Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 10-17, June 2006

The One Day per Week Nursing Program: A web-assisted (hybrid) Associate Degree Nursing Program

  • Sandra P. Kearns, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Ocean County College, Nursing Program, P.O. Box 2001, Toms River, NJ 08754-2001, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 732 255 0486.
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  • A. Leah Kelly, EdD, APRN, BC

      Affiliations

    • Ocean County College, Nursing Program, P.O. Box 2001, Toms River, NJ 08754-2001, USA
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  • Joan Barrett, MS, APRN, BC

      Affiliations

    • Ocean County College, Nursing Program, P.O. Box 2001, Toms River, NJ 08754-2001, USA
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  • Nancy Schlossbach, MA, APRN, BC

      Affiliations

    • Ocean County College, Nursing Program, P.O. Box 2001, Toms River, NJ 08754-2001, USA
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  • Margaret Quinn, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Ocean County College, Nursing Program, P.O. Box 2001, Toms River, NJ 08754-2001, USA
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  • Candice Olsen, BSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Ocean County College, Nursing Program, P.O. Box 2001, Toms River, NJ 08754-2001, USA
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  • Claudine Keenan, MA

      Affiliations

    • Ocean County College, Nursing Program, P.O. Box 2001, Toms River, NJ 08754-2001, USA
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  • Laura Brewer, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Ocean County College, Nursing Program, P.O. Box 2001, Toms River, NJ 08754-2001, USA
    • Research and Evaluation, Strategic Services, SunGard Collegis, Inc., Maitland, FL 32751, USA
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  • James W. Brown, PhD, MS, HCLD

      Affiliations

    • Ocean County College, Nursing Program, P.O. Box 2001, Toms River, NJ 08754-2001, USA

Abstract 

Ocean County College received a New Jersey Health Initiatives grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to develop a web-assisted (hybrid) education model. By creating New Jersey's first web-assisted Associate Degree Nursing Program, the model seeks to address shortages of RNs in the hospital setting. This program allows those currently employed in the health care field to complete an RN program by attending class only 1 day per week (primarily on-site in host health care institutions) supplemented by online instruction. The initial results demonstrate a higher level of performance in the One Day per Week Nursing Program when compared with a group of students in the traditional nursing program who had nearly identical results on the entrance test (Test of Essential Academic Skills). Despite the influence of factors outside the program, the results do indicate early success and the likelihood that the program will meet its primary objectives.

Keywords: One Day per Week Nursing Program, Mentors, Hybrid nursing program, Online education, Blended courses

 

PII: S1557-3087(06)00003-5

doi:10.1016/j.teln.2006.02.002

Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 10-17, June 2006

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