Describes the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) in nurse education at the University of Wales Bangor. Explains the evaluation strategy for a longitudinal study of ICT, summarizes emerging trends in learning evaluation, discusses best practices in evaluation, and considers the expanding role of the evaluator. (Author/LRW)

Describes a women's health course that teaches strategies promoting self-awareness, self-esteem, independence, risk taking, empowerment, and assertiveness. Links caring and empowerment as related to the nursing profession. (SK)

Describes the Florida Postsecondary Education Planning Commission's Nursing Articulation Project, which developed an articulation model and proposed curriculum changes for associate degree, baccalaureate, and licensed practitioner nursing programs at two area vocational centers, a community college, and a university. (SK)

It is proposed that Gilligan's 1982 work on the ethic of caring provides nursing with a paradigm for moral deliberation compatible with nursing philosophical and historical traditions of relational caring, and gives empirical support for the value of caring as a moral activity, more appropriately than Lawrence Kohlberg's theory. (MSE)

The reductionist argument against establishing a universal database to document nursing's contributions to patient outcomes is refuted, and the need to make nursing a more visible and valued profession is emphasized. (MSE)

Nursing and good undergraduate education have these priorities in common: careful use of language, understanding of our interdependent world, a vision of great teachers, the relationship between theory and values, and the relationship between the classroom and the imperative of service. (MSE)

A project synchronizing clinical laboratory experiences with instruction in nursing theory and science that featured a close collaboration between faculty, students, and nurse practitioners was evaluated. It was found that students in the clinic experiment had higher achievement gains than the control group. (MSE)

The authors describe a four-year baccalaureate nursing program that promotes positive student attitudes about and behaviors toward the elderly patient. Components of the curriculum include (1) community care, (2) acute care experience, and (3) experience in extended care facilities. (CH)

Examined records of Puerto Rican/Hispanic patients (N=25) residing in, or discharged from, one nursing home and compared records to those of control group (N=50) admitted during same time. Found Puerto Rican/Hispanic group was younger with more disabilities. Suggests that Hispanic patients' families may not have been able to care for disabled…

The new quality assurance system for nursing homes implemented by the New York State Department of Health in 1981 was compared to the previous system. The new system devoted more resources to on-site activities and identified more patient-care deficiencies and more repeat deficiencies. (SLD)

Examined relationships between agitated behavior and past personality in 408 nursing home residents. Agitated and nonaggressive behaviors were correlated with past stressful events, and physically aggressive behavior was correlated with the lack thereof; no relationships were found between agitated behavior and history of a mental disorder or past…

Describes a peer counseling program in a 300-bed long-term care facility which uses training materials specifically developed for older people. Shows how the peer counseling program functions and provides anecdotal comments from both participants and a staff member, along with an outline of the training components. (Author/ABL)

A study on attrition compared the social networks of 21 students who left an associate degree program with 21 who remained enrolled. Results indicated significant differences between dropouts and remaining students in age and social network size. (JOW)

Suggests that there is a need for primary care providers. Discusses the appropriateness of advanced practice nurses in providing that care and explains why funding for graduate nursing education is an economically sound venture. (Author)

Sixty nurse educators completed a questionnaire on research productivity and administered a teacher effectiveness questionnaire to their students. No significant relationship was found between research productivity and teacher effectiveness. Faculty at research institutions were significantly more productive than those at other types of…