National Library of Medicine (NLM) Literature Searches are selected computer-generated bibliographies produced by the Library's Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System (MEDLARS). Selection is made on the basis of a significant current interest of the subject matter to a substantial audience of health professionals. Each literature search…

The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of undergraduate degree programs in nursing on students from the University of Portland (UP) and the University of San Francisco (USF). Data were collected via structured group interviews and a double Q-sort administered twice at the end of each year of the program. The study was designed to…

Discusses several basic methodologies of the teaching-learning process for both content and process knowledge. (TA)

This white paper summarizes the scope of the problem of faculty shortages in nursing education and discusses issues contributing to the shortage of faculty. It also outlines strategies for expanding the capacity of the current and future pool of nursing faculty. The United States is in the midst of an unprecedented shortage of registered nurses,…

The external degree program, based solely on test proficiency, offers to its students not an educational opportunity; not a learning situation but a schema for securing a degree, with any kind of socialization into the profession conspicuously missing from the program. (Author/DS)

A nursing curriculum based on a descriptive model developed by the nursing faculty at Pennsylvania State University is related to specific courses. The three major aspects are environment, knowledge, and people supporting the underlying philosophy that nursing's emphasis should be on health. (MS)

Describes a study designed to determine the correlations between scores on a reading test and a self concept test and the persons admitted to and completing a program in nursing and those not completing the program. (TO)

A 2-week workshop has been developed and implemented for community health nurses to increase their knowledge and understanding of retardation nursing. (Author/DB)

A hospital administrator and a nursing school director point out the value of realistic allocation of costs to determine the economics of the diploma program. (Editor)

Defines baccalaureate nursing education, specifically the upper division nursing major, and compares it to technical nursing education. (JOW)

Describes the collegial, collaborative relationships resulting from the integration of nursing, medicine, and administration. Discusses the benefits and problems of the unification of nursing practice and education. (SK)

A noted economist discusses the possible effects of the constrained economic environment upon employment opportunities for nurses, nursing education, the role of nurse practitioners, and nurse-physician collegiality. (SK)

Aspects of the development of medical and nursing education make primary health care just one of medicine's specialities when it is actually the essence of the nursing profession. The author contends that primary care as an academic discipline within nursing is really the general discipline and should be so conceptualized. (MF)

If the expanded role is conceived in terms of five levels of functioning, organizing theoretical instruction and clinical preparation within a school's program is facilitated. The levels are: Basic nursing level, assessment level, screening level, management level, and diagnostic level. (Editor/TA)