The author outlines a career employment model for hospital nurses and addresses the issues and challenges in the orientation and inservice education component of the model. (CT)

This article proposes a different way for curriculum developers to visualize the curriculum-building process. The author suggests a method to assist faculty in incorporating the ideas that authorities in the field have set forth. (Author/CT)

This study was conducted to measure the variations and intensities of attendance motivations of registered nurses in continuing education programs with a nursing focus. Data analysis revealed that there were multiple attendance motivation factors and that most participants ranked more than one factor as being of highest importance to them.…

Discusses the human and material resources that are necessary to provide maximum benefits for student nurses in a cooperative clinical experience program. Presents guidelines for starting a student clinical experience program or enhancing an existent one. Explores the advantages of such a program for the cooperating hospital. (JOW)

Discusses various aspects of continuing education in nursing including teacher selection, continuing education units, American Nurses' Association accreditation criteria, instructor effectiveness, and coordinator role. (JOW)

Describes the emotions encountered in confronting nursing students involved in plagiarism and presents the experience as a process involving denial, anger, and resolution. Evaluates and recommends that nurse educators be prepared to deal with academic dishonesty. (JOW)

A school of nursing combines dormitories, classrooms, administrative offices, and a public interior courtyard into a structure incorporating Mediterranean, Bauhaus, Corbusian, and high-tech influences. (Author/JM)

Presents strategies for clinical knowledge development, for documenting, conserving, and enhancing the unique knowledge of the experienced clinician. Examines differences between practical and theoretical knowledge and discusses the implications for enhancing the practical knowledge nurses gain through clinical experience. (Author/CT)

Examines the public health nurses' need for synthesis of general background knowledge in nursing. Lists core curriculum essentials in baccalaureate level nursing education and discusses the synthesis process and integration of field and course work. (CT)

Continuing nursing education's scope is explored. The authors discuss the providers of this education; credentials and status of directors of continuing education; competition for nurses in continuing education programs; organizational resources; mandatory continuing education; and program evaluation. (CT)

This paper examines the place that mentorship has, and might potentially have, in the development of scholarliness in nursing. It argues that mentorship and sponsorship are essential for the scholarly development of nurses and for the integration of the scholarly role in the self. (CT)

Families care for their elderly even when the burden is enormous, suffer guilt when institutionalization becomes necessary, and maintain contact after institutionalization. Policies must be developed to reduce premature institutionalization, help families cope with the process when it becomes necessary, and provide institutional care to those…

This article describes a workshop designed to provide registered nurses contemplating further education with both factual information and assistance in the decision-making process. It discusses the need for such workshops and describes how to plan and implement them. (Author)

Describes the steps taken by City College School of Nursing (New York) in the development of nursing student placement tests. These steps include determining test items, use of multiple-choice questions, test revision, clinical performance tests, estimating test reliability, establishing standards, and using the tests. (CT)

Introduces a project celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of associate degree nursing (ADN) education. Reviews the efforts and plans of two national associations to identify and resolve recurring ADN issues and recognize the associate degree nurse's contributions. Describes the forums and publications planned to meet these objectives. Includes…