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Returning nurses to the workforce: developing an online refresher course.
Full Abstract
The crisis of a nursing shortage is encouraging unemployed nurses to return to practice. A refresher course is needed before they return safely. Historically, schools of nursing and hospital-based continuing education departments offered refresher courses in the traditional classroom-based environments. Nurses in less populated, geographically dispersed areas have limited access to these educational opportunities. Refresher courses, whether in an academic or a hospital-based setting, are expensive and depend on class size to be cost-effective. An answer to the problem of cost and access is collaborative distance education using web-based instruction.
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Author information
Author/s: White, Anne (A); Roberts, Vanice W (VW); Brannan, Jane (J);
Affiliation: Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, Georgia 30144-5591, USA.
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article
Journal: Journal of continuing education in nursing (J Contin Educ Nurs), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: -2003 Mar-Apr; vol 34 (issue 2) : pp 59-63
Dates: Created 2003/04/04; Completed 2003/05/06; Revised 2004/11/17;
PMID: 12675324, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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