Criterion V: Faculty V.A.1 NP programs/tracks have sufficient faculty members with the preparation and current expertise to adequately support the professional role development and clinical management courses for NP practice. V.A.2 NP program faculty members who teach the clinical components of the program/track maintain current licensure and national certification. V.A.3 NP faculty demonstrate competence in clinical practice and teaching through a planned, ongoing faculty development program designed to meet the needs of new and continuing faculty. V.B Non-NP faculty members have expertise in the area in which they are teaching. Criterion VI: Evaluation VI.A There is an evaluation plan for the NP program/track. VI.A.1 Evaluate courses at regularly scheduled intervals. VI.A.2 Evaluate NP program faculty competence at regularly scheduled intervals. VI.A.3 Evaluate student progress through didactic and clinical components of NP program/track each semester/quarter. VI.A.4 Evaluate students’ attainment of competencies throughout the program. VI.A.5 Evaluate students cumulatively based on clinical observation of student competence and performance by NP faculty and/or preceptor assessment. VI.A.6 Evaluate clinical sites at regularly scheduled intervals. VI.A.7 Evaluate preceptors at regularly scheduled intervals. VI.B Formal NP curriculum evaluation should occur every 5 years or sooner. VI.C There is an evaluation plan to measure outcomes of graduates.
Criterion V: Faculty V.A.1 NP programs/tracks have sufficient faculty members with the preparation and current expertise to adequately support the professional role development and clinical management courses for NP practice. V.A.2 NP program faculty members who teach the clinical components of the program/track maintain current licensure and national certification. V.A.3 NP faculty demonstrate competence in clinical practice and teaching through a planned, ongoing faculty development program designed to meet the needs of new and continuing faculty. V.B Non-NP faculty members have expertise in the area in which they are teaching. Criterion VI: Evaluation VI.A There is an evaluation plan for the NP program/track. VI.A.1 Evaluate courses at regularly scheduled intervals. VI.A.2 Evaluate NP program faculty competence at regularly scheduled intervals. VI.A.3 Evaluate student progress through didactic and clinical components of NP program/track each semester/quarter. VI.A.4 Evaluate students’ attainment of competencies throughout the program. VI.A.5 Evaluate students cumulatively based on clinical observation of student competence and performance by NP faculty and/or preceptor assessment. VI.A.6 Evaluate clinical sites at regularly scheduled intervals. VI.A.7 Evaluate preceptors at regularly scheduled intervals. VI.B Formal NP curriculum evaluation should occur every 5 years or sooner. VI.C There is an evaluation plan to measure outcomes of graduates.
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