A survey of registered nurses (RNs) in the Battle Creek, Michigan, area identified the barriers they faced in continuing their education. Barriers include (1) commuting distance, (2) work schedule, (3) finances, and (4) anxiety. Michigan State University's Lifelong Education program was designed to help nurses overcome these barriers. (CH)

Studied 79 nursing home residents who were expected to return to community. Only 16 percent of subjects did not return to community: two chose to remain in nursing home, four had no willing family caregivers, and two quickly deteriorated. Results did not support notion of iatrogenesis. (Author/NB)

The experience of the University of Alabama School of Nursing with a plan that provides released time for faculty by reducing their teaching load is described. The availability of released time increased the involvement of the faculty in research, writing, education, clinical practice, and consultation. (MLW)

The author describes the cluster of program types that all lead to a master's degree of some type in nursing. She names the master of science in nursing degree as that awarded most often. Future considerations are listed. (CH)

The ethical issues faced by international nurse consultants are examined, and the ways in which ethical theories can be useful to nurses dealing with ethical conflicts while serving as consultants of other countries are explored. (Author/MLW)

Nurses in long-term care settings described behaviors of patients at risk for wandering and rated wanderers (N=59) and nonwanderers (N=41) on these behaviors. Revealed three independent factors of which two differentiated known wanderers from those who had not previously wandered: cognitive deficits and hyperactivity. Dimensions in turn were…

Discusses qualities needed by nursing educators for curricular leadership: (1) credibility among established groups, (2) interest in solving the problem, (3) time to devote to the task, and (4) expertise in the area. (CT)

The advantages, difficulties, and controversy concerning nurse educators' involvement in clinical practice as a means of maintaining skills, credibility, and effectiveness in the instructional setting are examined. (MSE)

Describes how the nursing faculty at Shoreline Community College developed a process to make textbook selection both more satisfactory and appropriate for the program, and less complicated and time-consuming for educators. Examines important factors, the review form, form content, guidelines, and the review procedure. (CT)

The process of becoming and functioning as a dean is examined in the context of a mentor relationship, focusing on the benefits and risks of such a relationship and on techniques of developing it successfully. (MSE)

Details the activities undertaken by faculty and students in the College of Nursing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to save their program from a proposed closing. Techniques included making positive use of the media, making personal contact with policymakers, and soliciting letters of support. (CH)

Develops a perspective for studying institutional procedures for assigning incoming patients to available wards and for transferring patients between and among wards. Presents ethnographic data collected in one extended-care facility. Discusses staff-patient and patient-patient interactions surrounding ward assignments and transfers. (Author/ABB)

Examined resident characteristics most conducive to sociability and the common bonds underlying nursing home friendships. Suggests that lucidity and sight explain a significant proportion of the "loner" status of some residents, while placement on the same unit and contemporaneous age proved to be the most common bonds underlying…

Summarizes validation of a standardized measure of the perceived stressfulness of becoming a nursing home resident derived through adaptation of the Holmes and Rahe scaling procedure for research on stressful life events. Preliminary findings suggest the measure is well adapted for comparing perceptions in specific groups within American society.…

Discusses the baccalaureate requirement for entry into professional practice and other aspects of the legislation. Examines economic factors to be considered, cost effectiveness of the BSN (Bachelors of Science in Nursing) degree as the first professional degree, the two-year associate degree, and the future of nursing education. (CT)