The authors describe an elective course on international perspectives in nursing offered to graduate and undergraduate students at Vanderbilt University School of Nursing. The course included a three-week trip to the United Kingdom during which students visited various hospitals and schools of nursing. (CH)

The authors describe a course for senior nursing students in providing patient education to older adults who are no longer in the hospital. Topics covered in the class include body changes as a result of aging, pharmacokinetics, and patient adherence. (CH)

Describes program of short-term rehabilitation care provided to elderly patients through collaboration between hospital and nursing home. Discusses program planning and implementation experiences, patient satisfaction, and rehabilitation outcomes. Notes that program, although successful, was discontinued due to financial and interorganizational…

Examined public and private costs for nursing home applicants participating in Virginia Nursing Home Pre-Admission Screening Program. Found that applicants diverted to community care were less dependent and had greater informal supports than those admitted, and that public and private payments for community care were lower than for nursing home…

Expresses reservations concerning McConnel's (1984) application of the life table technique to the risk of institutionalization. Presents alternative interpretations as well as estimates of the probability of institutionalization that are substantially lower than McConnel's. (Author/ABB)

Describes a nursing education model that links education and service. The authors describe the purpose and objectives of the model, research missions, areas of joint responsibility between the assistant deans of the school of nursing and the education director of the medical college, and implementation plans. (CT)

The authors studied the question, "Is there an equitable exchange of resources between education programs and service agencies that cooperate in educating nursing students?" They surveyed nursing school faculty, staff nurses, and administrators for their opinions on various intangible resources the two provide. The findings indicate the exchange…

Considers impoverishment as a consequence of continuous institutionalization in a nursing home to be a public policy problem and the plight for any older Americans. Discusses one form of long-term care (LTC) insurance, the continuing care retirement community or life care community, and contrasts this small LTC self-insurance group with two other…

Academic nursing administrators and faculty must remember the special character and purpose of the parent university or college when determining nursing curricula, extrainstitutional service roles, and faculty qualifications and expectations. The program must reflect its role as an accepted professional discipline of the institution. (MSE)

Describes an elective, upper-level course on caring for terminally ill patients, designed for baccalaureate nursing students. Discusses the hospice concept and its background, course design, communication with dying patients and their families, and outcomes of the course as measured by a pretest and two posttests. (CH)

Two groups of nursing students were taught test taking skills, and one group was also taught learning team methods. Using scores on the State Board Examination, comparisons were made between the two groups and a control group. Results are discussed. (Author/MT)

Presents an analysis of continuing nursing education programs abroad based on field data collected in the last three years during international study tours to the People's Republic of China, Spain, the Philippines, East Africa, Japan, Israel, Hong Kong, Australia, and New Zealand. (Author/CT)

Evaluated economic costs for nursing home patients and elderly living in their own homes. Using time records compiled by nurses or family members, the costs incurred annually in caring for a senile demented elderly person at home were estimated to average $11,735, and in a nursing home, $22,458. (Author/BL)

Describes an exchange program between a cooperative nursery school and a nursing home in which children were paired with nursing home residents. Discusses selecting and preparing child and adult participants, planning and supervising group and class activities, and teaching children about death and illness. (CB)

A field study of residents' satisfaction or dissatisfaction with open-ward accomodations in a skilled-nursing facility revealed that 88 percent of the respondents preferred the open ward to any other type of room accomodation. Findings suggest that for residents with multiple functional disabilities, the open ward is a supportive environment.…