Chapter 3 Flashcards
The newly prepared Essentials document, which was due for final AACN approval in October 2008, identifies five required components of professional nursing education:
liberal education, professional values, core competencies, core knowledge, and role development.
nine essentials of baccalaureate nursing education
1 . Liberal Education for Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice.
- Basic Organizational and Systems Leadership for Quality Care.
- Scholarship for Evidence-Based Practice.
- Information/Patient Care Technology.
- Healthcare Policy, Finance, & Regulatory Environments.
- Communication and Collaboration.
- Clinical Prevention and Population Health.
- Professionalism and Professional Values.
- Baccalaureate Generalist Nursing Practice.
Historical Perspectives & Distance Learning **
1873 Print medium and correspondence studies
1920s Radio: the first “ distance education technology”
1950s Telephone; audio conferencing; first nursing audio conference; psychiatric course offered by the
University of Nebraska
1960s–1980s Television; video-based systems, including cable, microwave, and satellite, provide more of a
“ classroom feeling”
1966 First successful group of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) for continuing nursing education:
Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations (PLATO)
1972 The Ohio State University initiates first CAI course
1980s CAI expands with the availability of asynchronous and synchronous technology
1990s Internet access proliferates
Contemporary forms of distance learning **
Internet-based; Web-based; Computer-mediated; Online; Synchronous; asynchronous
Why Distance Education and Nursing
Decreased distance for travel
Less time, associated costs with travel
Decreased geographic barriers
Need for more flexible learning environment due to obligations, financial constraints
scope of distance education
Online degree programs in nursing have multiplied rapidly in recent years, and the new reality is that distance education for nursing now exists for associate through doctorate-level degrees
financial aid of distance education
the “50% rule,” prevented students at colleges providing more than 50% of their courses online from obtaining certain kinds of federal loans, specifically the financial assistance authorized through of Title IV of the Health Education Act, as amended (HEA). On February 8, 2006, the Higher Education Reconciliation Act (HERA) eliminated this rule. In recognition of the status of online education, Congress removed distance learning from the “correspondence school” category and, in doing so, equated online education more with traditional forms of education.
Student Needs in Distance Learning
Communication, feedback
Interactivity, sense of community
Adequate direction, empowerment to carry out tasks required by course
Courses emphasizing adult learning theory
Clarification of how to engage with instructor, material, other students
Learner centered, learner focused
Virtual student needs
Can nursing (a practice- and competency-based profession) be taught online?
Adequate clinical experience
Adequate opportunity for skill development
Can students be socialized to professional role?
Can students achieve desired learning outcomes?
How do faculty roles differ from traditional settings?
How can quality be assured?
Specific Student Populations
RN to BSN students: accessibility, flexibility of distance programs to meet workforce needs
Refresher-course students: possible enticement back into workforce
True or False: Research suggests that socialization to the profession is enhanced with distance education
True: Research literature actually suggests that socialization and student interactions can be enhanced by using distance-education technologies.
Specific Student Populations
RN to BSN students: accessibility, flexibility of distance programs to meet workforce needs
Refresher-course students: possible enticement back into workforce
True or False: Research suggests that socialization to the profession is enhanced with distance education
True: Research literature actually suggests that socialization and student interactions can be enhanced by using distance-education technologies.
