The complete list of programs leading to an associate degree in nursing that are accredited by the National League for Nursing is presented, without annotation. The institutions are listed alphabetically by State. (Author/AJ)

"The values of nursing must not get lost in the dominant medical culture. If they do, you justly risk the epithet of junior doctor. Our patients do not need junior doctors. They need the knowledge and skills of both medicine and nursing." (Author)

Use of a nursing assessment/patient history tool developed by project faculty at the school of nursing, University of California, San Francisco and used in a primary care clinic assisted nursing students in collecting patient information, making home visits, functioning as team members, recording data, and in defining their nursing role. (EA)

According to the data from this study, audiovisuals are a primary component not only in nursing education but also in patient education. (Author)

A questionnaire survey of associate and baccalaureate degree programs accredited by the National League for Nursing revealed that the faculty-student ratio generally increased as the size of the program increased. As the educational level of the student increased, the faculty-student ratio decreased. (EA)

A frame of reference for organizing information related to health care is presented. Various factors which illustrate the relationship of the environment and personal health services to health are the main focus of the framework. This offers a chance to view the health field in a broader perspective. (EC)

The nurses in this study stated that films are a valuable teaching modality and have a positive impact on audience interest, subsequent performance, and the entire educational process. (Author)

The proposed model has three components--setting, student, and subject--which, appropriately utilized, bring organization and unity to the phenomena with which the curriculum deals. (Author)

A procedure for identifying a nurse's professional abilities and deficits and establishing a learning program appropriate to individual needs includes five steps: assessment, identification of the problem, solution, implementation, and evaluation. (AG)

As part of a course in Senior Nursing Practice in Community Health, ten senior nursing students were encouraged to explore the possibilities for practicing leadership skills by developing individual service projects. The program results exceeded all expectations. (AG)

Instructors of nursing often face vexing questions concerning the assignment of grades, both during and at the end of the course: Should grade distributions follow a predetermined curve? How does a teacher bring together the several partial grades? Many variables influence evaluation decisions; the authors present theory and ground rules.…

A study assessing care-cure orientations of physicians, nurses, and their students within an urban university community indicated that the degree to which physicians and their students value curing at the expense of caring has been somewhat overestimated, as has the degree to which nurses exclusively value caring. (Author/EA)

Listed are hospital or independent schools of nursing whose diploma programs have, on the basis of an evaluation by the National League for Nursing (NLN), attained the level of educational excellence which has been established for NLN accreditation. (Author/AJ)