Dominance and sociability scores on the Interpersonal Check List were obtained for medical and nursing students. Results indicate a discrepancy between concepts of self and ideal self, as well as considerable disagreement between medical and nursing students about their roles on the physician-nurse team. (EVH)

Three model programs are discussed: The nurse-scientist program, the professional doctorate, and the Ph.D. in nursing. Attention is also given to Wayne State University's degree program plan, faculty requirements, and student admission.

This overview of nursing in the seventies discusses the profession in relation to such factors as social climate, professional recognition, government influence, and collective bargaining. The author concluded that what was needed in the seventies was the isolation of, and agreement upon, a set of basic integrating beliefs on the nature of…

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)

Explores some of the educational theories (e.g., Havinghurst's theory, andragogy versus pedagogy) related to adult learners and discusses how nursing educators can apply these theories in planning continuing education programs. (TA)

The author responds to W. Arndt's and M. Byrne's criticisms of the Northwestern Syntax Screening Test (NSST), a test for assessing receptive and expressive grammar in young children. (SBH)

The overall trend, particularly in associate degrees and diploma programs, is falling admissions. In baccalaureate and higher degree programs, there has been a slight shift in fall admissions from publicly supported institutions to privately supported institutions. Declining enrollments will bring about increasing destabilization of nursing…

Describes the intervention approaches, clients groups, and impacts on use of Medicaid and Medicare reimbursed services for five demonstrations included in the national evaluation of community-based long-term care. Only one project produced significant reductions in nursing home use. Unlike other projects, it identified potential clients through…

This article opens with a desciption of a pilot project for physicians at the University of Southern California, in which the central theme is self-directed learning. Then follow three selections focused on the continuing education of nurses, including a policy statement and guidelines for self-directed continuing education in nursing. (Author/CT)

Explored the effects of visits to infirm elders in a nursing home setting on 30 preschool children's attitudes toward the elderly. After the visits preschoolers held more negative attitudes toward their own aging and toward the elderly, but day care and nursing home staffs believed the visits to be of benefit to children and elders. (Author/ABB)

Analyzed nursing home caregiving as a job, subject to management intervention. Combined information from interviews with administrators with survey data from aides and licensed practical nurses (N=489) in 21 nursing homes to assess the need for and feasibility of redesign of caregiver work. (Author/ABL)

Assigned nursing home residents (N=59) to one of three conditions: task-oriented peer counseling group, insight-oriented peer counseling group, or control. Task group increased in internal locus of control and life satisfaction; insight group increased in internal locus of control and trust; controls decreased in trust. (Author/ABL)

Compared data from family caregivers who participated in support and education groups and caregivers who enrolled but did not participate. Found care receivers of participants had statistically significantly lower institutionalization rates than did care receivers of non-participants. Savings from deterred nursing home use more than offset program…

Compared older adults living alone or with only a spouse to those living with children, relatives, or friends. Found that those living alone or with a spouse were more likely to prefer to move into alternate setting (senior housing or nursing home). Findings revealed limited evidence to support view that residency with others is substitute for…

Set of articles consisting of an introduction (Barbara Silverstone, et al.) and case study concerning drug misuse in the elderly, and six papers examining the case from the perspectives of clinical pharmacology (William Simonson); pharmacology (Peter Lamy); psychiatry (Charles Gaitz and Nancy Wilson); nursing (Delores Alford); social work (Janet…