Describes a course at the Indiana University School of Nursing which allows senior students in a baccalaureate nursing program to concentrate on emotionally disturbed children in an advanced nursing course. Discusses course philosophy, clinical experiences, and program results. (CT)

Describes a program in which elementary school pupils regularly visit elderly residents of a nursing home to read aloud to them. (GT)

The findings of the 1974 study indicated that all nurses surveyed (in Vancouver, Canada) participated in some kind of continuous learning, and more participated in self-directed learning (reading and using audiovisual resource materials) than in group-oriented programs with an instructor. Motives, attitudes, and socioeconomic characteristics were…

Patterns of friendship among intellectually intact nursing home patients were studied about relationships with other nursing home residents, staff, volunteers, and friends outside the institution. Findings demonstrated two-thirds of the patient-respondents named residents as friends, two-thirds named staff, and one-half named volunteers. Presented…

Ten female doctoral students in nursing, aged 30-50, expressed a loss of "voice" in the educational experience. In a process viewed as an heroic journey, they achieved empowerment through the formation of a community of scholarly caring and emancipation resulting from assertion of their scholarly identity. (SK)

Grading profiles for formative and summative assessment in a British nursing school were designed with criterion referencing to improve validity and interrater and intercourse reliability. Assessment was conceptualized as an ethical activity that clarifies expectations through specification of criteria. (SK)

A 6-week experiential course based on a model of death education and transformative learning prepared nursing students to care for dying patients. Pretest/posttest scores for 45 who received the intervention and 59 controls showed the intervention contributed to a significant positive increase in attitudes toward care of the dying. (Contains 27…

Describes the development of an educational audit tool to assess the quality of the learning environment for nursing students in practice settings. The tool evaluates the physical environment, the learning climate, and students' perceptions. (SK)

A community college nursing program in Hawaii partners with the American Red Cross in service learning projects that prepare nursing students as AIDS prevention educators. Flexibility and partner commitment eased the challenges of time constraints, funding gaps, and workloads. (SK)

A survey of 43 nursing graduate students examined the influence of learning attributes and instructional dimensions on satisfaction with the course and medium (interactive videoconference and Internet). Only instructor/instruction contributed to the explanation of variance in satisfaction. (Contains 78 references.) (SK)

In responses of the emerging (n=176, "twenty-something" students) and entrenched (n=49, nurses aged 40-68) nursing work force, the older group cited competence, approachability, and caring as desirable faculty traits; the younger group chose approachability, communication, professionalism, and supportiveness. There were similar…

Explains the development and delivery of a Bachelor of Nursing Science degree as a distance education program at James Cook University (Australia). Topics include physical isolation; distance and access; resources; financial costs to students; course development; scheduling clinical placements and residential schools; student expectations;…

Use of fictional or "virtual" families in problem-based learning scenarios was assessed by 17 first-year and 14 third-year nursing students. Virtual families enabled longitudinal study of health care and family dynamics, a holistic approach, and integration of learning across the curriculum. (Contains 20 references.) (SK)

A mental health promotion perspective provides a system-based understanding of relationships between culture and health. Educating nurses for multicultural practice should adopt an interdisciplinary approach that fosters critical awareness of diverse influences on mental health and their intersections. (Contains 38 references.) (SK)

Transformative philosophy was used to redesign a course for special education and nursing majors. To encourage collaboration, dialogue and interaction were included. Course evaluation by 21 students showed positive responses to the presence of medically fragile children in classrooms and awareness of the need for communication and collaboration…