Describes a short-term training program for nursing students in the care of patients with rheumatology disorders. (CH)

Describes a course to teach students how to set up and successfully run an entrepreneurial nursing business--something more nurses will be attempting in the next decade. (Author)

Includes "Now More than Ever" (Fahy); "Healing at Home" (photo essay); "Amelia Greenwald: Pioneer in International Public Health Nursing" (Mayer); "Alaska's Watched Pot" (Nord); and "Gertrude Weld Peabody: Unsung Patron of Public Health Nursing Education" (Doona). (JOW)

Among the findings of the 1986 biennial survey by the National League for Nursing of all nursing education programs are the following: (1) number of full-time faculty decreased for the first time since 1966; (2) part-time faculty increased considerably; and (3) percentages with doctorates and master's degrees increased. (JOW)

The authors introduce a course assessment guide. The guide includes seven categories of program elements, including (1) need for the course, (2) relationship to total program, (3) course nomenclature, (4) objectives, (5) teaching-learning activities, (6) textbooks, and (7) evaluation. (CH)

Describes how the University of Pittsburgh integrated its nursing students into the traditional baccalaureate program. (JOW)

Discusses the development of research in nursing education from Florence Nightingale as statistician to the effects of doctor-nurse relations to the acceleration produced by various wars to the special nurses who make research a natural process for the profession. (Author/JOW)

Responses from 279 master of nursing administration (MSN) candidates, 57 dual degree (DD) candidates (MSN and master of business administration), and 23 other students showed that (1) DD candidates were less likely to seek hospital employment; and (2) the DD option may help retain nurses, because of the growth of the health care system in…

Analyzes the arguments against an alternative path to midwifery certification known as direct entry. Indicates that midwifery has not become or need not remain a nursing specialty. (JOW)

Proposes that nursing education should focus on less expensive prevention instead of care after the disease has become full blown, involve customers in decision making, and better use the health care delivery system. (JOW)

Describes an honors program open to exceptionally talented students in the baccalaureate nursing program at the Indiana University School of Nursing. Covers types of honors courses offered. (CH)

The author argues that specialization belongs in graduate nursing curricula at the doctoral level, in programs offering the doctor of science in nursing (DSN) degree. She states that all doctoral nursing programs should offer this degree. (CH)

Summarizes the history and present status of the doctoral degree in nursing. Surveys critical issues, such as terminal versus first professional degree, academic versus professional focus, and the relationship of the doctoral degree to a master's degree. (Author/JOW)

If new technologies are to be reliable, easy to learn, and adaptable to changes in the health care environment, it is essential for the nursing profession to be actively involved in their development. (JOW)

Discusses the limited number of African Americans involved in any aspect of nursing programs--as undergraduate students, doctoral candidates, and faculty members. Also looks at the problems encountered by African Americans in academe. Offers strategies for recruiting and retaining African-American nursing faculty. (JOW)