The challenges and rewards of institutional collaboration in distance education.
Faculty from five nursing schools created an innovative RN to BSN program, which is offered via distance education technology. The development of a distance education academic program leading to a degree involved working to overcome many barriers; however, this strategy for delivering an academic degree has a promising future.
Kuramoto
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Nursing, USA.
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