Study supported under Grant 01624-03, National Institute of Mental Health.

The special projects for improvement in nurse training listed here were funded by the Division of Nursing for the period June 1965 to June 1978. The list is arranged alphabetically by state, city, institution, and project. Each entry includes the following: grant code number, project period, institution name and address, project title, project…

FROM DETAILED ANALYSES OF 16 ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAMS, EFFORTS WERE MADE TO COORDINATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF A.A. DEGREE NURSING EDUCATION. NO ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO RELATE THE INFORMATION TO BACCALAUREATE AND DIPLOMA SCHOOLS OF NURSING. FROM QUESTIONNAIRES, INTERVIEWS, AND COLLEGE CATALOG DATA, SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN…

This document gives examples of seven steps a classroom teacher can take to improve both instructional and learning objectives. This improvement is to be measured by increased student learning. The seven steps are as follows: a) write a simple behavioral objective, b) edit, c) revise objective to make it learner centered, d) clarify, e) evaluate…

This complete text of Title VIII of the Public Health Service Act concerning nurse training, discusses in three major parts, financial assistance for expansion and improvement of nurse training (the major part), assistance to nursing students, and general information focusing on the establishment of a National Advisory Committee on Nurse Training…

This study demonstrates that the actual percentage of persons dying in nursing homes and extended care facilities far exceeds the commonly held five percent. (Author)

The author discusses what she feels are the three major barriers to true accountability in nursing: a misguided sense of egalitarianism, professional passivity, and the politics of peer review. (Editor)

Conducted descriptive analysis of 31 private long-term care insurance policies. Examined policies for premium rates, extent and levels of coverage, restrictions of eligibility to purchase a policy, and indemnity payment levels. Findings suggest that policies are expensive, impose numerous restrictions, offer limited coverage for certain services,…

Describes an honors program open to exceptionally talented students in the baccalaureate nursing program at the Indiana University School of Nursing. Covers types of honors courses offered. (CH)

The author discusses and defines the various types of nursing doctorates and reviews the literature on the history of and trends in doctoral education in the United States. She then considers some of the decisions involved in choosing an appropriate doctoral program. (CH)

Reviews literature on determinants of smoking behavior among nurses, examining history and current trends of cigarette use among nurses. Cites national and international studies showing nurses to smoke more than any other health professionals. Discusses stress as primary theory of smoking causation among nurses. Considers role of nursing education…

The author argues that specialization belongs in graduate nursing curricula at the doctoral level, in programs offering the doctor of science in nursing (DSN) degree. She states that all doctoral nursing programs should offer this degree. (CH)

Teaches nurses to name three characteristics of a normal stoma, describe treatment for three common stomal complications, describe treatment for two complications of peristomal skin, and identify at least two factors to consider before preparing an ostomy patient for a radiologic procedure. (CT)

Focuses on the effect of the Community Long Term Care project on nursing home utilization. Over an 18-month period of participation, experimental group clients experienced significantly fewer admissions and a 38 percent reduction in nursing home use. (Author/BL)

Former nursing home residents (N=197) were followed for 2 years after discharge. Four subgroups of patients were identified on the basis of different patterns of survival and use of health care resources: those who returned home, died in nursing homes, transferred to hospitals, or transferred to other nursing homes. (NRB)