What goes into the determination of ongoing approval status of a Board-approved program?
Ongoing approval status is based on:
- NCLEX-PN/RNŽ examination pass rate
- review of program's Annual Report
- program's compliance as evaluated with survey visit, as appropriate
- program's ongoing compliance with the education rules (Rule 214 and 215)
Factors which jeopardize program approval include:
- deficiencies in compliance with the rules
- utilization of students to meet staffing needs in health care facilities
- noncompliance with school's stated philosophy/mission, program design, objectives/outcomes, and/or policies
- continual failure to submit records and reports to the Board office within designated time frames
- failure to provide sufficient variety and number of clinical learning opportunities for students to achieve stated objectives/outcomes
- failure to comply with Board requirements or to respond to recommendations within the specified time
- student enrollments without sufficient faculty, facilities and/or patient census
- failure to maintain a 80% passing rate on the licensing examination by first-time candidates
- failure of the program dean or director to document annually the currency of faculty licenses
- other activities or situations that demonstrate to the Board that a program is not meeting legal requirements and standards