To determine nursing tasks and make curriculum recommendations based on these tasks, a survey instrument of nursing tasks was developed by a project committee, validated by the National Technical Advisory Committee for Nursing, and administered to 450 nursing personnel representing 48 hospitals and extended care facilities. An 88 percent response…

To validate a task list for the occupation of electroencephalograph (EEG) technician, which was derived by project staff members and reviewed and amended by the EEG National Technical Advisory Committee, 109 questionnaires were distributed to four different samples. A 60 percent response revealed: (1) The task list was highly representative of…

This post-high school curriculum guide was prepared to assist junior and community colleges, vocational schools, and area schools in initiating programs in child care and guidance. The guide will be helpful in planning both 1- and 2-year programs aimed at recent high school graduates and young adults. Graduates of these child care programs will be…

To survey and analyze nursing resources and nursing education in Florida in order to make recommendations for future educational planning, data were gathered from the literature, state agencies, and a stratified random sampling by questionnaire of 1,921 licensed nurses within the State. The findings indicated that unmet needs for nursing services…

Findings from 185 projects funded by the National Institute of Mental Health are summarized to describe the extent, nature, correlates and consequences of utilizing nonprofessionals in mental health service roles. Paid and volunteer workers were almost equally represented, with females in the majority (56 percent). The majority of projects (59…

With the growth of technology and our increased population, many functions previously performed by professionals are now being delegated to paraprofessionals. This Research Review discusses four paraprofessional training programs offered by junior colleges: teacher aide, library technician, social work assistant, and allied health and medical…

This review and analysis of literature concerning career ladders and lattices in health occupations education should aid researchers and practitioners in assessing the current "state of the art" in the field. Using the resources of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Vocational and Technical Education, a computer and manual search of documents…

This is the 1968 biennial census of nurse-faculty members teaching in nursing programs and in cooperating institutions providing clinical experiences for students in nursing. It is intended as an overview of current conditions and a basis for future estimates and planning. As of January 1968, 20,077 full-time and 3,554 part-time nurse-faculty…

National data on nurses and nursing are organized into the following sections: (1) The Nursing Profession and Society, (2) The Structure and Nature of the Nursing Profession, with subsections on nursing in the general hospital and related facilities, nursing in the mental hospital and related facilities, community nursing, occupational health…

This expanded explanation of "Essentials of An Approved School of X-Ray Technology" (VT 004 172) is intended to facilitate the organization and establishment of schools of x-ray technology. The "Essentials" are minimum standards and their application may be extended from 24 months of training in a hospital radiology department to a junior college…

These guidelines relate to the recruitment, selection, training, and utilization of homemaker/home health aides. Some of the major tenets which the document develops are: (1) adequate leadership and financial support, (2) broad definition of the role based on an ongoing assessment of family health and social needs, (3) identification of a…

Introductory remarks by staff members at Ohio State University College of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, U.S. Naval Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, and Michigan State University explore the educational requirements of the health professions and the ways in which the computer can aid in fulfilling these requirements. Programs…

The objectives of this study were to determine: (1) the number of nursing students and educators in the institutions in southeastern Michigan, (2) where nursing students get clinical experience, (3) all the institutions involved in training nursing students, and (4) the library service available at these institutions. An interview schedule was…

This report contains an outline of the method and the rationale for a project whose purpose is to develop training programs which are relevant to the specific requirements of technical occupations in nine allied health professions. The nine professions are in (a) nursing, (b) inhalation therapy, (c) radiology (technician level), (d) clinical…

This paper focuses on the efficiency of federal subsidies in meeting stated public goals and gives two reasons for doing so. First, specific data on subsidies for the education function of medical schools are available. Second, Congress is now considering the entire package of federal health manpower legislation. It is difficult to escape the…