Content analysis of 68 caring narratives of nursing graduate students examined context, processes, and fulfillment. Themes were identified: (1) nurses need to care for themselves in order to care for others; (2) emotional attachment has dangers; (3) caring is a moral responsibility; (4) reflections on care teach about caring; and (5) reflection…

Caring is the end purpose of nursing. The management and leadership of education for empowered caring requires teaching and learning that develop creative, flexible, interdependent nurses. Key issues are investing in technology, supporting lifelong learning, and creating a community workplace. (Contains 68 references.) (SK)

A cross-sectional survey of 54 nursing lecturers and 244 students using modularized curriculum and analysis of curriculum documentation indicated that only 3 of 13 modules refer explicitly to reflective practice. Students identified lectures and group work as strategies for learning reflection; lecturers cited tutorials, groups, and cases. Most…

Estimated length of stay (LOS) for elderly nursing home patients. Converted discharges from 1985 National Nursing Home Survey into admission cohort and adding reported immediate previous nursing home LOS to surveyed LOS. Ultimate length of aggregated stay was longer than unaggregated estimates for elderly discharged residents. Mean aggregated stay…

Describes an accelerated nursing program put together by Fort Range Community College and four other state agencies to assist single mothers in getting off welfare. (JOW)

To determine content for graduate programs in nursing administration, 184 nurse executives from acute care, home care, long-term care, and occupational health rated their job functions. All respondents spend time on activities requiring knowledge of law, health care policy, and organizational behavior. Ethics ranked lowest in terms of time spent.…

This continuing education article is designed to teach nurses to describe sickle cell anemia, identify complications, specify signs and symptoms, and describe nursing interventions. It concludes with a multiple-choice test. (SK)

The response to a 1987 proposal by Illinois nurses to standardize nursing educational requirements revealed deep divisions among nurses with different educational backgrounds. Those opposed to raising the professional status of nursing exploited those divisions and thwarted attempts to make the Bachelor of Science in Nursing the minimum…

Describes an accelerated bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) track that meets the learning needs of diverse student populations. Indicates that adult learners form cohesive student cohorts and produce strong graduates. (JOW)

Presents an option whereby nonnurse baccalaureate graduates get their first nursing degree at the master's level. The first of three years focuses on junior courses, the second gives accelerated senior and graduate-level content, and the third year provides the master's level clinical specialty. (JOW)

The absence of nursing discourse in the official discourse of health care reveals the low regard for nursing work by the men who control the industry and the extent of their power to enforce subordination by silencing the nurses themselves. (Author/JOW)

Estimated impoverishment risk for two samples of community-living elderly (N=900+). Found that for elders over age 75, 46 percent of those living alone and 2 percent of couples would spend lifetime assets and current income, becoming impoverished in 13 weeks if institutionalized in skilled nursing facility. Rates were comparable for elders over…

Examines losses--financial, personal, and more--suffered by the university, the student, and the profession when a minority student nurse drops out. Suggests possibilities to prevent such attrition. (Editor/JOW)

It is questionable whether research funding goals are truly driven by the most pressing societal problems. Women are not systematically included in studies where the results would have benefited them. Nurses should include women as appropriate in their research and influence organizations to maintain nonsexist research agendas. (JOW)

Observation and an interview of a nurse educator determined that she had a clear understanding of experiential learning and used that knowledge in the classroom. The phenomenological method used in the study involved questions derived from knowledge and experience that were designed to elicit personal thoughts, knowledge, and perceptions in an…