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The purpose of this article is to describe a collaborative effort to redesign a clinical nurse specialist curriculum for distance education among 4 regional state universities in southern Louisiana. The multisite approach was implemented to increase access to educational opportunities in advanced practice nursing for location-bound professional nurses. Course development, challenges to implementation, and success of the redesign are discussed. Additional topics described are online technical requirements and strategies for role socialization through distance learning. Success of the effort included an enhanced ability to recruit students to this specialty area.
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Educação a Distância/organização & administração , Educação de Pós-Graduação em Enfermagem/organização & administração , Enfermeiros Clínicos/educação , Enfermeiros Clínicos/organização & administração , Papel do Profissional de Enfermagem , Atitude do Pessoal de Saúde , Currículo , Humanos , Louisiana , Enfermeiros Clínicos/psicologia , Pesquisa em Educação em Enfermagem , Inovação Organizacional , Técnicas de Planejamento , Preceptoria/organização & administração , Desenvolvimento de Programas , Avaliação de Programas e Projetos de SaúdeRESUMO
A multitude of responsibilities, environmental and social influences, and stressors place farm women at high risk for depressive symptoms. This cross sectional survey design study examines demographic, health status, and farm lifestyle characteristics, behaviors and beliefs as risk factors contributing to depressive symptoms among farm women in southeast Louisiana. The study was conducted in a stratified, random sample of 657 women 18 years and older. Factors predictive of depressive symptoms in adjusted logistic regression included those who experience poor health, perceive hazards associated with farming, experience recent farm-related injuries and engage in farming over longer periods of time. These findings help target interventions toward women at risk for depressive symptoms.