Abstract
A greater supply of nurses who are prepared at the BSN level minimally, are needed to address the increasingly complex healthcare and community needs in rural counties. An innovative partnership between a rural regional campus and a university based college of nursing has extended access to baccalaureate education to those based in that rural area. The purpose of this work sought to assess the feasibility of expanding the current distance-based rural BSN program from a systems level. This project illustrated how the organizational assessment can be used as a starting point to deconstruct the complexity surrounding the feasibility of expansion. The project developed system specific assessment metrics and constructed a strategic plan using logic models. These were used to make decisions regarding the allocation of scarce resources to expand enrollments and add a simulation lab at the regional campus. Kotter's eight stage change process was used to guide the process beginning with the assessment, through the planning, and during implementation.
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Non-member
Type
Dissertation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Nurse Staffing Levels, Rural Nursing, Distance-based Learning
Advisors
Hewlett, Peggy O.
Degree
DNP
Degree Grantor
University of South Carolina
Degree Year
2012
Recommended Citation
Williams, Amber Proctor, "Assessment and strategic planning to determine the growth feasibility of a distance-based rural baccalaureate nursing program" (2020). Dissertations. 465.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/dissertations/465
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None: Degree-based Submission
Acquisition
Proxy-submission
Date of Issue
2020-05-06
Full Text of Presentation
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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3548816; ProQuest document ID: 1282597639. The author still retains copyright.