Section Nur 602.12 - Curricular Requirements(a) The curriculum shall be derived from the program's written philosophy and organizing framework and shall demonstrate logical sequencing and internal consistency.(b) To promote health and prevent disease, registered nurse programs shall provide a minimum of 1080 hours of nursing classroom instruction and concurrent clinical practice offering students the opportunity to care for individuals, families, groups and communities during various developmental stages who are experiencing physiological, or psychosocial, or environmental disruptions.(c) To promote health and prevent disease practical nurse programs shall provide a minimum of 600 hours of nursing classroom instruction and concurrent clinical practice offering students the opportunity to care for individual, families, groups and communities during various developmental stages that shall be considered to be in physiologically or psychosocially, noncomplex, stable situations.(d) Curricular content related to nursing courses shall include concurrent theoretical and clinical components designed to provide instructional activities benefiting individuals, families, and groups across the life span.(e) Curriculum components shall include: (1) Experiences that promote clinical judgment, clinical management, and commitment to improving quality and safety of the health care system; and(2) Evidence-based learning experiences and methods of instruction, including distance education methods, which are consistent with the curriculum, provided that: a. Faculty supervised clinical practice shall provide clinical hours consistent with Nur 602.12(b), (c) and (d);b. Simulation may be utilized as a teaching strategy in laboratory and clinical settings to meet objectives for purpose of calculating the hours in the curriculum;c. Simulation will not be in lieu of an entire clinical experience; andd. Clinical experiences, including those with preceptors, shall be directed by readily available nurse-educator faculty members; andN.H. Admin. Code § Nur 602.12
#9096, eff 2-23-08; ss by #10301, eff 3-22-13
Amended by Volume XXXVI Number 06, Filed February 11, 2016, Proposed by #11024, Effective 1/23/2016, Expires 1/23/2026.