title: Distance learning: an option for your future?
abstract: Distance learning programs are proving to be very popular for advancing nursing education from both a continuing education and academic degree perspective. Whether one is exploring opportunities to maintain perianesthesia certification or to pursue an advanced academic degree, distance learning technologies offer many feasible options. The following article provides prospective distance learning students with a brief description of distance learning, including its history and evolution. Distance learning technologies are reviewed and key elements that can determine student satisfaction and success are discussed.
authors.affiliation: State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Nursing, Department of Adult Health, Stony Brook, NY, USA. BmessPhD@aol.com
authors.forename: Barbara Ann
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Messina
mesh_terms: D020375:Education, Distance / Q000639:trends*; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000639:trends*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000193:education*