Revision of 18VAC90-17-60 faculty qualification for BSN programs. To allow clinical faculty to hold a BSN degree and not a MSN.
I work with numerous bedside nurses who hold a BSN degree who would make excellent clinical faculty. These nurses hold both the experience and expertise to supervise and teach in the clinical setting and can be overseen by the course faculty who holds the MSN degree. A BSN prepared nurse is allowed in the preceptor role, so can this be revised to allow a BSN prepared nurse to be clinical faculty. This revision would help with the nursing faculty shortage we are currently seeing.