2014
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v73.25328
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Decentralized nursing education in Northern Norway: a basis for continuing education to meet competence needs in rural Arctic healthcare services

Abstract: BackgroundEnsuring a sufficient nursing workforce, with respect to both number and relevant professional competencies, is crucial in rural Arctic regions in Norway. This study examines the continuing education (CE) of nurses who graduated from a decentralized nursing programme between 1994 and 2011.ObjectiveThis study aims to measure the extent to which the decentralized nursing education (DNE) in question has served as a basis for CE that is adapted to current and future community health care service needs in… Show more

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“…Twenty‐seven articles (53%) focused on education strategies: student placements and internships ( n = 16), decentralised education ( n = 7), and creating a rural pipeline ( n = 4) (, Table 4.2) 14-40 . Studies examining different modes of undergraduate program delivery were conducted in most countries.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Twenty‐seven articles (53%) focused on education strategies: student placements and internships ( n = 16), decentralised education ( n = 7), and creating a rural pipeline ( n = 4) (, Table 4.2) 14-40 . Studies examining different modes of undergraduate program delivery were conducted in most countries.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Thirteen articles were selected, (4,5,(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21) of which 70% were indexed in the Science Direct database, 100% were in English, 36% from Australia, 29% from Canada, 21% from the USA, 7% from Norway, and 7% were multinational (USA-Canada). The year 2013 had the greatest amount of publications (30%).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Graduation: curricular internship in a rural health unit (20) The internship in the rural setting presented many new situations and required clinical skills before insertion in the field, because students can feel overwhelmed in these situations.…”
Section: Canadamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Another intervention which addresses the identified concern of accessibility in relation to educational and CPD opportunities is that of providing decentralised training. This has been established in northern Norway for several years, as a means to address the educational access difficulties for its rural nurses (Skaalvik et al, 2014). By providing an offcampus curriculum, nurses are able to learn from their home rural environment, via engagement in videoconferencing and on-line educational modules, whilst having supervised clinical placements within their home rural locality.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%