[DOWNLOAD] "Distance Education: A Strategy for Leadership Development (Looking FORWARD/ LOOKING BACK)" by Nursing Education Perspectives # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Distance Education: A Strategy for Leadership Development (Looking FORWARD/ LOOKING BACK)
- Author : Nursing Education Perspectives
- Release Date : January 01, 2005
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 207 KB
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ACROSS THE CONTINENTS, countries are embracing distance education as a means of upgrading large cadres of nursing care providers--from aide to auxiliary, general or technical to professional, baccalaureate to master's, and master's to doctorate--in a timely manner without disrupting their usual employment. This strategy is in response to the many challenges confronting the profession of nursing in a global context. Geopolitical changes such as regionalism, decentralization, deregulation, and privatization have an impact on the delivery of health services. Relationships among the health care professions have been changed by factors such as the adoption of primary health care strategies, economics, and workforce trends and demands. Nursing is challenged to meet evolving health care needs, while at the same time maintaining the standards and integrity of the profession. These needs arise from the requirements of society--nationally, regionally, and globally. As countries report on their nursing situation, almost invariably, the need for well-prepared nursing leaders surfaces. Therefore, it is possible to conclude that diverse countries have some needs and expectations in common when it comes to nurses, nursing, and nursing education. And, according to Smith, one must ask, "What are the societal costs of nurses who cannot meet expectations?" (1, p. 11).