title: [Panorama of nursing distance education in Brazil].
abstract: The development of distance education is associated with the popularization and democratization of the accessibility to information and communication technologies. Nursing has been using this modality of education in both undergraduate and graduate courses, which has provided knowledge about other technologies, an easier accessibility, flexibility of time and space, and reduced costs. The objective of this study is map the national higher education distance nursing courses. This exploratory, descriptive study was developed by visiting governmental, non-governmental and institutional websites. Two undergraduate and nine graduate courses in nursing were found, which is considered to be a low number, considering that distance education is an appropriate pedagogical tool that permits to prepare a large number of nurses who are geographically dispersed and who do not have access to the conventional educational processes.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Priscila Tagliaferro
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Rojo
authors.forename: Sheila de Souza
authors.initials: Sde S
authors.lastname: Vieira
authors.forename: Silvia Helena
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Zem-Mascarenhas
authors.forename: Elisane Regina
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Sandor
authors.forename: Carla Roberta Sola de Paula
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Vieira
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D020375:Education, Distance; D004506:Education, Nursing / Q000379:methods*