Perspective: Distance Education in Nursing Care

Abstract

As an alternative to traditional education distance learning in nursing care can give solutions for different challenges in educational environment. Distance learning is a special type of education. With the development of informational and communicational technology it became an important part of social activities and it is also one of the fastest evolving areas in education. The quality of learning materials and their distribution are important factors in the process of distance learning. Here I present a model of distance learning, a new approach in education of nursing staff that is overcoming the distance between theory and clinical praxis by including teaching aids as audiovisual recordings, case studies, exercises to repeat ect. Key words: distance study, distance education, nursing care, information and communication technology