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Nurses are seeking continuing professional development that is easily accessible, convenient, and available at any time and any place. As nurses have increasing access to Internets and Intranets at home and their workplace, courses for continuing nursing education must be available to meet this need. This article discusses the planning, implementation, and evaluation of continuing nursing education (CNE) on the World Wide Web. The article explains how to develop a strategic plan, develop course offerings, select technology tools to support teaching and learning, and market and evaluate the courses.
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Instrução por Computador/métodos , Educação Continuada em Enfermagem/organização & administração , Internet/organização & administração , Desenvolvimento de Programas/métodos , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de Saúde/métodos , Benchmarking/organização & administração , Currículo , Humanos , Marketing de Serviços de Saúde , Avaliação das Necessidades/organização & administração , Pesquisa em Educação em Enfermagem/métodos , Técnicas de Planejamento , Gestão da Qualidade Total/organização & administraçãoRESUMO
This article provides a comparative review of nine commercially available software programs: A+ Test Manager and Test Taker, CATSoftware, Diploma 97, Examaker for Windows, FastTEST, Microtest Pro, Pedagogue, Question Mark, and Test Construction Set. Issues for using test development software are covered including security, pedagogical uses, and test design and administration. Nurse educators are encouraged to consider the unique needs of each setting when selecting a software package to support test development and administration.
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Instrução por Computador , Educação em Enfermagem , Internet/normas , Software/normas , Educação em Enfermagem/métodos , HumanosRESUMO
By using appropriate management styles, nurse managers can affect staff nurse job satisfaction. A study of 623 staff nurses in three Midwestern hospitals shows staff nurse job satisfaction clearly improves as the management style nears the participative management style.
