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>>Teaching with Tech: USF nursing graduate program ranks in nation's top 5

Tampa , FL (Oct. 28, 2005) – U.S News & World Report ranked the University of South Florida's graduate program in nursing as one of the country's top five for largest enrollment in web-based instruction, or e-learning. A special report in the magazine's Oct. 17, 2005 issue listed USF third among 73 nursing schools offering online graduate degree programs, right behind those at the University of Phoenix and New Mexico State University.
 
"Our achievements in on-line nursing education are helping put the USF College of Nursing on the map," said Patricia Burns, PhD, dean of the college. "We are committed to offering very high quality nursing education that keeps pace with advances in technology."
 
"Congratulations to our early and new adopters of educational technology, and a special note of recognition to our instructional technology staff under the direction of Denise Passmore."
 
The College of Nursing enrolled 418 students in its accredited online graduate degree program in Fall 2004. The program offers clinical concentrations in Family Nurse Practitioner, Child Health Practitioner and Adult Nurse Practitioner.
 
The college also offers online graduate certificate programs in Advanced Practice Nursing and Nursing Informatics. Chatrooms, threaded discussions and simulations are typical technologies employed in the online courses.
 
Admissions requirements for the online programs are the same as those for equivalent degree programs offered in the physical setting. More than half the nursing faculty who teach online courses also teach courses offered in the classroom setting.
 
For more details to go to www.usnews.com/elearning
 
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