Manpower Research Visibility is a supplement to American Vocational Journal. (SB)

Anticipating possible future legislation that makes continuing education a requirement for relicensure, North Dakota Nurses Association committee studied ways to encourage continuous education. In fairness to rural nurses, recognition points" instead of course credits are to be accumulated, only half to be gained through formal study. (PD)

Describes a collaborative effort among St. Petersburg Junior College, the health care employment community, and local vocational-technical institutes that enables individuals to move from entry-level to more highly skilled positions. (JOW)

Examined the effects of four treatment conditions on the modification of irrational ideas and test anxiety in female nursing students (N=48). The Rational Stage Directed Hypnotherapy (RSDH) treatment group was significantly more effective than the hypnosis only group. The placebo and control groups showed no significant effects. (Author/JAC)

Because of the legal implications, many faculty members are hesitant to put students on probation or to dismiss them. It is important to distinguish between academic and disciplinary sanctions and to ensure that the student benefits from due process. (JOW)

Using nursing preceptorship programs as an example, the author illustrates how nursing administrators can develop and implement specific reward mechanisms that increase role satisfaction for preceptors and benefit both the service and the institution. (Author/SK)

Practitioners, educators, and administrators in public health nursing were asked who, in their opinion, has responsibility for community-focused functions. Though all categories agreed that the functions of assessment, analysis, planning, implementation, and evaluation are important to public health nursing, there is little agreement about which…

Planning is the key to time management. Individuals and organizations should consider where they are now, where they want to be, and when and how they are going to get there. Goals must be set and priorities determined. (Author/SSH)

Offers a perspective on the impact nurse educators have on their students, adding even more complexity to the multiple roles of the nurse faculty member. (Author)

Explores the cognitive learning and anxiety that occurs in registered nurses in continuing education unit (CEU) contingent and CEU-noncontingent continuing education courses. It appears that in the absence of the expectation of an objective test, self-perception of learning is not a reliable indicator of the acquisition of knowledge. (CT)

Describes a creative approach to teaching the application of crisis theory to nursing students. Students experience crisis themselves, evaluate their own and others' coping mechanisms, and learn to recognize the various physical and psychological symptoms of people in crisis. (Author/CT)

A seven-week sequence of one-hour sessions of practice in assertiveness skills is elaborated. The mini-course is designed for the personal and professional development of senior baccalaureate nursing students. (SK)