The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall
have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise:
(1) Academic course--A specific set of learning experiences
offered in an accredited school, college or university.
(2) Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN)--A registered
nurse who:
(A) has completed a graduate-level advanced practice
registered nursing education program that prepares him or her for
one of the four APRN roles;
(B) has passed a national certification examination
recognized by the Board that measures APRN role and population focused
competencies;
(C) maintains continued competence as evidenced by
re-certification/certification maintenance in the role and population
focus area of licensure through the national certification program;
(D) practices by building on the competencies of registered
nurses by demonstrating a greater depth and breadth of knowledge,
a greater synthesis of data, and greater role autonomy, as permitted
by state law;
(E) is educationally prepared to assume responsibility
and accountability for health promotion and/or maintenance, as well
as the assessment, diagnosis, and management of patient problems,
including the use and prescription of pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic
interventions in compliance with state law;
(F) has clinical experience of sufficient depth and
breadth to reflect the intended practice; and
(G) has been granted a license to practice as an APRN
in one of the four APRN roles and at least one population focus area
recognized by the Board.
(3) Approved--Recognized as having met established
standards and predetermined criteria of the:
(A) credentialing agencies recognized by the Board
(applies to providers and programs); and
(B) certifying bodies accredited by a national certification
accreditation agency recognized by the Board.
(4) Area of Practice--Any activity, assignment, or
task in which the nurse utilized nursing knowledge, judgment, or skills
during the licensing period. If a nurse does not have a current area
of practice, the nurse may refer to his or her most recent area of
practice.
(5) Audit--A random sample of licensees selected to
verify satisfactory completion of the Board's requirements for continuing
competency during a biennial licensing period.
(6) Authorship--Development and publication of a manuscript
related to nursing and health care that is published in a nursing
or health-related textbook or journal.
(7) Board--The Texas Board of Nursing.
(8) Certification--National nursing certification from
an approved certifying body accredited by a national accreditation
agency recognized by the Board.
(9) Competency--The application of knowledge and the
interpersonal, decision-making and psychomotor skills expected for
the nurse's practice role, within the context of public health, safety,
and welfare.
(10) Contact hour--a measure of time, determined by
Board recognized credentialing agencies and providers of continuing
education, awarded to participants for successful completion of continuing
education offerings.
(11) Continuing Nursing Education (CNE)--Programs and
activities beyond the basic scholastic preparation which are designed
to promote and enrich knowledge, improve skills, and develop attitudes
for the enhancement of nursing practice, thus improving health care
to the public.
(12) Continuing education offering--An organized educational
program or activity approved through an external review process based
on a predetermined set of criteria. The review is conducted by an
organization(s) recognized by the Board to approve programs and providers.
(13) Credentialing agency--An organization recognized
by the Board as having met nationally predetermined criteria to approve
programs and providers of CNE.
(14) Licensing period--Period of time in which nursing
licensure status is current; determined by the licensee's birth month
and year, usually beginning on the first day of the month after the
birth month and ending on the last day of the birth month. The specific
time frame for initial licensure and for the immediate licensing period
following renewal of a delinquent license or license reactivation
may vary from six months to 29 months, as determined by Board policies;
subsequent licensing periods will be two years in length.
(15) Prescriptive authority--Authorization granted
to an APRN who meets the requirements to prescribe or order a drug
or device, as set forth in Chapter 222 of this title (relating to
Advanced Practice Registered Nurses with Prescriptive Authority).
(16) Program development and/or presentation--Formulation
of the purpose statement, objectives and associated content and/or
presentation of an approved CNE activity.
(17) Program number--A unique number assigned to a
continuing education offering upon approval which shall identify it
regardless of the number of times it is presented.
(18) Provider--An individual, partnership, organization,
agency or institution approved by an organization recognized by the
Board which offers continuing education programs and activities.
(19) Provider number--A unique number assigned to the
provider of continuing education upon approval by the credentialing
agency or organization.
(20) Shall, will, and must--Mandatory requirements.
(21) Targeted continuing education--Continuing education
offerings beyond the basic scholastic preparation which are designed
to promote and enrich knowledge, improve skills, and develop attitudes
for the enhancement of nursing practice that are directed by statute
and Board rules at specific levels of licensure and/or areas of practice.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §216.1 adopted to be effective August 16, 2009, 34 TexReg 5524; amended to be effective October 4, 2010, 35 TexReg 8917; amended to be effective February 23, 2014, 39 TexReg 982; amended to be effective November 10, 2014, 39 TexReg 8693; amended to be effective December 5, 2018, 43 TexReg 7766 |
