March 2006 VOLUME 2 NUMBER 1

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Events Affecting the Development of Nursing Education in Indiana

Welcome the New Indiana State Board of Nursing President

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Welcome the New

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Indiana State Board

of Nursing President

Events Affecting the

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Development of Nursing

Education in Indiana Part I

Nursing Care Malpractice 9

Part 2

Circulation includes over 100,000 licensed nurses and student nurses in Indiana

Board Meetngs

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Disciplinary Actions

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Message From the Past President

Some questions that

come to the Board

The Board and its members get basically two kinds of questions. Those that deal with violations of the nurse practice act and those related to the rules for the nursing education institutions in the State of Indiana.

Many of the ones that relate to the interpretation of the Nurse Practice Act are difficult ones to give an answer.What a person asking wants to know is an exact answer to a specific situation and the practice act will often only give general guidelines. All we can do is say what has happened before with similar situations but until we have a full hearing with their situation, we can not give anyone an exact answer to their question. Some want the Board to give a legal opinion for a particular procedure, skill or nursing activity. This is not a function of the Board.We do not give legal opinions as a Board or through our legal counsel. The nurse practice act was written with more general statements. One can not enumerate all the likely possibilities without missing something. Thus, we settled for a more general rule which also brings its own set of problems. This way we have the possibility to incorporate some of the newer skills of nursing as they become more standard in our practice without having to rewrite the nurse practice act every few years. The second line of questioning is along the line of interpreting the rules for schools of nursing. One question asked is if the change a school is making is a major change and if it is necessary for the Board to rule on it.We tried to clarify this one with the last rule

change under 848 IAC 1-2-16 item (i). Please check the rules and statute first.

Another question deals with whether the current listing of required courses in the curriculum all require a "C" grade or above for a current student. During this transition time of having students in a curriculum during the time of this rule change, the following is what I have been telling schools that ask this question.

1. If the student has started the course prior to the official update time of the rules ? the old rules apply.

2. If the students starts the course after the rules are in effect ? the new rules apply even though the student started the curriculum under the old rules.

The key word here is the time the course was started not when a student started in the curriculum.

A third question deals with the type of degree a nursing faculty needs to have to teach in the nursing program. 848 IAC 1-2-13 and 14 tends to raise questions for some of you. The intent of this ruling was that all faculty teaching nursing courses that require nursing expertise should have a master's degree in nursing if in the RN program (a BS if in an LPN program). Persons teaching in other courses, which are also part of the nursing curriculum, but don't require nursing expertise need to have a Master's degree in their respective areas. These "other" courses are usually interpreted to be the physical, biological, or social sciences.

These questions, as well as others, will continue to have vague areas so, if in doubt, do as you have been ? call or e-mail IPLA, and we will respond.

Mervin R. Helmuth, R.N., M.N. Past Board President

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Meet the Board

Welcome the new Indiana State Board of Nursing President

EDUCATION: PhD in Educational Leadership and Administration, Indiana State University (in progress); MSN, Nursing, Ball State University, 1998, FNP Specialty; BSN, Nursing, Indiana University, Kokomo, 1991.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: North Central Indiana Regional Healthcare Skills Alliance, 2002-Present; Indiana State Board of Nursing, 2000-Present; Indiana State Nurses Association, 2000-Present; Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society for Nurses, 1990Present.

AWARDS: President's Community Based Job Training Initiative Grant, 2005; Health and Human Services Administration Federal Grant, 2004; Kokomo/Howard County "Elizabeth M. Foster Award Honoring Trailblazing Women", 2004; Kokomo Tribune "Difference Maker", 2003; Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 2002; Glenn W. Sample Award for Excellence in Instruction, 1999; President's Award for Excellence in Instruction, 1999; Kokomo Academy of Women Award, 1999.

PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS: Louisiana State Board of Regents Nursing Consultant, 2005-Present; Indiana State Board of Nursing, 2000-Present - Currently serving as President; National Council of State Boards of Nursing PN Practice Analysis Panel of Experts, 2003; Board surveyor for nursing program accreditation.

Laurie Peters, MSN, RN

President, Indiana State Board of Nursing Associate Professor, Nursing Ivy Tech Community College

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