title: Renal nursing education: an innovative difference.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to describe the Master of Nursing (Renal) course that is offered to internal and distance education nephrology nurses in Australia. The challenging demand of offering this innovative curriculum will be discussed, and analysis of the first cohort of students will be made. Finally, future directions for renal nursing education will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Western Sydney Nepean, Australia.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bonner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001315:Australia; D002568:Certification / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003479:Curriculum; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000458:organization & administration; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009398:Nephrology / Q000193:education*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013041:Specialties, Nursing / Q000193:education*