A variety of ways in which hospital education (educational and training programs for employees and sometimes patients and the public) based on a hospitalwide educational philosophy can be organized and operated are discussed. (LH)

Describes a project concerned with enhancing the organizational effectiveness of hospitals and increasing the productivity of hospital personnel through the expansion and improvement of hospitalwide education and training programs. (Author/RK)

This is a report of a unique experience in collaboration among four hospitals on the east side of Detroit, resulting in the design and development of a major training program for hospital managers. (Author)

Of 124 acute care nurses, 97% felt that patient education was a priority. Inhibiting factors were time, staffing, and patient receptiveness. Enhancers included having time to teach, receiving effective teaching guidance materials, and having access to teaching resources. (SK)

Author describes an inservice program shared by 5 hospitals in southwestern Minnesota. (MB)

Hospital employees (n=95) who attended experiential workshops on aging had significantly higher posttest scores on the Palmore Facts on Aging Quiz, indicating increased knowledge and improved attitudes about aging. (SK)

Describes the planning and implementation of a continuing education program for registered nurses at the Petersburg, Virginia, General Hospital School of Nursing. The success of a series of refresher courses for nurses returning to active practice encouraged curriculum extension. Responses to an evaluative follow up questionnaire completed by all…

The Department of Continuing Education and Training at the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center takes on the responsibility for orienting all nursing service personnel, conducting specialty area nursing courses, training nurses aides and generally providing nursing education that allows nurses to keep up with growing responsibilities. (Author/RK)

Describes how fourteen principles of adult education provide the conceptual framework for performance competencies to guide the daily practice of instructors in the centralized inservice department of a large acute-care hospital. (JOW)

Interviews with four nurse educators and four education administrators in Canadian hospitals identified (1) organizational demands and constraints that shape nurses' educational needs; (2) the skills needed to be developed; and (3) staff development delivery systems to respond to those needs. An organizational culture that fosters learning…

Nurses should capitalize on the hospital as one of the influences to enhance personnel performance and gain personal fulfillment. Nurse administrators and educators should make every effort to capture and maintain an excitement in daily practice for the entire staff; this excitement should be transposed into the program goals for nursing service…