BSN clinical faculty needs to encompass the campus skills labs and the hospital clinical setting. BSN nurses are active practice and encompass current knowledge and skills that can be taught to the next generation of nurses. We are in a nursing shortage and I am happy to have BSN nurses in the clinical setting and the current guidelines need to support BSN nurses in the lab and clinical setting.

Lab is a hands on learning environment to ensure students are deemed competent to perform these skills in the clinical setting. This is not a didactic environment. Hands on learning that is taught to reinforce skills and safety in the direct patient care setting. BSN nurses have these skills to teach in the lab and lead into the clinical setting. Guidelines need revised to encompass this change.