Redesign of Clinical Nurse Specialist Role Course for Distance Education

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to describe a collaborative effort to redesign a clinical nurse specialist curriculum for distance education among 4 regional state universities in southern Louisiana. The multisite approach was implemented to increase access to educational opportunities in advanced practice nursing for location-bound professional nurses. Course development, challenges to implementation, and success of the redesign are discussed. Additional topics described are online technical requirements and strategies for role socialization through distance learning. Success of the effort included an enhanced ability to recruit students to this specialty area.

Does an Online Computer Based Critical Care Orientation Program Support the Learning Needs of a Multigenerational Workforce?

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“…5,6 Knowing that this generation of learners communicates largely by e-mail, it was evident that this would be the best vessel for delivery of review content to students. Asynchronous Web-based distance learning allows the student to control the pace and location and encourages self-direction.…”

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