Description
Part 1 Nursing education and the community: community-based curricula at BSN and graduate levesl; community-based curricula at ADN level - a science-learning model; professional-community partnerships - successful collaboration. Part 2 Mentoring and preceptorship: strategies for promoting non-traditional student retention and success; preceptorship - a quintessential component of nursing education; from partners to passionate scholars - preparing nurse educators for the new millennium; rewarding teaching excellence through a Master Educator's Guild; using care groups to mentor nursing students. Part 3 Distance education: overview of distance education in nursing - where are we now and where are we going?; teaching creatively online; innovation and quality in higher education - a RN-BSN programme goes online; community-based model of distance education for nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners; issues in rural health - model for a web-based course; international distance learning collaboration to prepare nurse educators in Malaysia; video-conferencing innovation in nursing education; distance technology in nursing education on a taxpayer's budget - lessons learned from 22 years of experience; the ethics of web-based learning; interdisciplinary education - breaking out of the silos; using clinical scenarios in nursing education.