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March 1993 RN Update Volume 24, No. 1
Highlights of Final NEAC Meeting
and Recommendations
The final meeting of the Nursing Education Advisory
Committee (NEAC) was held on November 5, 1992, in Austin.
Joanna Seamans, MSN, RN, BNE and Doris Parker, BVNE
presided. At this meeting the CORE committee reviewed drafts
of the proposed outcome competencies and skills list for the
LVN, Diploma/ADN and BSN nursing programs in Texas, and
the Format Implementation Team (FIT) recommendations. The
report of the Manpower subcommittee was presented by Phyllis
Waters, Chair.
NEAC was initiated in 1990 as a joint venture by the Board
of Vocational Nurse Examiners and the Board of Nurse Examin-
ers for the State of Texas. Members of the CORE committee,
Educational Subcommittees, FIT, and Manpower Subcommittee
represented each of the Boards, nursing education and service
sectors.
The three education subcommittees were charged with
developing competencies or behaviors that graduates of nursing
programs in Texas would be expected to demonstrate. The
Format Implementation Team was responsible for identifying
mechanisms for incorporating the competencies into rule format
for implementation. Finally, the Manpower Subcommittee was
charged with identifying issues and trends which will impact the
future need for nursing and the current and future supply of
nurses in Texas. The intended outcome of NEAC was to provide
each Board with documents and information which would
contribute to strategic decision making during the next few
years.
The final report and recommendations of the Nursing
Education Subcommittees and Format Implementation Team
were broad and complex in nature. These were submitted to the
BNE at its January 20, 1993 meeting. The recommendations of
Co-Chair Joanna Seamans and Board staff were also considered.
The following recommendations of CORE, the Education
Subcommittees, Format Implementation Team, Co-Chair and
staff were approved by the Board of Nurse Examiners:
The report of the competencies submitted by the CORE and the
Education Subcommittees was accepted.
Staff was authorized to continue to refine the competencies;
develop a questionnaire for the Deans and Directors to complete
regarding the competencies (scheduled for Spring 1993).
Staff was authorized to develop a pilot study to evaluate the
validity of the identified competencies and the implementation
process prior to rule development (slated for Fall 1993).It was decided not to publish the skills list (which was intended
to identify those skills that could be expected to be performed by
each level of nursing graduates) as it: a) did not clearly differen-
tiate levels of education and b) could be taken out of context of
the nursing competencies if published as a separate document.
FIT recommendations relating to the BNE were approved:
The BNE and BVNE will establish rules requiring schools to
demonstrate achievement of the approved competencies accord-
ing to the following time frame, which was amended to
accomodate the pilot study:
1. Presentation of the competencies, preambles and skills list
to both Boards by March 1993.
2. Board will establish mechanisms for development of rules;
rules are published for public content and revised by the
Boards as needed.
3. Rule development by 1994; implementation to begin by
late 1994 or early 1995 with final implementation by all
schools by 1998.
Student placement in a nursing program or mobility option will
be based on the assessment of prior education and experience in
relation to the approved competencies.
Programs will provide teaching/learning experiences which do
not require repetition of content and experiences validated by the
competencies.
The Boards will make available to Texas nursing programs
information regarding models for educational mobility options
and articulation agreement.
The last three recommendations will need to be addressed
over time and may require further study to develop a clear, well
defined articulation plan for at least the 10 higher education
regions, if not the whole state of Texas.
The Manpower Subcommittee report will be presented at the
March 23, 1993 Board meeting. Both reports will be presented
to the Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners on March 8-9,
1993.
Finally, while the Board of Nurse Examiners has released
NEAC CORE, FIT and the Education Subcommittees from their
charges, the Board and staff would like to express our apprecia-
tion and to acknowledge each member's dedication and commit-
ment to accomplishing those charges. The significant work of
NEAC and its subcommittees will be reflected in the activities
and mission of the Board of Nurse Examiners far into the
future.--Mary Anne Hanley*4
March 1993
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