Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , January 2007

Student-to-faculty ratios, teaching loads, and salaries in associate degree nursing programs in the central United States

  • Donna Jones, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Missouri State University-West Plains, West Plains, MO 65775, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 417 255 7245; fax: +1 417 255 7246.
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  • Barbara Caton, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Missouri State University-West Plains, West Plains, MO 65775, USA
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  • Joyce DeWitt, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Missouri State University-West Plains, West Plains, MO 65775, USA
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  • Nancy Stubbs, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, Texas County Technical Institute, Houston, MO 65483, USA
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  • Esther Conner, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • Physicians Group Practice Project, St. John's Health Plans Medical Management, Springfield, MO 65807, USA

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  3. Jones B, Murtaugh M, Durkin ZA, Bolden MC, Majewski T. Clinical education in two-year colleges: Cost–benefit issues. Journal of Allied Health. 2000;29(2):109–113
  4. Peterman DS. ERIC: Developing and improving nursing programs in the community college. Community College Journal of Research and Practice. 2000;24(6):523–528

PII: S1557-3087(06)00085-0

doi: 10.1016/j.teln.2006.10.004

Teaching and Learning in Nursing
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 17-21 , January 2007

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