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Skilled Nursing Resource Site
for Web-based
Continuing Education
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Evaluation of the site linked here is part of a doctoral dissertation
subject area guide project.
Comments are welcome.
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Authority, sponsorship, intended audience.
This site belongs to Springhouse Corporation, publishers of Nursing98, Nursing Management, The Nurse Practitioner, and Nursing98 Drug Handbook. Continuing Education offerings are provided by the Nursing Institute, an affiliate of Springhouse Corporation. Courses listed here are for nurses and nursing students.
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Accuracy.
Courses are authored by nurses with advanced degrees and academic affiliations. Brief author byline is included with course offering.
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Objectivity.
Site has academic orientation. Continuing education offerings are reprints of those appearing in journal publications.
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Currency.
Updated November 7, 1997. This site is updated biweekly, according to publisher.
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Browser and other concerns.
Loads well and is easy to navigate. Uses frames for navigation and for scrolling through course material.
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Continuing Education.
Over 175 contact hours available online. Continuing education courses, focusing primarily on clinical skills, but including articles on client education and managing change in current health care environments are indexed for convenience by journal, clinical category, publication date, and also alphabetically. Course consists of well-organized narrative, including abstract and summary. Post-test for CE credit. Courses range from 1.5-3.0 contact hours, and may be viewed in their entirety online at no charge; fee for CE processing $7.95-$10.95. ANCC accredited provider. Additional information on continuing education events such as cruise vacations and conferences are also available on this site.
Information regarding nursing specialty certification and certifying organizations provided at this site.
