Starting an accelerated baccalaureate nursing program: challenges and opportunities for creative educational innovations.
Accelerated baccalaureate nursing programs provide many benefits to students, faculty, nursing educational institutions, and health care institutions. Students, faculty, and nursing program administrators also face a variety of challenges with accelerated programs. This article reviews what is known about accelerated programs, strategies undertaken during the start-up of a new program to enhance its success, and evaluation of the new program. In addition, implications for future research and nursing education are discussed.
Lindsey
Pamela
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Mennonite College of Nursing, Illinois State University, Campus Box 5810, Normal, IL 61790, USA. pllinds@ilstu.edu
D003479:Curriculum; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D014481:United States