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Distance education for nurse practitioners: a partial solution.

J Fairbanks·D Viens
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Health professionals who live and practice in rural areas have limited opportunities to further their education. In order to pursue advanced nursing degrees, nurses have to leave their communities. A collaborative distance education project involving the University of New Mexico College of Nursing, the Area Health Education Center, and Western New Mexico University has provided a partial solution to this problem. Six registered nurses living and practicing in a rural site are now receiving their Family Nurse Practitioner degrees via two-way audio/video teleconferencing equipment. Distance education can improve the numbers of primary care providers in rural areas; however, projects will require extensive planning and resources.

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J Fairbanks, D Viens. 1995. Distance education for nurse practitioners: a partial solution.. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1745-7599.1995.tb01119.x

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