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Research Article| Volume 12, ISSUE 4, P227-233, August 1998

Challenges of teaching graduate psychiatric-mental health nursing with distance education technologies

  • Marsha L. Lewis
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    Address reprint requests to Marsha L. Lewis, Ph.D., R.N., Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota, School of Nursing, 6-101 Weaver-Densford Hall, 308 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis, MN55455.
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    University of Minnesota, School of Nursing, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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  • Merrie J. Kaas
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    University of Minnesota, School of Nursing, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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      As student demographics change and distance educational technology continues to evolve, faculty teaching advanced psychiatric-mental health nursing are attempting to meet the needs of students at distant sites through telecommunications. Graduate education in psychiatric-mental health nursing at the University of Minnesota School of Nursing has used distance education technology since 1994. The use of technology, such as interactive television, audio and audio/video telephone conferencing, facsimile, and electronic mail to teach has been exciting and challenging. This article discusses challenges related to connectedness, confidentiality, and communication; describes approaches to address these challenges; and identifies student, faculty, and environmental attributes that help make teaching with this technology successful.
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