; amended Dec. 29, 2003; amended June 12, 2009.