To assess the effectiveness of videotapes depicting clinical situations in the teaching of nursing, videotapes were made of the everyday, real-life situations that persons and their families experience throughout their illness in various parts of Canada's health delivery system. Three validation sessions, attended by representatives of nursing…

A study was designed to determine if self-critique by videotapes of a practice session was as effective for teaching a nursing skill as were teacher critiques of the practice session. Seventy women nursing students were trichotomized by anxiety level and randomly assigned to either the self-critique with a procedure checklist treatment or to the…

Discusses problems in the nursing profession and how nursing can be redirected for greater social and professional impact. Changes in nursing practice and education are urged to emphasize skills and the humanization of nursing functions. (MF)

Describes a community college's development and implementation of a second-year nursing curriculum which involved clinical experience in an extended care facility in which learning took place in the following areas: the normal physical and developmental aging process; rehabilitation for chronic illness; and specific psychiatric nursing principles…

Describes the first baccalaureate nursing program of its type--the Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education in Spokane, Washington--to be accredited by the National League for Nursing, with the goal of educating nurses through a cooperative, interinstitutional approach. Topics discussed include how the center began, administrative…

The Clinical Decision Making in Nursing Scale was developed for a study that measured perceptions of clinical decision making. Normative decision making and self-perception theory provided the theoretical base for the tool. Future studies are recommended. (Author/MLW)

Describes a two-course graduate sequence consisting of a theory and a practicum course designed to help students become effective teachers as well as effective nurses. (TA)

A specially designed appraisal process was developed to select mediated materials for use in modules of student centered, selfpaced curriculum. (JY)

This report presents the analytical results of a survey of U.S. baccalaureate nursing schools conducted during 1999 by the American Colleges of Nursing with a description of the extent of women's health content in the curriculum and selected recommendations designed to strengthen this content. Additional resources are included that describe the…

A study examined the change in the critical thinking skills of associate degree nursing students as they progressed through their educational process at the Reedsburg campus of Madison Area Technical College (MATC) in Wisconsin. The study sample consisted of two cohorts of 24 students each (students entering MATC's associate degree nursing program…

Describes the formation, methodology, content, and evaluation of the Institute for Adult Education Processes and Procedures Applied to Program Planning. (GB)

Authors outline specific steps to measure the degree of improvement in nursing care after staff nurses with teaching ability are given a course in using new medical techniques which they then teach to others. Means of follow-up and evaluation tools are described. (PD)

The Mooney Problem Checklist (College Form) was administered to 239 female associate degree nursing students in four southwestern colleges. Results showed all women college students experienced problems. Concentration should be on enhancement of cognitive development rather than on problems which may appear to be unique to an ethnic group. (BRR)

Discusses a staff development program for nurses at an acute care hospital, aimed at responding to patient comments. Elements included (1) listening skills before training, (2) a formula to help nurses respond empathetically, (3) a pre- and posttest, (4) a followup class, and (5) program evaluation. (CT)