TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementing an MSN nursing program at a distance through an urban-rural partnership
AU - Zukowsky, Ksenia
AU - Swan, Beth Ann
AU - Powell, Mary
AU - Frisby, Tony
AU - Lauver, Lori
AU - West, Margaret Mary
AU - Marsella, Alexis
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Recruiting, retaining, and educating advanced practice nurses is essential to meet the growing need for advanced practice nurses in rural and urban communities. Through the support of Health Resources and Services Administration funding, the urban school of nursing expanded its MSN program and implemented the graduate curriculum on its rural campus by utilizing emerging online and distance education technologies. The purpose of this manuscript is to provide an overview of expanding an existing MSN program offered in an urban, traditional classroom setting to rural graduate nursing students via an online synchronous format. In addition, the article will describe the rural growth of the existing neonatal nurse practitioner program as an exemplar and the different methodologies that are being used in each program to engage the rural nurse practitioner students in clinical courses. In addition, strategies to address barriers related to rural nurse practitioner student recruitment and retention will be discussed.
AB - Recruiting, retaining, and educating advanced practice nurses is essential to meet the growing need for advanced practice nurses in rural and urban communities. Through the support of Health Resources and Services Administration funding, the urban school of nursing expanded its MSN program and implemented the graduate curriculum on its rural campus by utilizing emerging online and distance education technologies. The purpose of this manuscript is to provide an overview of expanding an existing MSN program offered in an urban, traditional classroom setting to rural graduate nursing students via an online synchronous format. In addition, the article will describe the rural growth of the existing neonatal nurse practitioner program as an exemplar and the different methodologies that are being used in each program to engage the rural nurse practitioner students in clinical courses. In addition, strategies to address barriers related to rural nurse practitioner student recruitment and retention will be discussed.
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U2 - 10.1097/ANC.0b013e318210d075
DO - 10.1097/ANC.0b013e318210d075
M3 - Article
C2 - 21730899
AN - SCOPUS:79960101453
SN - 1536-0903
VL - 11
SP - 114
EP - 118
JO - Advances in Neonatal Care
JF - Advances in Neonatal Care
IS - 2
ER -