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Distance Learning and Perioperative Nursing
Author(s) -
Gruendemann Barbara J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(07)60129-x
Subject(s) - perioperative nursing , modalities , distance education , perioperative , nursing , medical education , medicine , psychology , mathematics education , sociology , surgery , social science
• DISTANCE LEARNING in nursing education is arriving with unprecedented speed, which has led to much uncertainty among educators. This article provides an overview of distance learning and its application to perioperative nursing. • LACK OF FACE‐TO‐FACE INTERACTION is of foremost concern in distance learning, and educators must develop new teaching strategies to address this problem.Models for assessing outcomes and effectiveness are important tools to use when implementing a distance learning program. • BASIC PERIOPERATIVE NURSING concepts, skills, procedures, and recommended practices can be introduced effectively with online distance learning modalities and then reinforced through a clinical component. AORN J 85 (March 2007) 574‐586. © AORN, Inc,2007.