From the desk of Adrianne Avillion, DEd, RN
Staff Development Weekly: Insight on Evidence-Based Practice in Education, October 1, 2010
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Editor's note: This feature is written by nursing staff development expert Adrianne Avillion. Each week, Adrianne writes about an important issue in the area of staff development or answers reader questions. If you have a question for Adrianne, e-mail her at adrianne1@comcast.net.
Q: Many of my colleagues are interested in pursuing a master's degree and I'm thinking of earning my doctorate. We would like to pursue online degrees, but aren't sure where to start looking. Is there a good source for information about programs form a variety of colleges?
A: There are many universities that offer part or all of graduate programs online. One possible starting point is www.onlinenursingdegrees.org. This site provides information about various online colleges and universities, the degrees offered, and information about financial aid.
If you are interested in an advanced degree in another field, try typing, for example, "online degrees in education" into a search engine such as Google and you'll be directed to a number of sites. You can also visit the websites of specific universities to obtain information about their program offerings. I suggest talking to current students and alumni of programs that you are interested in, to find out how well their education needs were met. You should also talk to faculty members before committing to a program of study.
Here's an important point to remember if you are pursuing a graduate degree in a field other than nursing: the most recently published Nursing Professional Development Scope and Standards of Practice states that a professional development specialist is "a licensed registered nurse with a graduate degree. If the graduate degree is in a related discipline, then the baccalaureate degree must be in nursing" (ANA, NNSDO; 2010, p.12).
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