Used content analysis of elderly nursing home residents' statements to describe their perceptions of communication rules and beliefs that regulate their talking. Collected data by using role-play interview technique. Perceived communication rules and self-regulatory beliefs identified by residents were found to inhibit them from talking with one…

Evaluated efficacy of four state nursing home preadmission screening instruments. Data from three community-based services demonstration experiments indicated that more restrictive screens tended to have lower sensitivity but higher specificity and to generate higher proportion of false negative decisions than more liberal screens. Overall rates…

Declining resources and increased expectations enhance conflict in nursing schools. A variety of strategies to diagnose and resolve conflict should be used, ideally including collaboration and win/win. Alternative approaches to confront destructive conflict yet benefit individuals and schools are essential. (Author/SK)

Liberal and socialist feminist theory is used to demonstrate how the male institution of professionalism has hindered the evolution of the predominantly female discipline of nursing. Knowledge acquired through the experience of caring should be an integral part of the vision of nursing. (SK)

Analyzes the arguments against an alternative path to midwifery certification known as direct entry. Indicates that midwifery has not become or need not remain a nursing specialty. (JOW)

Although they represent a small percentage of litigation against institutions of higher education, suits against schools of nursing are more likely than others to be brought by students, and the students often win. (JOW)

Large teams of researchers using inductive methodologies are relatively rare and present unique challenges to team members. A team from the University of Iowa reports on what it experienced during a project to develop a taxonomy of nursing interventions. (JOW)

Examined extent to which nursing homes adjust staffing and care practices relative to local market conditions. Results suggest that facilities employ more nonprofessional nursing staff in markets in which professional nurse wages are higher. Registered nurse staffing levels are higher in markets with higher percentage of self-pay nursing home…

Proposes that nursing education should focus on less expensive prevention instead of care after the disease has become full blown, involve customers in decision making, and better use the health care delivery system. (JOW)

Defines home health nursing as meeting the acute and chronic care needs of patients and their families in the home environment. Offers examples of situations in which home health nurses find themselves and their reactions to them. (JOW)

Twenty-five persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) described and validated 100 ethical problems that are experienced by people with AIDS from 3 levels of ethical inquiry: descriptive ethics, normative ethics, and metaethics. Findings suggest strategies for improving nursing ethics education. (JOW)

Explores legislation and the judicial interpretation of laws that affect disabled students in health care professions. Reviews and analyzes the reported case law in which health care students have claimed discrimination against education programs because of their disabilities. Presents implications for nursing education programs. (JOW)

Argues that nursing practice and theory cannot be ethical unless cultural factors are taken into consideration and that ethical/transcultural nursing is central to the philosophy and practice of nursing. (Author)

Nurses need to understand what information is confidential and what constitutes breach of confidentiality. Ethical issues involved in informed consent and grounds for breaking confidentiality should be addressed in nursing-education curriculum. (SK)

In a writing-intensive course, 54 nursing students wrote professional letters and a professional-issues paper. In precourse self-evaluations, 42% rated their writing skills poor/fair; afterward only 14% did. Helpful strategies included stylistic coaching, multiple drafts, and rapid positive feedback. (SK)