THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAM IN CALIFORNIA WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1958. THE PROGRAM IS OFFERED IN 32 OF THE STATE'S JUNIOR COLLEGES (80 NATIONALLY) AND ALMOST ONE-THIRD OF ALL CANDIDATES APPLYING FOR NURSE LICENSURE EXAMINATIONS COME FROM THESE SCHOOLS. THE IDEA WHICH LED TO THIS TYPE OF PROGRAM WAS FIRST DEVELOPED BY MILDRED L. MONTAG IN HER…

The field of nursing education has expanded rapidly in the 1960's. With more associate degree nursing programs and the overall enrollment growth, the junior college has become more involved with this aspect of public health service. The W.K. Kellogg Foundation and individual researchers have shown that nursing programs at the junior college level…

This report of the Coordinating Board's Nursing Project Council is the culmination of three years' intensive effort to provide the State of Texas with a plan on which those responsible for helping meet the health care needs can rely in determining where nurses are needed, what their educational preparation should be, and how the nurses can be…

The Nursing training Act of 1975 revises and extends the nursing training authorities provided under Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act for a three-year period, thus providing aid to nursing training through September 30, 1978. It provides two new, separate authorities for the support of Advanced Nursing Training and Nursing Practitioner…

The purpose of the project was to determine what goals, content, and learning experiences in psychiatric-mental health nursing should be included in diploma and associate degree education for nursing in the light of present-day trends in nursing and psychiatric care. The report follows the sequence of the project: (1) selection of associate degree…

The need for a system of nursing education has never been greater. This project's goal was to emphasize a coordinated structure of educational programs for all nurses in the south. The text concerns new directions in health care, implications for nursing education, and assessing nursing needs. Southern nursing programs are then examined by type,…

Nurses today are faced with the problem of choosing from a proliferating array of alternatives, both when they decide what type of nursing education to pursue and when they must choose between the many occupational directions they face on graduation from nursing school. Recognizing these recent developments in both education and health, the…

The author proposes a doctor of nursing degree for the professional practice of nursing, with entry at the postbaccalaureate level. She describes the rationale for the doctorate and the characteristics needed for programs leading to that degree. (MF)

Preparation for quality assurance in nursing care must begin in basic nursing education, continue through the graduate and doctoral levels, and be provided for practicing nurses through continuing education activities, according to the author. She discusses the meaning of quality assurance and its integration into the nursing curriculum. (MF)

One hundred fifty-two senior nursing students at a traditionally Black college participated in a study to determine the effect on academic performance of: (1) test-taking instruction; (2) a combination of test-taking instruction with cooperative learning procedures; or (3) no intervention. Spring semester grades were used to represent academic…

The author defines faculty practice as a means of faculty development. She focuses on the Faculty Practice Program at New York University Medical Center. That program allows nursing faculty to practice as part of the Medical Center staff during the summer. (CH)

Over the years, the nursing educational system has prepared nurses for the many settings in which health care is delivered. As health care shifts from a fragmented system of disparate providers and payers to integrated management systems, nurses and other health care professionals are experiencing tremendous changes. The nursing education system…

Careful use of technology in education may enhance the ability of the nursing education profession to educate nurses for practice, prepare future nurse educators, and advance nursing science. To take full advantage of technology, several factors must be addressed. Superior distance education programs require substantial institutional financial…

Conventional education programs socialize the nurse for one way of functioning, but, for effective practitioner performance, the nurse must develop a different concept of her nursing identity. Increased knowledge and skills will not alone make the nurse a practitioner; there must be a role change. (Author)

A description of a group leadership course for nurses concentrating on the use, formation, and dynamics of groups within the context of clinical public health nursing in the community includes objectives and content areas (identifying needs, and considering self-concepts and interpersonal relationships). (AG)