For students at the Helene Fuld School of Nursing, Brooklyn, New York, a guide is provided to services of the school Learning Center. Noncirculating materials are listed and described, including reference books, reserve materials, magazines, the vertical file, and audiovisuals. Borrowing rules and fines are discussed. A guide is provided to the…

This document is an interim report of EPI's (Educational Projects Incorporated) Allied Health Project. The goal of the project is defined as assisting in the development of a comprehensive and viable system for the education and training of competent technicians in the allied health field. The approach used in this study is one of task definition,…

The methods chosen for the study entailed a survey using questionnaires for those nurses presently employed and a review of personnel records of those who had terminated employment. The research indicated that of the 189 nurses who responded to the questionnaire, eighty-five stated salary was the most important reason for remaining in their…

Described are two hospital-based laboratory exercises which helped students perceive the relationship between the principles of microbiology and the practice of nursing. The exercises involved an environmental study focusing on problems of nosocomial infection and a study of patients hospitalized with infectious diseases. (Author/MS)

This article examines leadership from the perspective of administrators of homes for the aging. The article points out that most educational institutions have become enamored of linear thinking, quantification, and scientism. On the other hand, intuition, feelings and sesitivity -- the essence of human relations training -- have tended to become…

Investigated with 233 student nurses were attitudes toward the mentally retarded, and preparation of students in their basic educational programs to work with the mentally retarded. (IM)

Discusses nursing in 1978 and its projected development by the year 2003. Topics covered include establishing a resource and power base, resolution of the health care crisis, expanded nursing practice, technological influences, and major challenges posed by the future. (TA)

Anecdotal notes of a college nursing teacher's teaching experiences over a one-year period--from the first day of classes through graduation. Discussion covers such areas as the first day in the clinical area, and student evaluation, with attention given to the satisfactions and frustrations on the part of both the teacher and her students. (SH)

Provides further insight into the relationship between facility ownership and facility performance in nursing homes. Found proprietary nursing homes to have lower costs than not-for-profit and government homes. Measures of quality, however, may be inadequate to assess the psychosocial quality aspects of environments. (Author/ABB)

Examined difficulty of obtaining valid informed consent from participants in research with older persons. Of 470 nursing home residents asked to participate in nonrisk study, 406 agreed. High consent rate was attributed to perception of research significance, presentation format, and absence of risk or pain. (Author/NB)

Interviewed 28 relatives of nursing home residents about their involvement in care of elderly relatives and perceptions of care provided by nursing home staff. Relatives attributed responsibility for most tasks to nursing home staff; held themselves responsible for some tasks, such as monitoring and evaluating quality of care, and teaching staff…

Interviewed 198 nursing home residents and 34 primary nurse caregivers regarding perceptions and preferences of resident participation in health care decisions. Approximately 40 percent of residents reported being told nothing about their medical conditions; another 40 percent reported being told everything. Concordance between residents' and…

Administrative staff (N=49) of not-for-profit nursing homes identified 103 autonomy-enhancing programs for mentally impaired. Programs were encompassed within six categories: special resident programming, structural and environmental adaptations, staff training, family programming, staff deployment, and ethics initiatives. (Author/NB)

Statistical and legal analysis of California nursing home admission agreements indicated that agreements limited autonomy of nursing home residents in important ways, including constraints on resident's right to make health care decisions and other basic personal choices, entitlement to due process or grievance procedures, and right to informed…

More than half of nursing students who were surveyed felt that health care workers should be allowed to refuse to treat seropositive patients. Nursing faculty must teach students how to protect themselves from exposure to human immunodeficiency virus and to deal with the ethical and moral issues involved. (JOW)