| As is the case with other fields, Distance Education | | | | they need at a local university. The course materials |
| Nursing programs make use of technical support and | | | | consist of a study guide and resources to enable |
| methods necessary to teach students who physically | | | | self-paced study and encourage interaction. Learning |
| may not be in the same location as the teacher. | | | | activities are located throughout the text to enable |
| These technologies encompass a variety of | | | | students to check their progress and to apply course |
| content-delivery methods, including audio conference | | | | content to their area of practice. |
| by telephone, audiocassette tape, videotaped | | | | The master's program in nursing prepares students for |
| instruction, courier service, electronic mail, faxing, fixed | | | | leadership and clinical roles in advanced practice |
| computer media (CD-ROM and floppy disk), Internet | | | | nursing, and serves as a foundation for doctoral |
| list-serves, room-based video conference (interactive | | | | studies. Specialization is offered in areas such as adult |
| television), desktop video conference, and World Wide | | | | health, community health, family nurse practitioner and |
| Web. Many of these technologies are also used in | | | | nursing administration. |
| nursing education to complement traditional classroom | | | | The Graduate Certificate in Nursing Education is |
| teaching. | | | | designed to prepare nurses who have a Bachelor of |
| Nurses choose to obtain education by distance for a | | | | Science in Nursing or Master of Science in Nursing to |
| variety of reasons. Those who live in rural settings | | | | become educational leaders in academic and clinical |
| may prefer to avoid the inconvenience and cost of | | | | settings. |
| frequent travel to a university. Distance learning also | | | | Many prospective students are interested in Distance |
| allows flexibility in the face of demands of family, work | | | | Learning Nursing Degrees because they are seeking |
| and school. Sometimes nurses have the need to study | | | | future professional success by combining the ease |
| in a specific language. Some nurses choose to study | | | | and convenience of taking courses online. |
| by distance because they cannot find the program | | | | |