OAR 851-041-0010: Education Standards for Nurse Interns

(1) The nursing education program shall: (a) Be approved by the Board or accredited or approved by another state or United States territory and approved by the Board; and (b) Include a clinical component. (2) Providing academic credit to the nurse intern is the decision of the program. When the program provides academic credit, the program must adhere to the following: (a) Faculty supervision of the clinical experience which leads to achievement of course outcomes; (b) Faculty is not required to be consistently on-site but must provide in-person participation with the nurse intern and preceptor as described in program policy; and (c) Evaluation of nurse intern achievement of course outcomes remains the responsibility of the assigned faculty.