Describes the process of developing a data collection (coding) form to extract a minimum data set from nursing service records and a method of training lay coders to use the form. Explains how the Nursing Minimum Data Set can be used for research and program improvement. (JOW)

Guidelines for the design, conduct, and critique of nursing research with African-American and Hispanic populations examine the following: framework, sample composition, race/ethnicity of investigators, measurement instruments, method of analysis and aggregation, and discussion of implications for racial/ethnic groups. (SK)

Examined lifetime nursing home use with data from Connecticut for 1977-86. Gives life table estimate of total amount of time after age 65 expected to be spent by persons in nursing homes and total amount of nursing home use paid for by Medicaid. Estimates lifetime risk of Medicaid spenddown in nursing homes at 21.5 percent. (Author/PVV)

The national survey of multiple facility types ascertained patterns of adjustment and interpersonal functioning associated with being older, having mental retardation, and living in an out-of-home residential setting. Noted is a tendency to transfer older persons with mental retardation from institutions into nursing homes which are often not…

Interviews with nine nursing master's program students classified as minorities elicited the following: (1) importance of personal determination and self-confidence; (2) influence of the undergraduate nursing program on the graduate school decision; and (3) family and friends as facilitators and barriers. Strategies for recruitment and retention…

Nursing education administrators (275 of 401 responded) considered available resources adequate and thought they had moderate success in securing them. Specialized institutions perceived a greater degree of richness in resources and more success. There were no differences in perception of system openness and community interaction. (SK)

The language and history of nursing have labeled it women's work, influencing legal decisions and raising a significant recruitment/retention barrier for men: the job title and image. Proactive recruitment from target groups, role models, and use of appropriate media are strategies to redress the sex imbalance in nursing. (SK)

Discusses the need within higher education for a nursing curriculum that addresses all ethnic and cultural perspectives. (JOW)

A postgraduate community health nursing program in Zanzibar will incorporate human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome concepts and will integrate counseling and community prevention programs as part of its curriculum. (JOW)

The academic mission should move from teaching-research-service to a holistic model with a single, integrative focus on knowledge work. The unity of knowledge development, dissemination, and application by a community of scholars promotes coherence at the university, unit, and scholar level. (SK)

A coalition of Boston universities, health care providers, and community agencies established academic-community health centers that combine service, education, and research. The centers give nursing students opportunities to learn in a community-based primary-care model. (SK)

Ratings by 77 associate degree nursing graduates and 18 faculty were followed up after six months with responses from 33 graduates and seven employers. Graduates rated themselves higher in job performance than did faculty and employers. They gave themselves lower scores on planning and evaluation after six months than they had at graduation. (SK)

A teacher developing a method to teach spiritual care to nursing students over age 25 used a journal to record and reflect on experiences. The importance of a safe and open learning environment, use of adult-learning principles, and immediate recording of journal entries was underscored. (SK)

Arguments against teachers asserting their own views about controversial issues say that neutrality enables students to develop autonomous reflection. Others claim that a nonneutral stance is morally preferable. There are some teaching situations in which a neutral stance may not be an option. (SK)

Examined the psychometric properties of an assessment tool for measuring attitudes toward physician/nurse collaboration. Survey results from 208 medical students and 86 nursing students support the construct validity and reliability of the scale, which can be used to evaluate programs designed to foster physician/nurse collaboration. (SLD)