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Nontraditional degree options for nurses: A model program

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The Institute for Personal and Career Development of Central Michigan University offers external degree programs for adult learners utilizing nontraditional study. The competency-based programs described in this paper include credit given for the educational background and relevant career-life experiences of registered nurses in Michigan. The curriculum options most often chosen by nurses culminate in a BS degree in Community Development with a concentration either in school health or in public health and a BS degree in Management and Supervision with a concentration in health care administration.

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  1. Department of Health Education, and Program Adviser for Institute for Personal and Career Development at Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan

    Sydney C. Walston (Associate Professor)

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Walston, S.C. Nontraditional degree options for nurses: A model program. Alternative Higher Education 2, 291–299 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01080158

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