title: Higher education via satellite.
abstract: With the rapid advances in health, medical and technological fields, there is a pressing need for more nurses to obtain higher university degrees and continuing education in order to deliver quality care. Advanced education is necessary for not only nurse teachers but also clinical nurses. Yet access and familial duties often impede further study. Below, how Norwegian educational bodies solved the problem of reaching and teaching nurses throughout the country.
authors.affiliation: University of Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lorensen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Schei
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000191:economics; D009664:Norway; D015397:Program Evaluation; D017215:Satellite Communications / Q000191:economics; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*