  {"id":72920,"date":"2018-01-10T13:19:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T23:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=72920"},"modified":"2020-01-08T12:36:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T22:36:46","slug":"manoa-online-nursing-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/01\/10\/manoa-online-nursing-program\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa online graduate nursing program rises to top 25 percent nationally"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><figure id=\"attachment_72954\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72954\" style=\"width: 676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/manoa-nursing-online-graduates.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72954\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/manoa-nursing-online-graduates.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/manoa-nursing-online-graduates-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72954\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><abbr title=\"University of Hawaii\">UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa nursing master\u2019s degree graduates<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/\"><em>U.S. News and World Report<\/em><\/a> has ranked the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nursing.hawaii.edu\/home\">School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene<\/a> at the <a href=\"http:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa<\/a> among the nation\u2019s best online graduate nursing programs. <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa was the only nursing school in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span> to be ranked for online education.<\/p>\n<p>Nursing placed 35 out of 154 schools, ranking <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa in the 23 percentile. Last year, <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa nursing ranked 61 out of 144 schools.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;National recognition of our online graduate programs solidifies our position as the leader in nursing education and research in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>,&rdquo; said Dean <strong>Mary G. Boland<\/strong>. &ldquo;<abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa nursing continually strives for excellence, and we are so proud to be ranked among the nation\u2019s top 25 percent of nursing schools.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/education\/online-education\/nursing\/rankings\"><em>U.S. News and World Report<\/em> 2018 Best Online Graduate Nursing Programs ranking of master\u2019s degree programs in nursing<\/a> assessed quality through student engagement, faculty credentials and training, peer reputation, student services and technology and admissions selectivity.<\/p>\n<h2>More about the online program <\/h2>\n<p><abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa nursing offers a master\u2019s degree in an online distance learning format. The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nursing.hawaii.edu\/graduate\/masters\">Advanced Population Health Nursing program<\/a> is a distance-based master\u2019s degree for registered nurses who wish to practice in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Âé¶¹´«Ã½<\/span>, on the U.S. mainland or in an international setting.<\/p>\n<p>The program focuses on population-level health, wellness, health promotion and disease prevention. Coursework is completed online and fieldwork is conducted in the student\u2019s own local community.<\/p>\n<p>The 30&#8211;39 credit program is designed to be completed in one year as a full-time student or in two years as a part-time student.<\/p>\n<p>For information about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nursing.hawaii.edu\/graduate\">graduate programs<\/a>, visit the <abbr>UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa nursing website.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212;By Desiree Uyeda<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 30\u201339 credit program is designed to be completed in one year as a full-time student or in two years as a part-time student.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[957,1224,189,167,9],"class_list":["post-72920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academic-news","tag-college-recognition","tag-distance-education","tag-nursing","tag-school-of-nursing-and-dental-hygiene","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72920"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72920\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108914,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72920\/revisions\/108914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}