Suggests that hospital personnel and manufacturers' representatives collaborate to teach inservice courses for nurses with nurse-instructors handling the basic science review. (DS)

A study conducted to determine some characteristics of registered nurses in Kentucky who viewed or had heard of the PANMED program television series in nursing and their perceptions of the series. Charts, statistics, references. (Author/RB)

Article weighs the advantages of using closed circuit television for inservice training against the cost of video equipment and finds the balance in favor of the former. (GB)

Discusses necessity of specialized training for nurses working in the ICU of small rural community hospitals. Suggest hospital inservice education programs. Charts and references. (RB)

A coordinated council met to establish ground rules to coordinate the activities of various organizations and educational institutions interested in and concerned with the continuing education of nurses in Ohio. Their purpose was to provide all nurses with opportunities to increase their knowledge and skills for the delivery of health care. (RB)

Describes an inservice training program for nurses in a state psychiatric hospital designed to provide knowledge of current psychiatric trends and orienting the trainees from a custodial approach to a more humanistic approach in patient care. Visual aids are utilized extensively. (DS)

Discusses briefly a practical interdisciplinary educational program which would offer the patient early and continued treatment. The program involves improved and uniform treatment requiring the training and coordination of all deliverers of health care in the community, with the major responsibility resting with professional personnel.…

Examines the problem of adjustment and growth of the new graduate nurse in a present hospital situation. Offers a possible approach to alleviate the problems. References. (RB)

Study supported by a grant from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. (DS)