title: Nursing graduate supervision of theses and projects at a distance: issues and challenges.
abstract: Nursing graduate supervision of theses and projects at a distance is a new experience for many faculties. In our global and mobile society, nursing students frequently seek graduate programs that are geographically distant from their home communities. As options for nursing graduate education through distributive learning become increasingly available, the challenges for faculty to supervise graduate students at a distance pose issues and concerns. In this paper, key issues including difficulty deciding between a project and a thesis, difficulty identifying a supervisor, developing the mentoring relationship between the student and the supervisor, and conducting analysis at a distance are discussed. Strategies developed to address these challenges are presented and critiqued.
authors.affiliation: University of Victoria. abruce@uvic.ca
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bruce
authors.forename: Kelli
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stajduhar
authors.forename: Anita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Molzahn
authors.forename: Marjorie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: MacDonald
authors.forename: Rosalie
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Starzomski
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brown
mesh_terms: D004212:Academic Dissertations as Topic; D001955:British Columbia; D002755:Choice Behavior; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction / Q000379:methods; D020375:Education, Distance / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004511:Education, Nursing, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D022143:Family Nursing; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet / Q000458:organization & administration; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D008611:Mentors / Q000523:psychology*; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*