Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Department of Health Professions
 
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Board of Nursing
 
Guidance Document Change: Adoption of 90-8 to interpret the phrase "alternative credentials"
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11/12/25  1:57 pm
Commenter: Laura Yoder, EMU

Less restrictions are needed
 

If the word "or" was included at the end of clause number 1, these new guidelines would make more sense to me.  Both clause 1 and 3 list credentials which require a graduate degree (MSN or higher) and/or significant additional experience, much like a graduate degree.  Without the word "or" before it, clause 2 doesn't make much sense because clause 2 is required for any nurse to meet the requirements of clause 1 or clause 3.

In the current nurse shortage and nurse-faculty shortage environment, we need to have more flexibility, not less, to hire BSN-prepared clinical faculty who have at least 2-years of experience in a particular clinical area to help us teach and graduate well-prepared bedside nurses.  Clause number 2 allows for that, but only if the word "or" appears at the end of clause 1.

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