A hospital administrator and a nursing school director point out the value of realistic allocation of costs to determine the economics of the diploma program. (Editor)

Zero-based budgeting (ZBB) refers to a system whereby the entire nursing program is reevaluated yearly and justification for all programs and expenditures must be made. ZBB is compared to the governmental sunset law. (JOW)

Although schools are becoming the logical sites for the provision of primary health care for children, certain questions need to be answered: How will these services be financed? How prepared are school nurses for an expanded role? How will these programs be designed and organized? (CT)

The administration of a continuing education program for nurses at the University of Connecticut, independent of the university continuing education center, is described. Data from 76 other State schools showed significant progress in establishing programs that meet proposed American Nurses' Association standards, but also a shortage of funds for…

This article reports the results of a national survey that assessed how administrators of schools of nursing planned to confront financial problems. The survey addressed three topics: enrollment trends of undergraduate and graduate nursing programs, projected methods of providing program and student support, and projected program designs directed…

Describes a cost allocation procedure developed at the University of Texas at Austin for its School of Nursing to project costs for long-range budget planning. Eleven tables illustrate the use of this costing/budgeting/resource allocation methodology, a potentially effective way to justify funding increases. (MF)