An evaluation of a nursing workshop is presented which demonstrates two components of program evaluation: (1) immediate reaction of participants regarding the quality, relevance, and presentation of the information (measured by questionnaire) and (2) follow-up to define behavioral change in nursing departments (observed by appropriate personnel in…

Describes the Texas Area Health Education Center project component, Continuing Education in Nursing. The text and five tables show nurses' continuing education needs and interests, their attendance at workshop programs, and their opinions of the value of these programs. (MF)

Proposes the use of experiential workshops as an effective educational approach to assessing and influencing the attitudes of nurses, the primary providers of care for elderly patients with multiple health problems. (JOW)

A report of an advanced workshop for inservice directors in which they designed, implemented, and evaluated a research project to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of a particular inservice offering given in their agencies. Summaries of seven participants' project reports are included. (WL)

This paper presented at the 1976 National Conference on Continuing Education in Nursing describes evaluation methodology used to determine the effectiveness of different continuing education offerings in nursing. The evaluation design, workshops for inservice directors, findings and problems, and examples of three evaluation forms used are…