Nurse anesthesia education in the new millenium: outcomes of a federally funded advanced nursing education grant.
Graduate nursing education is evolving in response to multiple societal influences affecting higher education. Nurse anesthesia education has also been affected by these forces. This article describes the planning, implementation, and evaluation of a new graduate track in nurse anesthesia made possi...
| Published in: | Nursing Education Perspectives (National League for Nursing) Vol. 27; no. 4; pp. 184 - 190 |
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| Format: | tables/charts Journal Article |
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National League for Nursing
Jul/Aug2006
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| Summary: | Graduate nursing education is evolving in response to multiple societal influences affecting higher education. Nurse anesthesia education has also been affected by these forces. This article describes the planning, implementation, and evaluation of a new graduate track in nurse anesthesia made possible by an academic partnership, and the positive impact that a federally funded grant had on the venture. The excellent academic outcomes, the changes in diversity of the student body, the innovative curriculum, and lessons learned from the project are described. |
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