The article describes the Project on Aging, which was undertaken by the Virginia Commission for the Visually Handicapped to avoid the institutionalization of elderly blind persons. (Author/DLS)

QualCube is a framework for assessing sites for clinical placement of nursing students. It assesses the dimensions of relevance, efficiency, goal achievement, social justice, and participant satisfaction. A unique feature is an action plan to encourage continuous improvement. (SK)

Nursing should commit to a vision of relationship-centered care that includes team building, participatory decision making, trustworthiness, self-esteem, low control needs, and openness to new knowledge. (SK)

Responses from 132 of 350 home health nurses identified techniques and skills associate degree nurses (ADNs) should acquire to work for home health agencies. Accredited ADN programs reported that only 24 of the techniques are taught in all programs and 55 of the skills are taught in 90% of the programs. (SK)

Reviews macro and micro issues in determining research priorities for nursing education. Illustrates how decisions can be shaped by such ethical principles as caring, utility, justice, and faithfulness. Considers distributive justice as a guide for resource allocation. (SK)

Practice write-ups--descriptions of their clinical experiences--enable nursing students to demonstrate competence in core skills and to develop the ability to reflect on practice. As assessment instruments, they provide individualized and meaningful feedback. (SK)

Postmodern pressures on hospitals and universities have an impact on nursing education. Different goals and environments of higher education institutions and health care organizations, values, and attitudes of nursing and nurses indicate a need to understand discursive practices and develop new ones. (SK)

Holistic nursing theories are useful in developing nursing students' creative potential. Certain teacher behaviors may interfere with creativity, such as encouraging students to rely on teachers too much or at the wrong time. (SK)

Discusses what constitutes health care in society, the nature of the healer and healing, and rationing of health care. Outlines foundational values for a health care system: justice, patient autonomy, hope, and mercy, and suggests implications for health professions education. (SK)

Private schools of nursing must redefine themselves, take risks, respond to predictions of futurists, anticipate forces and trends in the national and international health care market, define their survival strategies, and justify their costs. (Author)

Vanderbilt University School of Nursing used the Batalden model of systems improvement to change its program. The model analyzes services and products, customers, social community need, and customer knowledge to approach improvements in a systematic way. (JOW)

Explains why content related to role acquisition and transition is critical in preparing advanced practice nurses. Recommends teaching strategies and timing and placement options for role content in graduate education. (Contains 26 references.) (SK)

To learn the skills of qualitative analysis, 28 nursing students selected research questions, interviewed each other, and conducted data analysis. Students' analyses had 89% agreement with the instructor's on the topic of lab-to-clinic skill transfer, 96% agreement on the influence of experience, and 61% on nervousness during clinical supervision.…

Ten nursing students and two faculty mentors participated in an immersion experience in Guatemala. Themes from interviews included the experience of being "other," growth as a professional nurse, and expansion of world views. (Contains 16 references.) (SK)

Data from seven nursing students with learning disabilities were analyzed using Stake's model for collective case studies. Five themes emerged: struggle, learning to learn with disabilities, time, social support, and personal stories. Direct instruction, structure, consistency, clear directions, organization, and positive instructor attitudes were…