e2ae59ce_Iowa_Board_of_Nursing__Summary_of_Public_Comment
Chapter 2 ARC 0758B [Summary of Rule Change/s] 1. Updates definitions to reflect current trends in nursing education, i.e., distance learning and discontinuation of hospital-based diploma programs, and add a definition of "curriculum." 2. Requires board-approved nursing programs leading to advanced registered nurse practitioner registration to be at the master's or post-master's levels. 3. Expands the definition of "faculty" to include individuals who teach nursing in a nursing program on the basis of education, licensure or practice as a registered nurse. 4. Updates accrediting agencies to reflect current practices. 5. Links curricula to scope of practice of the licensed practical nurse, registered nurse, and advanced registered nurse practitioner identified in 655--Chapters 6 and 7. 6. Identifies program responsibility to notify students and prospective students of instances when a course with a clinical component may not be taken (relocated from Chapter 3). 7. Reduces the faculty to student ratio in the prelicensure program from 1:10 to 1:8 when direct patient care is provided. 8. Requires programs to seek board approval for changes that reduce the human, physical or learning resources provided by the controlling institution to meet program needs. 9. Requires programs to notify the Board of plans to deliver a cooperative program of study in conjunction with an institution that does not provide a degree in nursing. [Summary of Public Comment] 
One member of an association commented that all programs should include curriculum on standardized language. All other comments supported the rules.
Iowa Board of Nursing
Summary of Public Comment