Outlines networking as a strategy used to establish and promote a nursing research program within three teaching hospitals in Boston. Cites the provision of educational offerings that will stimulate all levels of professional nursing staff independent of their research background as an advantage of the research network. (JOW)

This is the last in a series of three articles analyzing and interpreting the results of the American Hospital Association's 1981 Nursing Personnel Survey. The present article deals with the wages and fringe benefits that responding hospitals offered to full-time registered nurses. (SSH)

Identifies passive-aggressive behaviors, discusses the dynamics involved, and presents guidelines for recognizing and managing the student who presents this behavior. (Author)

Examines the spectrum of concerns relevant to the tenure process. The acquisition of tenure, its termination, and due process are explained, and consideration is given to the impact of the tenure decision on both the individual and the institution. (Author)

Outlines educational strategies that can help the nursing staff reduce the frustrations and stress often related to caring for the elderly. Shows how to help staff recognize their own feelings about the elderly, become aware of misconceptions, and develop positive attitudes. (JOW)

Discusses the teaching behavior of nurses when dealing with the elderly. Analyzes methods frequently used by nurses when teaching self-care skills to older adults. (JOW)

In studying the nurse's image at a liberal arts college, it was found that faculty and administrators view nurses as long-suffering drones. On the whole, the image of nursing was positive, with those who had the most contact with the nursing program having a more enlightened image. (CT)

Explains how to plan ahead for successful publishing and provides guidelines for the efficient and timely publication of nursing research. (Author/SK)

Few nursing administrators recognize what type of turnover is occurring, how much, and where. Availability of this information is essential to the control and reduction of turnover. (JOW)

Discusses the historical background of nurses and their status in times past, how nursing education has changed, how nurses have entered the lobbying and political fields, and how the scope of nursing research has changed. (CT)

Discusses the problem of teaching nursing students to assess clients' needs adequately. Includes a chart developed as a guideline for functional assessment. (JOW)

Lists by state 146 educational institutions that grant credit for registered nurses' basic nursing education and offer an upper division course of studies leading to a bachelor's degree in nursing. (CT)

Describes Johns Hopkins's Nurse Practitioner Certificate to Master's Program for certified nurse practitioners who lacked master's-level credentials. the program features challenge mechanisms whereby students can acquire credits by examination or portfolio development. (SK)

Andragogy provides a framework for care and other aspects of the nurse-patient relationship. It is a humanistic process that values individuals and equalizes power between educators and students. (SK)

English (n=50) and U.S. (n=80) nursing students completed the Professional Values Scale, resulting in a high degree of congruence between the two groups in their values. Discrepancies appeared in only three areas: client/nurse rights, client/public safeguards, and research uses. (SK)