Innovations in Nursing Education

NCSBN has adopted board of nursing 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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