Relate how proficiency examinations can be applied to distance learning. Nurses who have not completed a bachelor's or master's degree are starting to experience difficulty in landing new jobs, advancing in the profession, and even maintaining their present positions. But returning to school can pose difficulties for adults. Working full-time, while maintaining a family life and household, is equivalent to holding down two jobs. The degree program and course content may be the same as a traditional campus-based degree, but the method of delivery is different.
Distance education allows nurses the opportunity to complete their degree while they remain at home.
Traditional classroom education is designed for children and young people whose main occupation is going to school. Special allowances are made for them to have the time to complete their school work. They usually do not have to be employed, or if they are, it is with very limited hours. This pattern usually continues when parents send their children to college or nursing school. Their main responsibility is to study hard and to do well to make their parents proud.