Designed for use in education and training and for applied research in selection and evaluation methods, the book reviews the actual behaviors of nurses caring for the institutionalized mentally retarded. Abstracts of more than 2,000 critical behaviors of nurses (incidents derived from reports of actual observations) are included. Behaviors are…

Participants heard five papers concerning associate degree programs in nursing education. The keynote address, "Educational Criteria and Social Change," stressed the importance of changing educational patterns to keep up with a dramatically changing social order, in terms of both health care and student needs. The next address,…

Patricipants heard eighteen papers , fourteen of which are included here. On the topic of federal agencies and funding, the Nurse Training Act of 1964, the Nursing Student Loan Program, and the Vocational Education Act of 1963 were discussed, emphasizing nursing education in two-year post-secondary institutions. These presentations were followed…

This document reports the proceedings of a conference and workshop at the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Nursing on behavioral objectives. Presentations include: the management of learning; behavioral objectives and the teaching/learning process in nursing education; curriculum development; curriculum development in the SUNYAB…

This appendix contains materials on the development and validation of instruments and scales used to assess the nursing program of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, Canada. Some of the instruments included the following: (1) Introductory Information Questionnaire, which investigates students' socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds,…

An annotated bibliography to supplement the final report of the Nursing Home Trainer Program is presented. The 14 groups of references reflect a philosophy based on principles of adult education. For related document, see AC 014 304. (CK)

A clear role definition, appropriate preparation, and continued dialogue between educational and nursing service personnel are needed for the associate degree graduate to realize her full potential. The author believes in two legal categories and titles: nurse (for baccalaureate or higher degrees) and practical nurse (for associate degrees).…

A study of men nursing students at the University of Iowa identified these problems: failure of the baccalaureate experience to meet vocational expectations, and student criticism of professional education and frustration with the repressive nature of the system. A composite picture of the male student, incorporating the findings, is presented.…

The benefits and deficits of housing alternatives must be viewed from the perspective of the elderly person's state of wellness. These factors are discussed and an evaluation is made of the five basic housing categories from which an older person may choose. (Author/RK)

Graduate nurse educators could profit by adopting the teaching perspective of athletic coaches, which would result in focusing on students' learning histories to identify both strengths and weaknesses. The author compares aspects of coaching athletes with teaching nurses, recommending the coaches' methods of individual evaluation and feedback. (MF)

Independent study is at least as effective as traditional teaching methods, according to this report of a three-year project to evaluate self-study modules, called "minicourses," in a new nursing curriculum. (MF)

Courses in theoretical ethics are unrelated to the moral delemmas that nurses encounter in practice, according to the authors. They present a method for moral education in nursing curricula utilizing seminars for dilemma discussion that can help students to progress in moral judgment. (MF)

Discusses the present and future direction of American nursing in terms of health care delivery and services and how they are affected by the economic system, collective bargaining, credentialing, and hopes for the future. (TA)

Provides supportive evidence for a concept (M. Scriven's) of formative evaluation as a method for ongoing improvement of educational programs (including continuing education) through a description of the development and modification of a workshop in rehabilitation nursing, based on formative evaluation procedures. (TA)

The ethical primacy of patient involvement in treatment decision-making requires that more attention be paid to assessment of a patient's competency to make treatment decisions. Makes recommendations to increase sensitivity to this issue with significantly impaired elderly nursing home patients and to improve existing decision-making procedures.…