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An online program would greatly enhance accessibility. More nurses are educated in associate degree programs from junior or community colleges than in either diploma or BSN programs. The coursework would be directed and taught by faculty with appropriate credentials for teaching at the BSN level, and clinical experiences could be managed locally by community college faculty with supervision by the parent university faculty.
In a mostly rural state, creating a summer-intensive program where students would still have to live and study outside their hometowns does not increase accessibility.
The weekend college idea would still require students from the rural areas to travel perhaps long distances to attend school.
Programs designed to capture non-nursing majors who wish to enter nursing are growing in popularity, but this does not improve accessibility for the rural population.