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About the author. Site author, Dale Mueller, is an advanced practice Registered Nurse and licensed Nursing Home Administrator. She is certified in Nursing Administration, Advanced (CNAA) by the Credentialing Center of the American Nurses Association. Dale was the original Long Term Care Forum moderator for the Lippincott Williams and Wilkins' Nursing Center, an Internet resource site for nurses. This Internet subject area guide was created in partial fulfillment of a doctorate of education degree (EdD) in institutional management from Pepperdine University, Malibu, USA. To view the Final Oral Defense presentation click here. Remember to click your BACK button to return to my site.

In addition to over two decades of health care field experience, Dale is adjunct faculty in traditional and OnLine settings and serves as a lecturer with the California State University system. University of Phoenix Online Campus Breyer State University California State University, School of Health Canyon College Online Faculty opportunity Fact Sheet St. Joseph's College of Maine In her free time, she enjoys Swing dancing.

How sites are evaluated. Each location has been visited and evaluated according to the criteria listed here. An excellent discussion of rating criteria for content and format of Web-based information can be found at the Widener University Wolfgram Memorial Library site.

• All media -- educational content vs. commercial
• All media -- criteria for "continuing education" met or not met
• All media -- sponsorship, authority and intended audience
• Web pages -- formatting and ease of use
• Web pages -- load time, functional links
• Web pages -- frequency of updates
• Lists -- audience, content, response to query posts, frequency of new information

Continuing Education defined. Experiential offerings designed to provide information and skill beyond initial licensure, that support the professional body of knowledge and enhance professional practice, offered by authorities in content, where instructional design includes identifiable expected outcomes. Many, but not all, such offerings are submitted to accreditation bodies for validation that these criteria are met.

Help keep this site current. Initial evaluations were performed during eight weeks ending January 30, 1998. Updates are ongoing as additional resources are identified through LISTs, industry communications, and viewer dialog. Your feedback is requested. Please visit the Guestbook.

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