This is the fourteenth in a set of 36 teacher guides to the Entrepreneurial Training modules and accompanies CE 031 056. The purpose of this module is to give students some idea of what it is like to own and operate a nursing service. Following an overview are general notes on use of the module. Suggested steps for module use contain suggestions…

This competency-based preservice home economics teacher education module on convalescent home aide is the fourth in a set of four modules on establishing occupational programs for human development. (This set is part of a larger set of sixty-seven modules on the Management Approach to Teaching Consumer and Homemaking Education [MATCHE]--see CE 019…

THE ROLE, FUNCTION, AND STATUS OF NURSE TEACHERS IN THE SCHOOLS OF NEW YORK STATE WERE ANALYZED UTILIZING DATA FROM QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES OF 2677 NURSE TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL, SCHOOL PHYSICIANS, AND PARENTS. SPECIFIC FINDINGS WERE RELATED TO ROLE CONFLICT, WORK LOAD, CLERICAL DUTIES, TEACHING ROLE, TEACHING CERTIFICATION, AND…

Program goals, designs, and accomplishments in the area of second-step nursing education is the topic of this report of a conference attended by over 125 nursing educators, administrators, and graduate students. (Second-step nursing education encompasses postlicensure upper-division baccalaureate programs expressly designed for registered nurses.)…

An Advisory Committee on Nursing Education, established to examine the supply of and demand for registered nurses in Alabama, was charged with: (1) continuing the development of a projection model for the supply and demand (including a determination of the proper mix of nurses prepared at the baccalaureate, associate, diploma, and practical…

A group of 41 registered nursing graduates of the 1974 class at Bakersfield College was surveyed in the summer of 1974 as part of a nursing education follow-up study. In the summer of 1975, the same group was surveyed again in order to compare the perceptions and aspirations reported by the graduates one year after graduation with those reported…

An extensive review of the literature and a survey of nursing faculties revealed the incompleteness and obsolescence of current texts to meet the needs of the Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) course in current trends. It became evident while researching course content materials for the current trends course that the personal and vocational…

To provide descriptive data of practical nursing manpower and develop hypotheses based on significant relationships between responses on the questionnaires, the National League for Nursing undertook a longitudinal study of men and women who entered nursing school in the fall of 1962. Data were obtained by a series of questionnaires which had been…

Reviews of selected films and videotapes which illustrate the relationship between social factors and health care are presented in this catalog. Some 41 films were chosen for their proven ability to present social and behavioral science concepts to medical students and others involved in the health sciences. The films relate to two areas of health…

This project was intended to provide information which would assist in: (1) assessing the correlation of state board achievement with job satisfaction, on-the-job performance, and length of retention in the field of practical nursing, (2) determining those faculty qualifications which are necessary to produce above-average achievement on the state…

Continuing education for health service professionals operating nursing homes is the subject of this report. Reasons for the growth and development of nursing homes are discussed, and licensure is defined. Methodologies and techniques employed in Missouri and other states are identified, after a background report on the Missouri Nursing Home…

The article develops a model for evaluating nursing teacher performance, recommends evaluation methods, and provides a rationale for their choice. Forms for objective-centered appraisal, goal description, and student appraisal of teacher performance are included along with an annotated bibliography on evaluation. (MF)

Elderly mentally retarded persons living in community-based settings (N=39) were compared with those in nursing homes (N=59) with respect to medical status, behavior problems, and formal and informal supports. Among findings analyzed in discussion were that nursing home residents had fewer behavior and medical problems. (Author/JW)

Discusses the methods and findings of a study of associate degree nursing students' (N=48) knowledge and misconceptions about aging. Reports definite knowledge gaps and the acceptance of several common misconceptions about the elderly. (DMM)

In an effort to reduce social isolation, procedures which included modeling, behavioral rehearsal, feedback, and reinforcement were used to train four elderly nursing home residents in four conversational areas: expressing common courtesies; making positive self-disclosures; asking questions; and making interjections and acknowledgments. Results…