University Liberal Arts Foundation for Business 51 credits
Lower Division Business Core 6 credits
Upper Division Business Core 27 credits
Free Electives 20 credits
In the dawning of this 21st Century mass communication, air travel, and World
Wide Web, the need for global considerations in nursing and nursing education
has surfaced as a strong force. Nurses who serve as external examiners in
international sites are participating in international collaboration in nursing
education. The external examiner is defined as a visiting assessor of high
academic reputation with objectivity and integrity, who ensures that examination
procedures are conducted according to regulations governing the academic degree.
A long-standing British tradition in higher education, external examiners
share in the academic effort of evaluating student courses and assessment
strategies.
The attitude and credibility of future physicians and nurses as treatment
providers for smoking- and tobacco-related diseases may be influenced by their
smoking habits. We compared smoking habits among medical and nursing students,
and examined whether these habits changed during the course of education for
each group.
One well known hospital's education department is now offering a nursing degree program in conjunction with a centrally located medical school of nursing in the state of Maine.
