Innovations in Nursing Education

NCSBN has adopted the nursing regulatory body model rules for fostering innovation in nursing education. The toolkit below provides links to these model rules and also describes:

• regulatory influences on innovations
• myths and realities about regulatory barriers
• recommendations for boards of nursing

Model Rules for Fostering Innovations

• Report of the Innovations Committee

  From the NCSBN 2009 Annual Meeting
• Model Rules for Innovative Approaches in Nursing Education Programs

  Adopted at NCSBN’s 2009 Delegate Assembly

Resources for Boards of Nursing

• Recommendations for Boards of Nursing for Fostering Innovation

Resources for Nursing Faculty

• Tips for faculty for innovations planning

• "Fostering Innovation in Nursing Education: The Regulatory Perspective"

  Presentation to educators at 2009 NSNA conference

Additional Resources

• California Nursing Innovations

• Innovation in Nursing Education Roundtable

• The Initiative to Advance Innovations in Nursing Education: Three Years Later

• NCSBN's Initiative to Foster Nursing Education Innovations

• Texas Innovation Grant Program

• Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality (AHRQ) Innovations Exchange

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