The demand for baccalaureate-educated nurses continues to increase, and developed countries must accelerate their efforts with distance education. Developing countries must be encouraged and supported to respond to increased demands for well-trained nurses. (JOW)

Most state board regulations for nursing education use behaviorist prescriptions to ensure quality. Georgia's board has adopted more flexible rules that insist on quality without dictating a rigid curriculum model. (SK)

Responses from 16 (62%) nursing degree courses in the United Kingdom uncovered great variation in the number of hours spent in biological sciences and in science entry requirements. Most bioscience teachers had a degree in the subject, but few were nurses. Shared teaching (nursing and science teachers) caused discontinuity and neglected to make…

Project 2000, a British curriculum development process, sets requirements for social and behavioral sciences in nursing, education, including courses in health promotion, sociology/social policy, psychology, research, and computers. Students have had difficulty seeing the relevance to nursing and many find the subjects difficult. However, a…

Trends that will affect nursing in the near future include (1) increased multiculturalism; (2) the decline of the biomedical paradigm of dominance and control; and (3) deconstruction of mediating systems such as education and health care. (JOW)

The academic dismissal of a nursing student for obesity raises questions about the basis for determining compliance with performance contracts and faculty responsibility for protecting student privacy. The case demonstrates the importance of clearly defined expectations and the need to respect privacy concerns. (SK)

An Israeli sample of 378 students and 251 practitioners in occupational therapy (OT), social work, nursing, physical therapy, and clinical psychology completed Kolb's Learning Style Inventory. Findings suggest greater variance in learning style among students. OT students were least abstract. Both OT students and practitioners were predominantly…

Examined Medicaid spenddown among nursing home residents from 72 Wisconsin facilities. Found only small proportion of discharges had spent down to Medicaid eligibility, but this group's long stays contributed heavily to nursing home days. Estimated over 40 percent of those who spent down did so within six months, 58 percent within a year, and 76…

Conducted longitudinal study of 196 caregiver/care receiver dyads to determine variables predictive of caregiver decision to institutionalize dependent with dementia. Use of services, enjoyment of caregiving, caregiver burden and health, caregiver rating and reaction to care receiver behavior and memory problems, and presence of troublesome…

Responses from 31 nursing faculty and the managers of nursing units in which their students' practices differed significantly in perceptions of communication. A significant positive correlation appeared between organizational climate, communication, and role strain. Role strain and communication were also correlated with length of time in the…

Focuses of the alienation felt by women in the schools that educate students for the caring professions (education and nursing). Discusses how a potential source of infusion of feminist values into the dominant institution can be lost. (NB)

This study examined how depressed and nondepressed nursing home residents differed on measures of frequency of daily activity involvement and accompanying affect. Interviews indicated the groups differed significantly on frequency of activity involvement and affect. Depressed subjects spent large portions of time watching television. Nondepressed…

Describes efforts undertaken by the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and the Barbados Community College to establish an international program in nursing. Also discusses program goals, faculty certification, and funding. (JOW)

A capstone leadership course for students working toward a bachelor of science in nursing degree is designed to integrate traditional community-health nursing with leadership to foster the development of community-based competencies for the future. (JOW)

A nursing school-middle school project included (1) health education for middle schoolers by teachers assisted by nursing students/faculty and (2) middle schoolers' community service in health facilities with student nurses/mentors. Compared with 95 controls, 57 nursing student participants showed increased skills, comfort with, and knowledge of…