The Distance Learning Re-Entry Nursing course is available to Community Colleges within the state of Texas. They may offer the Distance Learning Re-Entry Nursing course using one of two models. Click the links below to find out the best option for your community college.
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The Host College Model
This model allows a community college to access the Distance Learning Re-Entry Nursing course via the Virtual College of Texas (VCT). Within this model, Austin Community College provides (teachers) the course and the local community college works with their VCT Coordinator to host the course. A community college would make a “reservation” through the Continuing Education side of the VCT (www.vct.org) for their student(s). Students enroll and register through their local community college and complete the didactic portion of the course on-line through VCT. The required 80-hour clinical preceptorship is coordinated by the local community college and completed in the students’ community.
The Provider College Model
Community colleges can request copies of the components of the Distance Learning Re-Entry Nursing course for the purpose of setting up and offering the course through their distance learning departments; eliminating the VCT process. The community college would then provide both the on-line didactic portion of the course and the 80-hour clinical preceptorship for their local students. Austin Community College will be available to assist colleges who choose this model of course delivery.
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