A new lease of life.

A new lease of life.


Treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax.

Treatment of spontaneous pneumothorax.


Tea and empathy.

Tea and empathy.


Staff development and performance review.


A lesson for the government on legislation procedure.


The essence of Briggs.

The essence of Briggs.


A woman's place.

A woman's place.


Who are we?

Who are we?


The wound irrigation device.

The wound irrigation device.


Nursing care study: subluxation of the atlanto-occipital joint.


Abruptio placentae.

Abruptio placentae.


Pressure sore prevalence: a survey of sores in orthopaedic patients.


Nursing care study: a patient with pressure sores.


The treatment of pressure sores in geriatric patients: a trial of sterculia powder.


Perspective on nursing: what the calling really means.


Role of public relations in hospitals.

Role of public relations in hospitals.


Staff nurse and training aspects.

Staff nurse and training aspects.


Nursing as a career.

Nursing as a career.


Why not a separate department for nursing education?


International Year of the Child (IYC) 1979.


Declaration of the rights of the child.

Declaration of the rights of the child.


Professional accountability of nurses.

Professional accountability of nurses.


A call for change.

A call for change.


Developing insight.

Developing insight.


Awareness status of rural girl students toward the basic sex aspects: a study.


Some comments about roles.

Some comments about roles.


Hydatid cyst of the liver--a case study.


Health knowledge assessment--a new approach in community health.


Implementation of basic health workers programme in Uttar Pradesh.


Helping ourselves to care.

Helping ourselves to care.


A community kitchen in the Kamanves slum, India.


Youngsters who go off the rails.

Youngsters who go off the rails.


To Russia, for care: at the centre of things.


To Russia, for care: a question of roles.


Community nursing: a taxing problem for midwives.


Practical nursing: applying the nursing process to the care of the mentally handicapped.


Anatomy and physiology: the respiratory system.


The nature of fat: what a fat lot of good it is!


Mastectomy: counselling removes patients' fear.


Why we propose a new model of care.

Why we propose a new model of care.


Picture quiz--Parkinson's disease.

Picture quiz--Parkinson's disease.


The Rcn vote: a case of professional genocide? Spotlight on industrial action.


Forget your fears, Moyle tells HVs. Spotlight on Briggs.


The operating room theatre: programme for today, design for 2001.


An antidote for apathy.

An antidote for apathy.


Vital links: an ambulanceman called Jimmy.


Theatre of protest among the ODAs.

Theatre of protest among the ODAs.


Community nursing: geography versus jabs.


Are you being well served?

Are you being well served?


Anatomy and physiology: the urinary system.


Obesity: facing up to the fats.

Obesity: facing up to the fats.


Psychotherapy: psychodrama - an emotional outlet.


Counting the cost of Jay.

Counting the cost of Jay.


Immunology: damage from immune response.


Picture quiz: herpes zoster.

Picture quiz: herpes zoster.


Nursing care study. Cerebrovascular accident: teamwork aids a stroke patient.


Why I wouldn't sign the Jay report.

Why I wouldn't sign the Jay report.


Danger! Nurses at work.

Danger! Nurses at work.


Tamara Ross in Scotland: an oasis north of the border: the best of both worlds.


Vital links: where the buck (often) stops.


Are classes 4 and 5 paying attention?

Are classes 4 and 5 paying attention?


Community nursing: a third hand for the arthritic.


Practical nursing: the administration of oxygen.


Anatomy and physiology. The male reproductive system.


Porcine skin: a way to help the healing.


Hypovolaemic shock. Bleeding: a shock to the system.


Immunology: immunodeficiency diseases.

Immunology: immunodeficiency diseases.


Nursing care study. Breast tumor: taking the patient's point of view.


Picture quiz: follicular tonsillitis.

Picture quiz: follicular tonsillitis.


Cardiac catheterisation.

Cardiac catheterisation.


Nurses in unions spells CONFLICT.

Nurses in unions spells CONFLICT.


Uniform or mufti?

Uniform or mufti?


The balance of injustice.

The balance of injustice.


Mum's the word for babies in hospital.

Mum's the word for babies in hospital.


Vital links: a day in the life of Joe, the porter.


Tamara Ross in Scotland: looking on the bright side.


Community nursing: ice maidens made to foot the bill.


Community nursing: no need to flaw the pelvic floor.


Practical nursing: passing tubes and catheters.


Anatomy and physiology: the female reproductive system.


Low birth weight: born too early or too small.


Immunology: protection against infection.


Nursing care study. Hydatiform mole: Sharon's 'miniature' labor.


Picture quiz: myomata.

Picture quiz: myomata.


A war effort of a different kind.

A war effort of a different kind.


No way, Mrs Jay: don't disband the RNMS--improve it!


Assessing ward assessments.

Assessing ward assessments.


The dark side of nursing.

The dark side of nursing.


The dark side of nursing: what happened to the man in bed 14?


The dark side of nursing: a natural way of life.


The dark side of nursing: special skills for special patients.


The dark side of nursing: the nurse who asked why.


The dark side of nursing: a twentieth century taboo.


Vital links: a finger in many pies.

Vital links: a finger in many pies.


The balance of injustice.

The balance of injustice.


The Ulster scene.

The Ulster scene.


Practical nursing: intravenous infusion.


Anatomy and physiology: the digestive tract--2.


Immunology: autoimmunity and disease.

Immunology: autoimmunity and disease.


What happens to lost sheep who go astray.


Teaching nurses in clinical settings.

Teaching nurses in clinical settings.


A herd of vocational donkeys.

A herd of vocational donkeys.


When the music goes off-key.

When the music goes off-key.


A treat is a bag of chips for two.

A treat is a bag of chips for two.


Practical nursing: out-patient ECT.

Practical nursing: out-patient ECT.


Anatomy and physiology: the eye.

Anatomy and physiology: the eye.


Computed tomography: a giant step forward in neurology.


There's no other way.

There's no other way.


Nursing care study. Wilson's disease: excess copper invades the body.


Picture quiz: umbilical hernia.

Picture quiz: umbilical hernia.


Our strongest card.

Our strongest card.


My staff come first.

My staff come first.


Teaching nurses: in clinical settings--2.


If you're getting married.

If you're getting married.


Betwixt and between.

Betwixt and between.


It's a struggle to cope.

It's a struggle to cope.


Practical nursing: the nursing process. 1. Its value for special hospital patients.


Anatomy and physiology: the heart.

Anatomy and physiology: the heart.


Ocular entoptic phenomenon: a case of spots before the eyes.


Immunology: such an important role to play.


Nursing care study. Restoring speech: the end of a long silence.


Time to be home with the family. Terminal illness.


Picture quiz: scabies.

Picture quiz: scabies.


Community nursing: in the small dark hours.


Discovering one's identity.

Discovering one's identity.


Community nursing: roll down your stockings.


Mental health: getting the balance right.


Altering patients' responses to surgery: an extension and replication.


Effects of thermal applications on the abdominal temperature of rats.


The notion of a practice theory and the relationship of scientific and ethical knowledge to practice.


Disengagement and reinforcement in the elderly.


The use of verbal and tactile comfort to alleviate distress in young hospitalized children.


Development of an instrument to measure exercise of self-care agency.


Predominant source of interpersonal influence in relations between psychiatric patients and nursing staff.


Postpartum perceptions of touch received during labor.


Keeping anticoagulants under control.

Keeping anticoagulants under control.


Assertiveness workbook: Doctoring reality--to nurse your nerves back to health.


The gay patient: what not to do.

The gay patient: what not to do.


The gay patient: what you should be doing.


Vaginal hysterectomy.

Vaginal hysterectomy.


Mandatory BSN.

Mandatory BSN.


Has this state board betrayed nursing?

Has this state board betrayed nursing?


Legally speaking: $30,000 worth of trouble over an ice pack.


Nurses' associations and collective bargaining: wave of the past?


Leadership at work: we let our students do inservice.


Opinion exchange: Diane's desperate decision.


Barbara's resuscitation dilemma.

Barbara's resuscitation dilemma.


Post-op wound dressings: your guide to impeccable technique.


Assertiveness workbook. How to face down a crowd: don't let your fear of groups place you in the silent majority.


Head trauma: when careful assessment's a matter of life and death.


You too can be a difficult patient.

You too can be a difficult patient.


Save this patient - or die!

Save this patient - or die!


You really are underpaid.

You really are underpaid.


Legally speaking: how trouble on another unit can still be your problem.


Toward a realistic strategy for 1985.

Toward a realistic strategy for 1985.


Different method seen for assessing students.


Association should work to ease nursing shortage.


Labour 'n nurses: how nurses are affected by essential services act.


Education, service, and the two-year diploma graduate.


Professional profiles: the nurse practitioner.


Conflict theory.

Conflict theory.


An education program for hysterectomy patients.


Change, conflict, continuing education, competency.


Nurse-doctor dissension still thrives.

Nurse-doctor dissension still thrives.


A tool for dealing with nursing problems.


Law for the nurse supervisor: nosocomial infections.


The art and science of supervision. Knowing the score.


The prostitution of CPR.

The prostitution of CPR.


The right to die: in support of passive euthanasia.


Professional unity.

Professional unity.


The patient is a person--and so is the nurse.


Primary health care: a graduate nursing program's response to the challenge.


A hospital protocol for treatment of sexual assault victims.


Sexual assault legislative reform in Virginia: an update.


The legislative land of Oz.

The legislative land of Oz.


Community health nursing in an integrated curriculum.


Nursing - a profession? To be or not to be.


American Nurses' Association ethical and legal aspects of nursing practice: selected trends and issues report. September, 1978.


Your questions are answered on Nursing Practice Standards.


March is Red Cross Month.

March is Red Cross Month.


Health promotion by seat belt legislation.


Professionalism in nursing--credo.

Professionalism in nursing--credo.


Alberta nurse - a "foringee" in Ethiopia.


From R.N. to B.Sc.N.?

From R.N. to B.Sc.N.?


It's time to look to the future.

It's time to look to the future.


The asthmatic child: preventing and controlling attacks.


Hands that hurt: carpal tunnel syndrome.


Hands that hurt less.

Hands that hurt less.


Blizzard '78: dealing with disaster.

Blizzard '78: dealing with disaster.


Oxygen transport.

Oxygen transport.


How open heart surgery feels.

How open heart surgery feels.


The psychiatric nurse's role identity.

The psychiatric nurse's role identity.


Pediatricians' acceptance of PNPs.

Pediatricians' acceptance of PNPs.


Preventing hepatotoxicity in acetaminophen overdose.


How do graduates of different types of programs perform on state boards?


BCG administration and nursing implications.


BCG in cancer therapy: patient responses to BCG therapy for malignant melanoma.


Proving negligence in nursing practice.

Proving negligence in nursing practice.


Directory of accredited organizations approved programs/offerings and accredited non-degree granting expanded role programs in nursing.


Primary care in a pluralistic society: impediments to health care delivery.


Impediments to health care delivery (discussion groups).


Using the legal system to shape nursing practice.


The three faces of teaching research: issues.


Translating research to practice.

Translating research to practice.


Education for minorities in community health nursing.


Lifestyles and ethnic illnesses encountered in community health nursing.


Role conflicts of middle managers in baccalaureate and higher degree nursing programs in the United States.


Identification and explanation of strategies to develop power for nursing.


Practice at the top leadership level.

Practice at the top leadership level.


Issues in professional negotiation.

Issues in professional negotiation.


Professional negotiations: a perspective from nursing administration.


Professional negotiations: a perspective from nursing practice.


The expanded role: issues and opportunities for nursing.


Developing guidelines for clinical privileges for nurse practitioners.


The privileged nurse.

The privileged nurse.


Planning for nursing resources.

Planning for nursing resources.


Shaping practice behaviors through performance examinations.


Tomorrow's aged: impact of transgenerational trends on nursing education.


Outcome standards for cancer nursing practice.


The impact of the nurse on the practice environment and consumer health.


The determination of binding parameters from protection experiments. A quantitative assay for ternary complex formation of elongation factor Tu, GTP, and aminoacyl-tRNA.


Inclusion of nursing services vital to any NHI program.


ANA, AMA presidents emphasize harmony.

ANA, AMA presidents emphasize harmony.


FTC rules against AMA advertising code.

FTC rules against AMA advertising code.


Nurses join in rescue efforts for Portland disaster victims.


A statement about entry into practice.

A statement about entry into practice.


Commentary--nurses demonstrate political awareness.


Health leaders skeptical of AFT plan to organize nurses.


Credentialing study report submitted to ANA.


Nursing education, research funded. House restores 37 million dollar in budget cuts.


Hospice movement must recognize human needs.


Quality care for dying patients dependent on nurses.


Are hospitals supporting CE for nurses?

Are hospitals supporting CE for nurses?


State CE requirements cause problems for AORN, other providers.


The perioperative role: a practical approach.


Needed: competent community nurse practitioners.


PACT offers perioperative role for nurses.


Operative endoscopy: challenge for OR nurse.


A demonstrattion of primary care nursing in a community setting--the Leveriza project.


Outpatient surgery: an alternative.

Outpatient surgery: an alternative.


OR nursing in ambulatory surgery.

OR nursing in ambulatory surgery.


Study of micro-organisms found in the throat of nurses in a public general hospital.


Nurses' right to report errant surgeon.

Nurses' right to report errant surgeon.


Assessment of nursing practice for certification.


Where should the patient's cast be removed?


Methylmethacrylate: uses and complications.


A modified table for knee surgery.

A modified table for knee surgery.


Perioperative role in practice.

Perioperative role in practice.


Hemodynamic monitoring setup.

Hemodynamic monitoring setup.


OR nurses look at the circulator role.

OR nurses look at the circulator role.


Committee on Nurse Education and Training report tabled in Parliament: statement by the Federal Minister for Education.


Current midwifery practice overseas.

Current midwifery practice overseas.


Nursing staffing patterns in Australian hospitals.


A realistic assessment of examination scores.


Continuing nursing audit.

Continuing nursing audit.


Fears of the hospital trained nurse, her future mobility and international recognition.


The tradition of nursing.

The tradition of nursing.


Meet the occupational health nurse.

Meet the occupational health nurse.


Ten years of preventive geriatric services in the city of Germiston: introduction.


Ten years of preventive geriatric services in the city of Germiston.


Ten years of preventive geriatric services in the city of Germiston. Tracing the aged in a community.


Ten years of preventive geriatric services in the city of Germiston. A member of the community geriatric team.


Ten years of preventive geriatric services in the city of Germiston. Some interesting cases which I have dealth with as a geriatric health nurse.


Love in action.

Love in action.


Health education in Bophuthatswana.

Health education in Bophuthatswana.


Mental health education.

Mental health education.


The heart of nursing.

The heart of nursing.


Adverse reactions to anti-infective agents.


Neurologic complications of systemic cancer.


The sexually transmissible diseases.

The sexually transmissible diseases.


Nursing: path or destination.

Nursing: path or destination.


Closing the gap between research and practice: changing the answers to the 'who', the 'where' and the 'how' of nursing research.


A 'social systems' approach to research and change in nursing care.


United States undergraduate nursing education: a system pathology.


Expected and observed behavior of nurses and terminal patients.


Programed instruction for self-care following pulmonary surgery.


Student learning following an educational experience at an alcohol Rehabilitation Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.


The effect of repetitive teaching on patient's knowledge about drugs to be taken at home.


Predictors of practical nursing state board examination scores.


Clinical research: translation into nursing practice.


An operationalization of Martha Rogers' theory throughout the nursing process.


Beliefs and customs regarding breast feeding among Egyptian women in Alexandria.


Personality and emotional stress measurement on hypertensive patients with essential and secondary hypertension.


Comparison of Rhys Hearn method of determining nursing staff requirements with the Aberdeen formula.


Quality assurance: insurance against malpractice.


A new nursing education programme for independent Mozambique.


Group discussion: a tool for student selection.


Continuing care in a primary nursing setting: role of a clinical specialist.


The clinical assessment of fluid balance.


In search of a Chinese critical care unit.


Impact of ambulance life support on outcomes of cardiovascular emergencies.


Investigation of intake-output as a means of assessing body fluid balance. This study has demonstrated a mean error in I-O figures of 799.50 cc per day when compared with daily weight calculations. There was no statistically significant correlation between the two values. It is suggested that a change be made in nursing practice. If recording of intake-output is to continue as a nursing practice, then it must be coupled with daily weighings and used only in cases where intake must be limited and/or output carefully monitored. Then the two figures, weight loss and gain and fluid balance, loss or gain, must be compared and causes sought for any variances greater than +/- 250 cc.


Complications associated with balloon-tipped, flow-directed catheters. In summary, the balloon-tipped, flow-directed catheter is used almost universally to obtain important diagnostic information at the bedside with a relatively low risk of serious complications. The flexibility of the catheter and the protection of the catheter tip with the inflated balloon as it passes through the heart chambers have contributed to the low incidence of complications associated with cardiac arrhythmias. Although serious complications are rare, they have been reported to occur. It should always be kept in mind that this technique is an invasive one and can be potentially dangerous. Most of the complications associated with flow-directed catheters can be avoided, however, if they do occur the user should be able to recognize the problem immediately and correct it if possible.


Left subclavian vein puncture for insertion of Swan-Ganz catheters. A rapid, safe, and reliable method for insertion of Swan-Ganz flow-directed, balloon-tipped catheters using the left subclavian vein is described. Experience with this method in 24 consecutive patients indicates a distinct advantage over the antecubital fossa approach: A venous cutdown is not necessary, the pulmonary artery is readily entered, fluoroscopy is not required, the patient is free to move both arms, and thrombophlebitis and infection occur infrequently. With proper attention to landmarks such as the clavicular tubercle, the procedure may be performed with facility. The major complication, pneumothorax, is minimized if mechanical ventilators are briefly disconnected during the subclavian puncture.


Attitudes towards mental illness: a comparison of post-basic nursing students with science students. Two groups of Nigerian university students were compared in terms of their attitudes towards mental illness. Responses on the OMI scale questionnaire items on attitudes towards mental illness were examined. Subjects were 37 registered general nurses from the Faculty of Medicine and 15 science students from the Faculty of Science. Differences between the nurses and science students not attributable to age were observed in Factors A : Authoritarianism, B: Benevolence and D: Social restrictiveness. The nurses scored lower on the above mentioned factors while they scored higher on Interpersonal etiology and Mental hygiene ideology. Also intercorrelation between the five factors was done. Positive correlation was found between Authoritarianism and Social restrictiveness and also between these two factors and Benevolence.


Programmed instruction as a patient teaching tool: a study of myocardial infarction patients receiving warfarin.


Measurement in nursing education.

Measurement in nursing education. The objectives for this paper are fourfold. Evaluation is put into perspective, including measurement and assessment, in relation to the curriculum as a whole. The elements included in the evaluation of educational programmes are outlined. The process of evaluation is related to learning abilities in the cognitive, affective, psychomotor and experiential domains. Finally, some conclusions are made about the process of evaluation.


A preceptorship program of orientation within the critical care unit.


Enhancement of recall of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR): Use of moving-image card to review the dynamics of CPR. Since victims of cardiac arrest have a more favorable outcome when CPR is immediately applied, it is important to continue to motivate individuals to learn proper technique. It is equally important to ensure that individuals who have learned CPR maintain adequate recall of the procedure. With the intent of enhancing recall of the principles of CPR, a wallet-size plastic card was developed which, when tilted, creates the illusion of movements. Thus, the card enables a viewer to review the dynamic aspects of CPR and reinforces the essential steps of establishing an airway and maintaining breathing and circulation.


Group sessions as a method of reducing anxiety in patients with coronary artery disease. The purpose of the group sessions in our hospital was to relieve patient anxiety by offering the patients an opportunity to discuss lifestyle changes necessary for adjustment in living with CAD in order to better adapt to the illness. A series of informal group sessions accomplished these purposes admirably. It is the opinion of these authors that nurses educated in group skills should institute group sessions for patients with CAD. The benefits to both the nurse and patient are unlimited.


A sociological approach to the analysis of nursing work. This paper describes, from a sociological perspective, the work of hospital ward nurses. An analogy is drawn between the work organization of miners at the coal-face and that of nurses in hospital wards. Work roles are considered in order to provide a framework for the analysis of the work of nurses. Multi-skilled and single skilled work roles are described and the concept of a hierarchy of nursing tasks is considered. Problems of observing and analyzing the work of nurses are highlighted with particular reference to the type of environment in which hospital nursing takes place.


Role perception of the staff nurse in the intensive care unit. A group of 201 ICU staff nurses were questioned regarding those activities they perceived as (1) most important, (2) most time-consuming, and (3) most professional. This information was collected to provide a data base for defining the role of the ICU staff nurse and evaluating the implications for nursing administration and staff development. The results indicated that the nurses are doing what they perceive to be important, but not what they perceive to be professional. There were differences in ranking relationships when the basic educational preparation of the nurse was considered as a variable. The results indicate that role perception was more a function of job requirements than a function of educational background. Comparing functional groupings of activities, the nurses ranked direct patient care activities high in time consumption and for importance when compared to nondirect patient care activities, but neither was ranked high for professionalism. This implies a disparity between perception of importance vs. professionalism.


Reality and expectation of the British National Health Service Consumer. On the analysis of some 40 000 letters received each year, the author, a medical journalist, has identified nine main categories of queries about health care problems which are not adequately dealt with by the British National Health Services. The problems are concerned with anatomy and physiology, illness, pregnancy and childbirth, contraception, child care, mental health, the old and plastic surgery. By focusing on these unmet needs, a plea is made to rectify the matter.


Applications to undergraduate nursing courses. Education of nurses has in recent years developed in centres of higher education, but with a rapid rise in courses offered concern has been expressed that too few suitable applicants may be available. This study has attempted to ascertain actual demand for the courses available by cross-referencing applications to a sample of courses, and has demonstrated a downward trend of suitable applications over the two years 1975 and 1976. A cautionary approach to establishing new courses or increasing numbers on existing courses may be advisable and further comparable work will be carried out to assess the validity of the trends already found.


Pericarditis after acute myocardial infarction: manifestations and nursing implications.


Sudden cardiac death and selective myocardial cell necrosis. Sudden cardiac death is characterized by ventricular fibrillation. There is evidence that the pathologic lesion associated with sudden cardiac death is selective myocardial cell necrosis. This lesion can be induced experimentally in animals by the administration of catecholamines. A hypothetical association between the effect of catecholamines and ventricular fibrillation has been discussed.


The nursing profession: ritualized, routinized or research-based?


Critical care unit transfer: reducing patient stress through nursing interventions. Thirty patients hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction were studied by means of comparison of randomized groups to determine the effectiveness of two different nursing interventions on reducing the stress associated with CCU transfer. In order to promote continuity of patient care, one intervention implemented a family centered nursing approach while the other established a staff nurse-patient relationship prior to transfer to the general medical unit. Inferences as to the relationship between each of the nursing interventions and reduction of patient stress during the CCU transfer period were based on a comparison of the mean scores of psychosocial and physiological measures for the experimental and control groups. Six variables were measured. Overall, experimental patients in each group scored lower than control patients for (1-3) patient stress as reported by patient, family, and nurse, (4) cardiovascular complications within 24 hours of transfer, and (5) cardiovascular complications 24 to 72 hours after transfer; no difference was found in (6) physical complaints reported by the patient the evening of transfer.


An interdisciplinary tool for assessing patients' readiness for discharge in the rehabilitation setting. This paper describes the setting up of an interdisciplinary tool to assess readiness for discharge of patients from hospital. The rationale behind the tool is discussed and the literature is reviewed for current perspectives of measurement in rehabilitation, the desirability of planning discharges of referrals and the interdisciplinary nature of the health care team. The concept of readiness is also discussed. Finally, the evolution of the tool is described and its use with selected patients in a rehabilitation hospital is demonstrated.


A study in atrial fusion.

A study in atrial fusion.


Sudden death--how can we prevent it?

Sudden death--how can we prevent it?


Acute problems in the coronary care unit that do not require intervention. II. Atrial fibrillation with optimal heart rates. Acute onset of atrial fibrillation during the early period of an MI does not require antiarrhythmic therapy if the ventricular response is not excessive and the patient is hemodynamically stable. The use of diuretics and/or unloading agents, determined by the degree of CHF, is the preferred management. Use of digitalis glycosides is potentially hazardous because of the possibility of precipitating A-V block in patients with acute A-V nodal injury.


Commitment to change in British nursing education.


Commitment to nursing.

Commitment to nursing. After a discussion of models of nursing, the author focuses on what nurses are and argues that their perceptions are significantly different from those of medical practitioners. The commitment of nurses is discussed, debated and explored and some values shared between newly qualified nurses and the lay public. Commitment is put into the prespective of 'accountability' and its effects on assessing quality of care and nurse-patient relationships are discussed. The author also argues that in certain circumstances she would contemplate defecting from 'being a nurse', particularly with regards to her personal concern for the mentally disordered. But the message that pervades the paper is that once one is a nurse, one is a nurse forever. Finally researchers are admonished to strive for 'an elucidation of the nature of commitment'.


Patterns of nurse activity.

Patterns of nurse activity. A major study was undertaken in three acute hospitals of how nursing staff occupied their time on the medical, surgical and orthopaedic wards, the observation technique adopted being systematic activity sampling. In addition all the interactions patients received from nurses were recorded, the categorization scheme for both sets of data being identical. This paper presents the overall results which emerged from the computer analysis of this material. One of the less expected results is the amount of nursing performed which is categorized as Basic.


The inability to transfer classroom learning to clinical nursing practice: a learning problem and its remedial plan. The inability to transfer classroom knowledge to clinical nursing practice is a common learning problem encountered by many nursing students. Manifestations of this problem may involve both the academic performance and personal development of the students: inability to solve problems in nursing situations; inflexibility and rigidity in the exercise of nursing care; fragmentation of nursing care; and apathy towards clinical practice. Because of the seriousness of this learning problem, a plan must be formulated to rectify it. This plan is developed with major emphasis on the teaching process, the student and the curriculum. One of the important roles of a teacher is to help students understand many widely useful relationships, principles or generalizations. In order to enhance transfer, nursing students must be given ample opportunities to apply the learned principles in a variety of nursing situations. Learning is a self-active process; an ideal transfer demands the students' conscious realization that transfer is possible. Students need to be committed to the belief that particular facts in the classroom study are pertinent in other situations. To promote transfer, the curriculum must be designed in such a way so that it has transfer value in terms of the students' goals and purposes. Furthermore, proper sequence of curricular activities is crucial if transfer of classroom knowledge to clinical practice is to occur.


Criteria to be used in the selection of clinical areas for basic nurse training. The problem of establishing criteria to be considered when selecting clinical areas for basic nurse training was investigated by the Teaching team from Bexley Hospital Nurse Education Centre, Kent. Establishments involved in training personnel in occupations other than nursing were examined and evaluated in order to see if comparisons could be made. Unfortunately the establishments chosen provided little information in respect of learner placement in nursing. Contributions to the nursing literature in respect of the subject being considered were sparse, but articles by Martin (1976), Roper (1976), Schröck (1973) and Strohmann (1977) were interesting and of considerable value. Whilst the project at Bexley involved examination of the more obvious criteria used in the selection of training areas, considerable attention was paid to the attitudes of clinical nursing personnel towards nurse education and training. Replies to an educational questionnaire devised by the team revealed many significant differences between the attitudes of those nurses involved in basic nurse training in the hospital's wards and departments when compared with those of other teaching and service personnel. A checklist of criteria was ultimately complied and it was suggested that a further comparative study emphasizing the attitude component of this project should be made in 12 months time.


Professionalism in nursing master's graduates. The past 10 years have seen a shift in the master's level preparation of nurses. The majority of nurses currently seeking advanced preparation choose clinical specialization as the functional area rather than teaching. Such a shift in focus reflects the ever increasing specialization of services associated with an ever-growing complex society. Although the shift in focus of preparation and the concomitant change in curriculum design have been documented, few scientific investigations have been conducted on the graduates from master's programmes. Of those studies that have been conducted, the majority have focused on the differential personal characteristics of graduate nursing students in different types of programmes. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between a nurse's area of functional preparation in a master's degree programme and the individual's level of professionalism. The independent variable of the study was functional area of preparation in a master's programme. The dependent variables became enrolment in a formal programme of study, subscription to professional journals, attendance at non-formal educational programmes, number of authored publications, membership in professional organizations and employment in prepared area, as these seemed to reflect the criteria of professionalism explicated by Flexner (1915). The data for the study were gleaned from questionnaires sent to the 637 individuals who had graduated from the programme. Of the 395 questionnaires that were returned, only 272 were usable. This number represented 43% of the graduate population. The chi-square test was used to analyse the data. Each of the chi-square values for association between professionalism and graduate specialty was found to be significant. Postgraduates prepared as teachers met Flexner's criteria more often than did postgraduates prepared as clinical specialists.


The British National Health Service 1948-1978: should we start again? The author concludes that since the British National Health Service is the product of a complex history, it is impossible th start again: however, the removal of three factors and the development of one would greatly improve it. The factors to be removed are: (i) the witch hunt against management, which has become the scapegoat for other ills; (ii) the medical model of health care, which is no longer relevant or practical; (iii) the industrial model, which has forced the NHS into an inappropriate style of management, trade unionism and employment patterns. The factor to be developed is the clinical skill of the nurse; such development requires improved educational opportunities and a clinical career structure.


Minnesota study suggests means of reducing turnover rates in nursing homes.


Nursing station design using a social theory model.


From staff nurse to head nurse: a trying transition. The new head nurse is often unprepared for the role transition required by this new position. In this retrospective analysis of their first six months as head nurses, the authors, with a sense of humor, define a transition process consisting of three maturational stages. If nursing administrators and new head nurses anticipate and recognize these stages and their effects on nursing staff and care delivery, some of the resulting problems may be alleviated.


The evolution of a public health nursing performance evaluation tool. A tool was developed to evaluate the performance of nurses in a large public health department. Nursing staff were involved in the development process and received inservice education in some aspects of performance that would be measured by the tool. The evaluation tool is used to assess performance in four areas: clinical practice, supervision and management, professional growth and research. The authors wish to express their appreciation to the following individuals in the Chicago Department of Health who worked so diligently in the development of the Performance Evaluation Tool and the inservice education program described in this paper: Elizabeth Velten, Lee Gross, JoAnn Macon, Mitchi Oki, Carol Corcoran, Hazel Barclay, Carrie Manley, Evelyn Ribic, Etherlene Palmer, Zettie Richardson. The authors also acknowledge the guidance of Ms. Claudie Leckeisik during the preparation of this manuscript.


Health education for kindergarten children. A health education program for kindergarten children was jointly planned and conducted by health and education professionals. The program demonstrates an application of an approach based on skill development for health behavior. It is presented as an example of how a school district can take beginning steps in developing a foundation for teaching health skills. A unique activity of the program included medical students as a means of involving health care professionals as part of school health education.


A report on child health services "Down under".


Values education: extending the view.

Values education: extending the view. A number of values education strategies have recently been developed for use in the classroom. The Shaver model described here incorporates a rational decision-making process based on basic moral values. That process involves identifying and clarifying values, value labeling and generalization, examining the possible consequences of value decision, recognizing and resolving value conflict, and forming qualified decisions. It is not, however, necessary to proceed through that exact sequence of steps. For example, values discussion may begin with the teacher helping a students to recognize a value conflict. From that point, the discussion may move the identification and labeling of values. Consequently, there is flexibility in how this model may be used in the classroom. This model is developed on the premise that people who use such a process in making decisions relating to social-ethnical issues enhance their functioning within a democratic society. It is suggested that people who utilize this process in relation to health issues can likewise enhance the effectiveness of their health-related decisions. Hopefully, there will be a yield of postive health behaviors.


Learning disabilities: implications for health education.


Confessions of a health education researcher.


Nurse's station: little drops of water . . .


The role of primary health care in the schools.


Approach and avoidance behaviors by women in labor toward others.


The maternal care of asthmatic children.


A five year old boy's aggressive and compensatory behavior in response to immobilization.


A preschool child's use of language in coping with hospitalization.


Transition to parenthood: a group experience.


[Community access broadcasting].

[Community access broadcasting].


Home births versus hospital births. Dutch midwives defend home births.


American nursing in the seventies: a summary of trends, problems and progress.


Goodbye, Mr C.

Goodbye, Mr C.


Nursing role in the detection, evaluation and treatment of high blood pressure.


Independent nursing.

Independent nursing.


Who is the clinical role model for nursing students? The perspective of a nursing administrator.


A study of selected attitudes toward nurse-midwifery.


Proposed cutback of 1979 Nurse Training Act funds.


MNA fights Carter's nurse funds cutback.


Nursing encounters.

Nursing encounters.


Midwifery care within the 'new obstetrics'.


Tuberculosis in Britain today.

Tuberculosis in Britain today.


Sex therapy.

Sex therapy.


Personal opinion--on case conferences.

Personal opinion--on case conferences.


Midwives can make it.

Midwives can make it.


The placenta--friend or foe?

The placenta--friend or foe?


Pillows spread methicillin-resistant staphylococci.


Standards for adequate minimum personal health services. Consideration of adequate minimum standards for health services usually fails to distinguish among the underlying interpretations of the problem--poverty, wastefulness, or harmfulness. Proposed "redistributive" programs, then, must specify what it is that is to be redistributed; the shortages may not be where expected. Government as guarantor of rights may be more effective in health services than as provider of programs. Adequate standards will best be advanced through adequate financial assistance.


Organizational determinants of services, quality and cost of care in hospitals. Characteristics of hospitals may be useful predictors of the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of services delivered. But it is difficult to explain the variables of cost and quality among hospitals until differences among patients and outcomes are accounted for. A promising new research approach is explored as a source of information on that most elusive of all measures in service organizations--the outcome experienced by clients.


The things patients say about their nurses.


Specialize in general nursing--on an "overnight" unit.


What's troubling Brian?

What's troubling Brian?


New drugs '78/'79.

New drugs '78/'79.


The expanding role in pediatrics.

The expanding role in pediatrics.


Ron taught us to expect the unexpected.

Ron taught us to expect the unexpected.


Study on nursing and nursing education: progress report.


Nursing grand rounds. Realistic goals don't mean failure.


Improving your management of DIC.

Improving your management of DIC.


Health Systems Agencies (HSA). A commentary on nursing involvement and a sample of planning activities by one HSA.


Disposable suction catheters: a Nursing 79 product survey.


How to tell if a baby has cerebral palsy--and what to tell his parents when he does.


Helping the breast-feeding mother whose baby refuses to suckle.


Written drug policy a must.

Written drug policy a must.


Independent nursing liability.

Independent nursing liability.


The development of a system for evaluation.


Clinical supervision as a support system for the care-giver.


Community health--today and tomorrow.

Community health--today and tomorrow.


Dynamics of the pathological family system.


Community health: why consider it?

Community health: why consider it?


Nursing intervention with patients with thought disorders.


The effect of institutional racism on the therapeutic relationship.


Role of a voluntary health agency in the community.


Planning health care for the medically underserved.


Community health--our challenge.

Community health--our challenge.


The destruction of "goodness" in borderline character pathology.


A model for evaluating a community health agency.


Community health involvement: how and where?


Knowledge base for practice: what and when?


Definition of community health.

Definition of community health.


Consumer health education.

Consumer health education.


Data utilization--for successful planning and evaluation.


Health index of a community.

Health index of a community.


Nurse practitioners: preparations and role.


Nursing and health care--an international perspective.


Displacement of the abomasum in the cow. Incidence, etiological factors and results of treatment. Fiftynine cases of abomasal displacement were registered during a 10 year period in a veterinary district in Norway with a dairy cow population of approx. 2500. Of these, 88% were left displacements and 12% right displacements. Ten per cent recovered spontaneously without subsequent relapse. Corrective surgery was performed on the remainder, and 92% of these recovered completely. Surgery was, in most cases, performed on the same day as the diagnosis of abomasal displacement was made. The displacements occurred at all times of the year: 86% of cases involved cows in third or subsequent lactation 95% were diagnosed within the period 4--64 days after calving, and 70% of the cows had been treated for other illness with disturbance of digestion during the week immediately prior to the demonstration of the displacement. In a further 25%, ketosis was diagnosed at the same time as the displacement. Etiology and pathogenesis are discussed.


Who's taking care of the patient?

Who's taking care of the patient?


Pro bono publico.

Pro bono publico.


What nurses learn from nursing audit.

What nurses learn from nursing audit.


Integrating research into the faculty workload.


How good is the lecture as a teaching method?


Me-politics and nursing.

Me-politics and nursing.


Using patient outcomes to evaluate community health nursing.


"Nursing research Centers".

"Nursing research Centers".


Level of activation, body temperature, and interpersonal conflict in family relationships. The 24-hour variation in physiological and psychological functioning within the individual and interpersonal differences were investigated in relation to the nature of social interaction between individuals. Level of activation, body temperature, and interpersonal conflict were studied in a sample of 16 married couples for a period of six weekdays of routine activity. Homogeneity was a major factor in sample selection. Body temperature was measured every hour during the waking time by electronic thermometer, and level of activation was measured four times a day on alternate forms of a self-report adjective  checklist. Interpersonal conflict, defined as perceived fulfillment of emotional and interaction needs, was measured in the morning and late day. The interpersonal Conflict Scale with established validity was constructed for the study and had two alternate forms of equal reliability. An index of desynchrony between partners for both temperature and activation was calculated for each day of data collection by the following method: The deviation score from the overall six-day mean was determined for each measurement time for each spouse and for each variable. Absolute values of the differences between deviation scores were added to obtain an index of desynchrony in that variable for the day. A daily mean of interpersonal conflict scores for both partners was also calculated. The hypotheses that a desynchrony between partners in body temperature rhythm and in level of activation rhythm would be positively related to conflict were tested by the Pearson product moment correlation. Obtained coefficient; were not significant at the .05 level.


Relationship between nurse counseling and sexual adjustment after hysterectomy. The relationship between nurse counseling of hysterectomy patients and sexual adjustment following surgery was the focus of this descriptive study. Of 108 premenopausal women admitted to seven hospitals in California, New Mexico, and Utah who completed a series of questionnaires preoperatively, postoperatively, and eight weeks post-surgery, only 11 percent identified the nurse as the person who supplied the most valuable information. Self-reported sexual adjustment following surgery was significantly (p=.001) related to their presurgical pattern. Almost half the respondents wrote comments urging nurses to initiate discussion about the effect of hysterectomy on sexuality.


Student nurses' attitudes towards midwifery.


Use of reality orientation with aging confused patients. Use of reality orientation with elderly confused patients in a nursing home setting was evaluated. Although no significant differences were found in degree of confusion, as measured by the questionnaire developed for this study, between an experimental group who participated in a concentrated three-week reality orientation program and a control group, many effects were positive. Nursing home staff were cooperative and helpful. Families of some of the patients were pleased with improvements in their relatives. Many patients became less confused, more open, and appeared to be more alert.


Ego defensiveness, open-closed mindedness, and nurses' attitude toward culturally different patients. Three hundred actively employed female registered professional nurses representing four cultural groups (white Anglo-Saxon, black, Jewish, and Hispanic) participated in a study to investigate nurses' attitudes toward culturally different patients. Cattell's 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire and Rokeach's Dogmatism Scale were used to measure the independent variables of ego defensiveness and open-closed mindedness. The Cultural Attitude Scale which was used to measure nurses' attitudes was developed by the investigator. Lower ego defensiveness of the nurses was found to result in more positive attitudes toward Hispanic patients regarding cultural attitudes and beliefs (p = .05). The more open minded the nurse, the more positive were attitudes toward all patients regarding nursing care-patient interaction (p = .01 for the white patient, p = .001 for the Hispanic, Jewish, and black patients) and cultural attitudes and beliefs. The data supported the hypothesis that ego defensiveness and open-closed mindedness predict greater variance in attitudes than one variable alone for all patients regarding nursing care-patient interaction and cultural attitudes and beliefs. Implications for nursing research, education, and practice are discussed.


Muslim teaching concerning death.

Muslim teaching concerning death.


Whose responsibility? Whose rights?

Whose responsibility? Whose rights?


Duration experience for bed-confined subjects: a replication and refinement. This study replicated a 1975 study that tested the theoretical proposition that duration experience is related to the processing of environmental events and that changes in the load and complexity of auditory information will change temporal experience. Duration experience was measured by the productive judgment of a 40-second interval and the retrospective estimate of a 150-minute interval. The sample consisted of 60 men and 60 women, aged 18--35 years, who had no known physical or mental health problems. Subjects rested in bed for two and one-half hours. Each subject received one of four forms of auditory information: decoded heavy, decoded light, coded heavy, and coded light. Three hypotheses were tested: 1) Duration experience will be shorter for decoded light than for coded heavy auditory information. 2) Duration experience will be shorter for subjects in decoded than for subjects in coded auditory information. 3) Duration experience will be shorter for subjects who assign a positive value to the auditory information than for those who assign a negative value. None of the hypotheses was supported by the data. The differences that were demonstrated in the first study did not occur. The major points of diversion in the two studies were the difference in geographic location of the sample, the method of judging a 40-second interval, and payment or nonpayment to the participating subjects.


Systems of life. 52. The energy supremo. 2. Searching for faults.


Cognitive-affective consequences of grading versus nongrading of formative evaluations. In testing the effect of grading versus nongrading of formative evaluations on cognitive learning and affective behaviors of graduate nursing students the following hypotheses were formulated: The experimental (E) group will learn and demonstrate affective behaviors significantly more than control I (CI) and II (CII) groups. Subjects were 95 graduate nursing students. E group subjects (N = 38) were taught by means of FE, with grades. CI (N = 32) and CII (N = 25) groups were taught by means of lecture-discussion and FE without grades, respectively. The content covered conditions of learning and instruction in nursing. Pre- and posttests provided data on cognitive learning. Affective measures and demographic data were obtained only at the posttest. The hypotheses were tested by means of t test. Fisher's Exact Probability Test and Pearson were done to test distribution and relationships between variables. Results showed that: The E group learned significantly more than the CI group, but the CII group learned significantly more than the E group; all groups learned significantly; there were no significant differences among groups in affective behaviors although CII subjects scored highest. Implications were made for education of patients, students, and staff.


Lines of communication.

Lines of communication.


Use of a decision tree to improve accuracy of diagnosis. Thirty triads of nurses matched for educational background, length of experience, and previous performance were studied to determine if use of a decision tree would improve diagnostic accuracy. One experimental and two control groups were given a written case study and asked to list all possible diagnoses that could cause the change in behavior exhibited by the patient. Experimental group nurses were given a set of decision trees to enable them to use the information systematically to determine if characteristics of each condition were present. Significant improvement in diagnostic accuracy was shown by nurses who used the decision trees.


Nurse could you care more?

Nurse could you care more?


Winter in Jerusalem.

Winter in Jerusalem.


Theatre nursing care study: insertion of a left Kuntscher nail.


Nurses' propensity to risk.

Nurses' propensity to risk. Risk taking by 53 nurses and 22 non-nurses was investigated in nursing and nonnursing situations in a laboratory study to assess nurses' propensity to risk and to gain information about how nurses make decisions. Games involving loss and gain of money were used. Subjects received money won from the games, but debts incurred by subjects were canceled. The study indicated that unwillingness to accept risk is not characteristic of all nurses. A nurse's propensity to risk appeared to depend on the situation and on the nurse's educational level. Study findings, though restricted by the mode of investigation, have implications for practice and future research.


A follow-up study of the reliability and validity of the motor activity rating scale. This study compared and extended the evaluation of reliability and validity of the Motor Activity Rating Scale (MARS) for observing and symbolically recording body positions, body movements, and intensity of body movements. In contrast to a previously reported study, the movement of relatively inactive individuals was observed. High interrater reliability and statistically significant correlations between MARS movement scores and actometer scores were again observed.


Theatre nursing care study: bone graft to un-united fracture of neck of right femur.


Assessment in psychiatric hospitals.

Assessment in psychiatric hospitals.


Care of the terminal patient. 3. Helping the bereaved.


Examination techniques.

Examination techniques.


Guidelines for learners in paediatrics.

Guidelines for learners in paediatrics.


Ely Hospital 10 years on.

Ely Hospital 10 years on.


The Ulster scene.

The Ulster scene.


Practical nursing. Medicines: care and administration.


Anatomy and physiology: the digestive tract--2.


Community nursing: birth of the (five-week) blues.


Violence: picking up after the terrorist.


Snoring: the sufferer who doesn't suffer.


Picture quiz: ovarian cyst.

Picture quiz: ovarian cyst.


It's all a question of training.

It's all a question of training.


The choice is yours.

The choice is yours.


Rcn Congress. Standards: thumbnails.

Rcn Congress. Standards: thumbnails.


What makes a supernurse?

What makes a supernurse?


Vital links: beyond the letter of the law.


Practical nursing: who, what and when to tell?


Anatomy and physiology: the accessory organs of digestion.


Picture quiz: parotitis.

Picture quiz: parotitis.


The bandage and bandaging: from cotton strip to plastic aerosol.


Jumping ahead with Jay.

Jumping ahead with Jay.


Growing opportunities.

Growing opportunities.


A lonely life at the top.

A lonely life at the top.


Struck off! It could never happen to me--or could it?


Practical nursing: first impressions.

Practical nursing: first impressions.


Anatomy and physiology: the blood.

Anatomy and physiology: the blood.


Community nursing: surveillance reduces baby deaths.


Picture quiz: contact dermatitis.

Picture quiz: contact dermatitis.


Nursing care study. Testicular teratoma: the knitted woolen hat club.


Chasms open as the Briggs dust settles in Parliament.


The art and science of supervision. Reluctant dragons.


Who needs the shock treatment?

Who needs the shock treatment?


Maintaining anonymity in peer evaluation.


How to deal with people in emergencies.

How to deal with people in emergencies.


Conflict resolution.

Conflict resolution.


An audit outcome: home going instructions.


Prenatal classes: the baby business.

Prenatal classes: the baby business.


Law for the nurse supervisor: injections and the law. Part I.


A profile of assertive behavior.

A profile of assertive behavior.


Telemedicine.

Telemedicine.


Report of a survey: HSAs say they need nurses in dicision-making for health planning. Nurses in HSAs in North Carolina.


Modification and uses of a disposable laryngoscope in veterinary anesthesia.


Puppy rearing--8: jumping up.

Puppy rearing--8: jumping up.


Dido: an impression from the past.

Dido: an impression from the past.


An unusual unidentified abdominal mass in a cat.


Shifting local tissues to repair surgical wounds.


A new method for bracing cropped ears and cosmetic repair of ears.


A brochure on ear-cropping: an effective means of improving communications with clients.


Use of an aortic homograft for surgical correction of a double-outlet right ventricle in a kitten.


An equine abortion due to histoplasmosis.


Tympanites of the guttural pouch in a foal.


Pathogenesis and diagnosis of selenium deficiency.


Appraising the adequacy of environment for confined animals.


Hemivertebra in a goat.

Hemivertebra in a goat.


Peritonitis due to Pasteurella multocida in a rabbit.


Ear-mite infestation in a rabbit.

Ear-mite infestation in a rabbit.


Custodial cash for college.

Custodial cash for college.


An accident on your premises: who's liable?


National League for Nurses and nursing education.


The relevance of learning nursing research in an undergraduate curriculum.


Commentary on my participation in an information campaign to Congress, March 5, 1979.


The issue: entry into nursing practice.

The issue: entry into nursing practice.


An experiment in cooperative programming.


Clinical nurse specialist: the task behind the title.


To Sharon, with love.

To Sharon, with love.


Angel dust: not heaven sent.

Angel dust: not heaven sent.


Neurological deficit after carotid endarterectomy.


One nurse's evolution as a healer.

One nurse's evolution as a healer.


Therapeutic touch in practice.

Therapeutic touch in practice.


Insearch of continuing competency. Interview by Dr. Milton Eger.


Participatory management.

Participatory management.


Debrisan for decubitus ulcers.

Debrisan for decubitus ulcers.


Anxiety in a new graduate.

Anxiety in a new graduate.


A matter of life and death.

A matter of life and death.


Programmed instruction: patient assessment: examination of the male genitalia.


What you should know about malpractice insurance.


In the public eye.

In the public eye.


Accountability - the essence of primary nursing.


Assessing pain.

Assessing pain.


Guidelines for faculty workload.

Guidelines for faculty workload.


Helping the hypertensive patient control sodium intake.


Group approaches for cancer patients: leaders and members.


Group approaches for cancer patients: establishing a group.


Group approaches for cancer patients: a group for teaching chemotherapy.


Fathers' part in newborn care.

Fathers' part in newborn care.


Nurse-physician perceptions of ICU nurses' role.


Using nursing prognosis to set priorities.


Consciousness raising groups.

Consciousness raising groups.


Blood therapy: screening donors and the phlebotomy procedure.


Blood therapy: processing blood for transfusion.


Blood therapy: preventing and treating transfusion reactions.


Blood therapy: transfusing granulocytes.


Blood therapy: massive transfusions.

Blood therapy: massive transfusions.


"Good morning, world. I'm glad to be back!".


The school nurse's "family assessment tool".


Preparing research data for computerization.


How do you find a lawyer or accountant?

How do you find a lawyer or accountant?


Appraisal of intracardiac monitoring.

Appraisal of intracardiac monitoring.


Pitfalls and perils of intracardiac monitoring.


Educating patient and family for CV surgery.


Hospital orientation for children.

Hospital orientation for children.


OR nurses' legal responsibility for equipment.


Plants in OR harbor potential contaminants.


Increasing nurse power in the Philippines.


Informed consent and the OR nurse.

Informed consent and the OR nurse.


A framework for primary OR nursing.

A framework for primary OR nursing.


Ricin and modeccin do not inhibit the elongation factor 1-dependent binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to ribosomes. Ricin and modeccin do not affect the total number of ribosomes to which phenylalanyl-tRNA becomes bound in the EF 1-dependent reaction. Previous inconsistencies resulted from the use of the nitrocellulose-filter technique, which overestimates the number of control ribosomes engaged in the binding reaction if trace amounts of EF 2 contaminate the ribosomal preparations.


Directions for nursing.

Directions for nursing.


You and the law. The coffee-break potential pitfall for nurses.


Staffing assignment: a review of past and current systems of nursing care delivery.


The loneliness of the elderly.

The loneliness of the elderly.


Nursing north of sixty.

Nursing north of sixty.


Emergency treatment of drug overdose.

Emergency treatment of drug overdose.


Frankly speaking: nursing and the degree mystique.


Nutritional assessment of the ICU patient.


CNA Testing Service.

CNA Testing Service.


Emergency.

Emergency.


Designing cancer nursing courses for community hospitals.


Preventing hair loss during adriamycin therapy.


Selective screening for breast cancer.

Selective screening for breast cancer.


Cancer nursing and the law: arbitration as a vehicle for malpractice suits.


Cancer Information Clearinghouse.

Cancer Information Clearinghouse.


Programmed instruction: cancer care. Radiation therapy: external radiation.


A patient teaching tool.

A patient teaching tool.


What does it mean to be International? .


Mutual-help groups: enhancing the coping ability of oncology clients.


Clinical tool development for adult chemotherapy patients: process and content.


District nurse training: prospecting for the future.


District nurse training: the role of the nursing officer in district nurse training.


Dietary fibre.

Dietary fibre.


Viral hepatitis: epidemiologic, serologic and clinical manifestations.


A synthetic steroid (R2323) as a once-a-week oral contraceptive. Five milligrams of the steroid R2323 (13 beta-ethyl-17 alpha-ethynyl-17-hydroxygona-4,9,11-trien-3-one (R2323) were administered orally once weekly to 28 subjects for a total of 138 treatment cycles. No pregnancies occurred. The predominant side effects were irregular vaginal bleeding, headache, weight gain, and acne. Administration of the drug was stopped by the investigator in four patients (14%) because of the onset of headaches. Four patients discontinued the drug for other reasons. In 8 of 26 subjects (31%), endometrial biopsy in the third treatment cycle showed secretory endometrium. This suggests a variable central suppression with the 5-mg dose schedule. Patients were enthusiastic about the once-weekly oral administration. This contraceptive may be useful in a select group of women.


Methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus: relation between expression of resistance and phagocytosis by polymorphonuclear leukocytes. Virulent strains of staphylococci are known to resist phagocytic destruction better than avirulent strains. In this context, in vitro elimination by human polymorphonuclear leukocytes of eight methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus of unknown virulence was studied. After incubation for 1, 3, 5, or 24 hr in a modified phagocytic assay, the methicillin-resistant strains survived as well as other virulent but methicillin-sensitive strains of S. aureus. Highly resistant subpopulations were obtained from three parent strains, and a methicillin-sensitive revertant subpopulation from one resistant parent strain. All subpopulations were eliminated to the same extent as were the moderately resistant parent strains. When the phagocytic assay was performed in the presence of 25 microgram of methicillin/ml, only the methicillin-sensitive strains and the sensitive subpopulation derived from one resistant parent strain were eliminated after incubation for 24 hr. These in vitro data are further evidence against the use of methicillin in infections due to these organisms.


Simulated decision-making experience via case analysis. An effective strategy for developing decision-making skills is presented, using a problem-solving systems model. Through retrospective examination of an actual problem, the systematic, sequential aspects of decision making are illustrated.


A professional organization that helps all of us.


A new role for nursing: project director. A nursing department project director can play a central role in coordinating and directing nursing participation in construction and remodeling and in various departmental projects such as planning and development of new systems and programs. The author tells how she first assumed the project director role for the purpose of facilitating patient care unit construction, expansion and remodeling, and describes additional tasks that can justify the position in the nursing personnel budget.


Nursing input to nursing unit design.

Nursing input to nursing unit design.


A study of patient falls from bed.

A study of patient falls from bed. An analysis of patient falls from bed can help identify high risk patients and can lead to staffing, inservice education, equipment, and environmental adjustments. The method used to investigate falls in this community hospital can be adapted to any other hospital.


Successful educational programming: increasing learner motivation through involvement. Requiring attendance at staff development activities does not insure that staff members will be motivated to learn or to use the skills and information being taught. Such motivation can be increased by asking a representative sample of prospective learners to help determine program content. This article will discuss the process used to capture learner input in educational program planning.


Faculty role development in university schools of nursing.


Making press interviews work for you.

Making press interviews work for you. A press interview provides a unique opportunity to promote a positive public image of your institution. A good interview takes preparation, some understanding of what interests the press, and often follow-up. Covering all three areas, this article tells the nurse administrator how to deal effectively with journalists.


Metabolism and efflux of [3H]dopamine in rat neostriatum: presynaptic origin of 3,4-[3H]dihydroxyphenylacetic acid.


Pharmacology update: oral antiarrhythmic agents.


Demystifying diagnostic procedures: Part I. Hospital admission--basic blood tests.


Review of glass types available for packaging parenteral solutions.


USP and the Drug Regulation Reform Act.

USP and the Drug Regulation Reform Act.


Effectiveness of particulate matter removal by a new type fine filter.


The foot machine: understanding the mechanics.


Feet first.

Feet first.


Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) test for detecting pyrogens in parenteral injectable products and medical devices: advantages to manufacturers and regulatory officials.


Grantsmanship: it can be learned. Part II.


Why am I here?

Why am I here?


The 1985 proposal : LP/VNs are not alone in their opposition.


A novel system for washing parenteral rubber closures individually.


I need my rest.

I need my rest.


Use of microwave radiation in surgery and cancer therapy. In considering the therapy of cancer, the author has been interested in the internal dielectric heating property of microwaves and applied their capacity of rapid protein coagulation to medical treatment. With the purpose of utilizing this phenomenon for the resection of fragile parenchymatous organs, the experiment was conducted on rabbit livers, which were irradiated with microwaves for about 3 min. The effect of this phenomenon on cancer cells was also observed. Malignant tumors induced in rats were exposed to microwave radiation for 2 min.


A system for studying effects of microwaves on cells in culture. An improved design of the fluid-filled waveguide-exposure chamber is described for studying effects of microwave radiation on cells in vitro. The system with a micropipette sample holder may be used as a prototype to isolate the apparent nonthermal factor of microwave radiation on cells in culture from those effects resulting from cell temperature rise. This system also allows more precise calibration of incident and absorbed microwave energies. Compared with control, somatic cells of the Chinese hamster exhibited a lower rate of growth and difference in morphology after 2450 MHz microwave radiation for 20 min at a power density of 500 mW/cm2.


Low incidence of Enterobacteriaceae in wild ducks (Aythya spp.) and antibiograms of the isolates.


Problems associated with gentamicin-resistant organisms.


The mystical mind of a child.

The mystical mind of a child.


Goodbye, Mr. C.

Goodbye, Mr. C.


Pharmaceutical review: new and recent products from the pharmaceutical companies in Australia.


International Year of the Child.

International Year of the Child.


Physical sensations during stressful hospital procedures: a preliminary study of saline abortion patients. To measure physical sensations experienced by women undergoing saline abortion, 7 female patients were interviewed within 5-19 days after the abortion procedure with open-ended and fixed-choice questions which elicit recall of physical sensations.  The group recalled a total of 105 distinct sensations, with each woman recalling a mean of 22 sensations.  High incidence sensations according to the different phases of saline abortion (instillation, latency and labor; placental) were recalled by the women.  Sensations recalled by at least 2/3 of the women interviewed were defined as likely sensations (Table 1).  In describing their sensations, the women did not distinguish between the latency and labor phases, suggesting that distinction should not be considered when establishing an expectancy framework for the women.  Also, the usual sequence of fetal passage first and then placental passage second did not occur predictably as described by the medical literature.  These findings are applicable only to women in this series and those who have no concurrent medical problems or procedural complications.  The findings about physical sensation can be utilized in preparing women to expect bodily sensations during saline abortion; nurses desiring to intervene can make use of these findings.  The open-ended method of interviewing the small number of subjects in a predetermined way helped establish important information for nursing exploration and intervention.


A comparison of prepared childbirth couples and conventional prenatal class couples.


Guidelines for infection control in intravenous therapy.


Puboic and private hospitals nurses (state) award.


Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy.

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Preeclampsia/eclampsia, also known as toxemia of pregnancy, remains one of the great triad of obstetric complications. The outlook for the preeclamptic woman and the fetus has improved as a result of increased knowledge of uteroplacental-fetal physiology and of the physiologic deviations involved in preeclampsia, although the  basic cause of preeclampsia remains unknown. Careful screening of women at risk for preeclampsia along with early detection and treatment can help reduce the toll taken in stillbirths, prematurity, and maternal death. Current concepts of pathophysiology are reviewed as is nursing care during the antepartum and intrapartum periods.


Impact of family planning nurse practitioners. A survey of family planning clinics shows that over half of responding clinics utilize the services of nurse practitioners and delegate to them considerable responsibility for patient care. Reported benefits from the use of family planning nurse practitioners as primary service providers include improved utilization of physician time, wider range of services, greater patient satisfaction, and increased patient volume. Findings indicate that family planning nurse practitioners have become an integral and important part of the family planning delivery system in the United States. A questionnaire on the utilization of family planning nurse practitioners (FPNP) was conducted among 1900 Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare family planning grantee agencies.  Of the 757 usable responses, slightly more than 1/2 indicated that they were employing FPNPs.  A higher proportion of Planned Parenthood clinics (75%) versus clinics run by other types of agencies reported doing so.  Clinics using FPNPs were asked which of a specific list of duties they performed.  Considerable medical and training responsibilities seem to be delegated to the FPNPs.  More than 90% of the clinics permitted their FPNPs to perform all routine aspects of contraceptive care except IUD insertion and removal; in 70% of the clinics, the FPNPs performed even these procedures.  There is increasing willingness on the part of clinic directors and physicians to delegate more and more responsibility to the nurse practitioners.  The responding agencies indicated their intent to hire more FPNPs in the future.  Use of the FPNPs frees the physicians for more complicated medical duties and increases satisfaction with the clinics.  The utilization of FPNPs also allowed clinics to provide new services, run more efficiently, and handle a larger volume of patients.


Birth of a comprehensive family-centered maternity program. The author shares her personal experience in the development of a comprehensive family-centered maternity program. Emphasis is on concepts of continuous evaluation, planning, communication, and changes in attitude. The historical background and methodology are presented to demonstrate the cooperative efforts and responsibilities among nursing, hospital administration, the medical staff, and the consumer to attain their collective goal of a family-centered atmosphere.


Coaching the coach.

Coaching the coach.


Report on study tour of the U.S.A., Canada, the U.K. and South Africa.


Joint appointments: collaboration for better patient care.


Urban housing and health.

Urban housing and health.


Evaluation and need of education programs for community hospital nurses providing neonatal care. Phase I: Of 204 RN's providing neonatal care in community hospitals in east Georgia and who were examined using a standardized test, those from large hospitals (greater than 1,000 live births/year) performed significantly better than those from medium or small hospitals (P less than .05). Also, there was negative correlation between test scores and years of experience in areas of the hospital other than the nursery and percent of employment time currently spent in areas of the hospital other than the nursery. Phase II: An educational program in neonatal nursing was then provided to 48 RN's by the authors and to 12 RN's by peer-instructors. At the end of the course of instruction a posttest was given. Thirteen RN's who received no formal instruction served as a control group. On the posttest, both experimental groups performed significantly better than the control group (P less than .01), but the group taught by the authors scored significantly higher than the group taught by peers (P less than .05). Educational programs taught by RN's from the community hospital staff are not as effective in regional educational programs as instruction by course by developers.


Transfer RNA isoacceptors in cultured Chinese hamster ovary cells.


Methods for determining the extent of tRNA aminoacylation in vivo in cultured mammalian cells.


Resistance of viridans streptococci to penicillin.


Hypertension management in an occupational setting.


An overview--access to employee exposure and medical records: proposed rule.


Prevention! A new approach to tendinitis.


The nurse's role in minimizing mercury vapor exposures in hospitals.


Charge copper industry negligent, exposes thousands to cancer risk.


Avoiding potential behavior problems in children.


The professionally uncommitted.

The professionally uncommitted.


Children who experience parental suicide.


Pediatric management problems [delayed menarche].


The associate degree: beginning or end?

The associate degree: beginning or end?


Fighting tooth decay: the fluoride plan.


Evaluation by jury.

Evaluation by jury.


Evaluating newly employed nurses' skills.


Pediatric drug information: phenytoin in anticonvulsant therapy.


When your caseload includes a hydrocephalic child.


PNP/a certfication in 1979.

PNP/a certfication in 1979.


A new direction for postnatal infant care.


Developing a challenge system.

Developing a challenge system.


Just what is simple nursing?

Just what is simple nursing?


Evolving issues in theory development.

Evolving issues in theory development.


Beliefs that can affect therapy.

Beliefs that can affect therapy.


Never too old to fall.

Never too old to fall.


How nursing schools predict their successful graduates.


In our imperfect state.

In our imperfect state.


Newsmakers: Dr Marina Voikhanskaya.

Newsmakers: Dr Marina Voikhanskaya.


When the ward is unsafe, say so.

When the ward is unsafe, say so.


Nurse could you care more?

Nurse could you care more?


Changes in health visiting. 1.

Changes in health visiting. 1.


Containment of salmonellosis in a baby ward: barrier nursing using an isolator tent.


A study of new long-stay patients in a psychiatric unit.


Care of the terminal patient. 4. A family's sorrow.


Whitby Hospital: integration in practice.


Newsmakers: It's June in April.

Newsmakers: It's June in April.


Random thoughts of a mature student.

Random thoughts of a mature student.


The great debate.

The great debate.


A position to consider.

A position to consider.


Facing the facts.

Facing the facts.


Nursing care study: a road traffic accident victim.


Changes in health visiting. 2.

Changes in health visiting. 2.


Vitamin E: its discovery and uses.

Vitamin E: its discovery and uses.


Care of the terminal patient. 5. The work of the hospice.


Patients' opinions: a survey of the effectiveness of a psychiatric day hospital.


Friends, Romans and countrymen.

Friends, Romans and countrymen.


Staffing geriatric wards: trials of a 'package'. 1.


Technology in nursing: radiotherapy. 3. Computerised axial tomography.


Confused standards.

Confused standards.


The approach to postbasic teaching: a workshop for ward nurses.


A course to pursue.

A course to pursue.


Nurse could you care more?

Nurse could you care more?


The nurse's self-image.

The nurse's self-image.


Care of the terminal patient. 6. Grief in hospital.


Skateboard injuries.

Skateboard injuries.


Fallacies in geriatrics.

Fallacies in geriatrics.


Better nursing care through research.

Better nursing care through research.


Plan for celebrating 1979 as children year in India.


Problems and changes facing nursing education--a challenge.


Nursing audit for self regulation in nursing.


Staff nurses can set a role-model.

Staff nurses can set a role-model.


Public relations in hospitals--a practical view.


Keeping our records straight.

Keeping our records straight.


Election 79: which way should nurses vote?


From one problem to another.

From one problem to another.


Beware of the briefcase bulge syndrome.

Beware of the briefcase bulge syndrome.


Euro research must be for the patient's good.


Practical nursing: temperatures.

Practical nursing: temperatures.


Anatomy and physiology: the endocrine system.


Colposcopy: detecting the first tumour.

Colposcopy: detecting the first tumour.


Rheumatoid arthritis: saving a knee from destruction.


Nursing care study. Chronic bronchitis: keeping it in the family.


Picture quiz: congenital club foot.

Picture quiz: congenital club foot.


Who can control this son of Frankenstein?


Diary of a hospital.

Diary of a hospital.


A systems approach to nurse allocation.

A systems approach to nurse allocation.


The Dutch stay-at-homes.

The Dutch stay-at-homes.


Qatar: a land of opportunities for nurse pioneers.


Vital links: Maria's brand of spit and polish.


Practical nursing: pulse, respiration and blood pressure.


Anatomy and physiology: the lymphatic system.


Only dog lovers need apply.

Only dog lovers need apply.


Nursing care study. Pre-senile dementia: when reality's a thing of the past.


Picture quiz: diabetic gangrene of the foot.


It's time for a change?

It's time for a change?


Legal aid: who killed Carol Wilkinson?

Legal aid: who killed Carol Wilkinson?


Mobile clinic marks return of veterinary house calls.


Emergency care in companion bird practice.


A practitioner's experience with selenium-tocopherol in treatment of cataracts and nuclear sclerosis in the dog.


An intensive care unit in veterinary medicine.


Puppy rearing-9: early stimulation.

Puppy rearing-9: early stimulation.


Osteochondritis dissecans of the hock in a dog.


Owner response to amputation of a pet's leg.


Tissue concentrations in dogs treated with gentamicin.


Pheochromocytoma metastatic to bone in a dog.


Extrauterine pregnancy and severe ascites in a cat.


Lower urinary obstruction due to cystic calculi in a female cat (a case report).


A method for collecting blood from hogs using the thoracic inlet.


Uterine fistula for treatment of emphysematous fetus in the cow.


Natural populations of helminths in Wisconsin dairy cows.


Concentrations of tylosin in blood and lung tissue from calves given single and repeated daily intramuscular doses.


Equine pharyngeal cyst (a case report).

Equine pharyngeal cyst (a case report).


Fibrinous enteritis with fibrin cast formation in a horse.


A coccidian from a grizzly bear.

A coccidian from a grizzly bear.


Practical aspects of anticonvulsant therapy.


An internship with academic credit.

An internship with academic credit.


When your feelings get in the way.

When your feelings get in the way.


Dyadic communication.

Dyadic communication.


Communication blocks revisited.

Communication blocks revisited.


Problem patients do not exist.

Problem patients do not exist.


Communicating with the dying patient.

Communicating with the dying patient.


Building a better nursing care plan.

Building a better nursing care plan.


Breast self-examination.

Breast self-examination.


Four practical questions to ask when organizing preoperative classes.


Baccalaureate programs for RNs.

Baccalaureate programs for RNs.


Rational nursing care in chronic renal disease.


Long-term I.V. therapy: a new approach.

Long-term I.V. therapy: a new approach.


Helping acutely ill patients put out the fire.


Teaching a patient how to use crutches.

Teaching a patient how to use crutches.


Training the paediatric nurse.

Training the paediatric nurse.


The watchword 'accountability'--international and national implications for nursing.


A new limb.

A new limb.


Core curriculum outline: the first draft.


The future of psychiatric nursing--a New South Wales view.


Nurse education in Queensland.

Nurse education in Queensland.


Parasuicide is a health hazard.

Parasuicide is a health hazard.


The nurse and corporate action.

The nurse and corporate action.


Bachelor of Applied Science (Nursing) WAIT: statement by the Council of the Western Australian Institute of Technology.


Complications among spinal cord injury patients following discharge.


"Macho" nurse--fact or fiction?

"Macho" nurse--fact or fiction?


With singleness of purpose.

With singleness of purpose.


Purification and properties of a translation inhibitor from wheat germ. A translation inhibitor from wheat germ has been purified more than 400-fold to apparent homogeneity. The inhibitor is a basic protein with a molecular weight of 30 000. This protein effectively blocks protein synthesis in animal cell-free extracts but does not affect protein synthesis in intact cells. Inhibition occurs at a ribosome to inhibitor molar ratio of 100:1, indicating an enzymic mechanism of action. The wheat germ protein inhibits the translation of endogenous mRNA, exogenous mRNA, and poly(uridylic acid) at a step in polypeptide chain elongation and without breakdown of the polysomes. Neither the aminoacylation reaction nor mRNA degradation is affected by the inhibitor. An interesting feature of the inhibition reaction is that it requires, in addition to the wheat germ inhibitor, both ATP and tRNA. The function of these two compounds in the inhibition is presently unknown since neither the hydrolysis of the beta,gamma-pyrophosphate bond of ATP nor a modification of the tRNA can be demonstrated during the reaction.


Discrimination in employment.

Discrimination in employment.


Transfer ribonucleic acids from eleven immunoglobulin-secreting mouse plasmacytomas. Constant and variable chromatographic profiles compared with the myeloma protein sequences. In order to test the concepts that aminoacyl-tRNAs in plasmacytomas may on the one hand modulate the protein synthesized or on the other hand reflect the structure of the synthesized protein, the RPC-5 chromatographic profiles of aminoacyl-tRNAs for all 20 amino acids were studied in tRNA prepared from normal mouse liver and 11 plasmacytomas. The patterns of isoaccepting tRNA were compared with the structure of the myeloma protein being synthesized. The elution profiles of aminoacyl-tRNAs for nine of the amino acids were constant, i.e. they were the same for liver and all plasmacytomas. Significant variability was observed in the profiles of the other 11 families of aminoacyl-tRNAs: asparagine, serine and tryptophan, had peaks of isoaccepting tRNAs found in tumors and not in liver; glutamic acid, histidine and lysine, had different patterns of aminoacyl-tRNAs in plasmacytomas which could be distinguished from the elution profile of liver; and isoleucine, proline, threonine and tyrosine, showed pattern variability in only a few of the tumors. Valyl-tRNA uniquely had one isoacceptor present in liver but absent in the tumors. This variability is thought to be associated with different posttranscriptional modification of the tRNAs rather than regulation of individual tRNA genes in response to particular amino acid sequences in secreted myeloma proteins. Similarily, the lack of correlation of isoacceptors with sequence differences makes the modulation of protein fine structure by tRNA availability unlikely.


Unions and their relationships to professionals and health care institutions.


Professional Liability Newsletter (nurse-anesthetist).


Spotting and helping the learning disabled child. We are all different. We are all the same.


The IV nurse and the chemotherapy patient: a vital role in emotional support.


Apathy in nursing.

Apathy in nursing.


Nurses need leadership skills.

Nurses need leadership skills.


You and the law. Patient's advocate--a new role for the nurse?


Sinners or saints.

Sinners or saints.


1979: Year of the Child.

1979: Year of the Child.


A catalogue of special interest groups.

A catalogue of special interest groups.


Child abuse.

Child abuse.


Writing for nursing publications.

Writing for nursing publications.


Impact of a systematic oral care protocol on stomatitis after chemotherapy.


A new beginning: the opening of a multidisciplinary cancer unit. Part I. Designing a cancer unit.


A new beginning: the opening of a multidisciplinary cancer unit. Part I.


A new beginning: the opening of a multidisciplinary cancer unit. Part I. Staff selection for a cancer unit.


A new beginning: the opening of a multidisciplinary cancer unit. Part I. Operating a nursing unit for patients with cancer.


Nurse practitioner chemotherapy clinic.

Nurse practitioner chemotherapy clinic.


Psychosexual adjustment following total pelvic exenteration.


Cancer nursing and the law: making life and death decisions for the incompetent-patient.


Programmed instruction: cancer care. Radiation therapy: external radiation.


Cancer audit. Nursing patient-care outcome audit: carcinoma of the ovary.


The Bromptom Cocktail.

The Bromptom Cocktail.


My philosophy about economic and general welfare for nurses.


On having a professional affiliation.

On having a professional affiliation.


My first choice...pediatric oncology.

My first choice...pediatric oncology.


Them and us.

Them and us.


Diabetics at home.

Diabetics at home.


Teenagers today: are they different?

Teenagers today: are they different?


Teenagers today: health education at school--the present.


Should community nurses be informed?

Should community nurses be informed?


Assessment of psychogenic stresses in the coronary patients.


Basic source list.

Basic source list.


Educational preparation of nurses in Tennessee 1978, 1985, and beyond.


Lots of questions.

Lots of questions.


She died at home--all possible support.

She died at home--all possible support.


She died at home--what is left without hope?


Fetal breathing.

Fetal breathing.


Disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Disseminated intravascular coagulation.


Team approach to care in diabetic pregnancy.


Variables affecting pain perception during labor.


Team approach to obstetrics and natural childbirth.


Fathers' and mothers' feelings about sharing the childbirth experience.


Significance of early physical contact between mother and infant.


Failure to thrive as a result of maternal deprivation.


Human sexuality and the family.

Human sexuality and the family.


Sexuality and the climacteric.

Sexuality and the climacteric.


Dreams and verbal reactions of nursing students to abortion. In an attempt to more fully understand the reactions of student nurses in the participant observer role on an abortion unit, the verbal reactions and dreams of upper-division baccalaurate student nurses were studied.  The majority of students exhibited anxiety upon observing an abortion.  The anxiety exemplified either through verbal comments or dreams about death and mutiliation was sublimated by defense mechanisms including suppression, denial and/or rationalization.  Recommendations for student nurses involved in abortion procedures include: informal discussions of the anticipated experience; assessment of individual student strengths to allow for specific preparation for the new clinical setting; use of audiovisual materials relative to nursing; an opportunity for students to discuss their individual reactions and feelings after participating in an abortion procedure; and scheduling the abortion observation after other opportunities to deliver health care have been met.


Psychosocial effects of pregnancy on the mother, father, marriage, and family.


Pregnancy and marital stress.

Pregnancy and marital stress.


Concepts of family planning.

Concepts of family planning. Family planning, often equated with birth control consists in the broadest sense of numerous issues and factors.  Planning, according to the author entails realistic assessment of ones ability to plan plus recognizing the limitations inherant in planning.  The following determinents of parenthood are additional factors one must consider when discussing concepts of family planning: 1) the system of relationships among groups of individuals with differing roles and expectations; 2) values toward family size and parenthood; 3) the concept of parenthood as a career.  Successful family planning is often a result of perceiving the goal of planning as either termination of further childbearing or spacing of births; and 4) psychosocial and economic aspects of contraception.  The author finally suggests that there are acceptable alternatives to biological parenthood.


Postpartum depression.

Postpartum depression.


Environmental influences on embryonic and fetal development.


Antepartum fetal evaluation.

Antepartum fetal evaluation.


The assessment of pituitary function.

The assessment of pituitary function.


Fibrosing alveolitis.

Fibrosing alveolitis.


Paraneoplastic syndromes: unusual manifestations of malignant disease. This monograph has attempted to summarize in a general fashion the ever-enlarging spectrum of the paraneoplastic syndromes. Recognition of their presence at times can lead to the earlier diagnosis of an underlying malignancy. In many instances, palliative therapy or correction of the syndrome may produce relief from the multiplicity of symptoms that develop. The syndromes may be readily apparent or subtle in their onset. Some are life threatening. Prompt recognition and institution of therapy are essential in those instances. The paraneoplastic syndromes usually are categorized by organ system, target organ involved or, where possible, by mediating factors. A careful study of these symptom complexes may lead to better methods of detecting cancer, as well as to a better understanding of its etiology and prevention in the human.


Vegetarian ileostomates: mutually compatible?


Appliances go to market via the FDA. 1.

Appliances go to market via the FDA. 1.


Using elemental nutrition in inflammatory bowel disease.


Accountable nursing service.

Accountable nursing service.


Chapter 464 - Nursing (as passed by the 1979 Legislature, HB 1803).


Women, nursing, leadership.

Women, nursing, leadership.


Women leaders: modern day heroines or societal deviants?


Patterns of leadership.

Patterns of leadership.


Mothers, babies, perception.

Mothers, babies, perception.


Group preparation of pediatric surgical patients.


Stress and physical and verbal aggression in families and the incidence of acute physical illness in pre-school children.


The nurse and the early identification of young children at risk.


'Non-starters' in schools for registered nurses in Israel--1975-1976.


Patients' and staff's perceptions of therapy and milieu in a short-term private psychiatric hospital.


Locus of control, trust, situational control and morale of the elderly.


A review of research into the experience of patients suffering from coronary thrombosis.


Nursing in Switzerland.

Nursing in Switzerland.


The nurse/graduate in nursing: preliminary findings of a follow-up study of former students of the University of Edinburgh degree/nursing programme.


Integrating nursing: a holistic approach to the delivery of nursing care.


Changes in clinical nursing.

Changes in clinical nursing.


The ethics of behavior control: the nurse as double agent.


Self management in American nursing.

Self management in American nursing.


Policemen's attitudes toward mental illness and the mentally ill.


Patient-oriented ward organization.

Patient-oriented ward organization.


New dimensions of professional responsibility.


The helping relationship: choices and dilemmas.


Nursing services and education forge ahead in Ghana.


Preventive psychiatric-mental health nursing using a group approach.


Framework for nursing intervention in the treatment of obesity.


International issues in nursing education: the case of Kuwait.


Some remarks on the mentally disabled patient's right to receive and to refuse treatment.


The mentally disabled person's right to receive and to refuse treatment.


Continuing education for nurses in Nigeria.


Nursing process: the basis for evaluating the quality of nursing care.


Nursing treatment of obesity through the use of group process.


Patients' reactions to impending death.

Patients' reactions to impending death.


An approach to ethical judgments within the therapeutic alliance.


Lethality assessment: whose role?

Lethality assessment: whose role?


Suicide prevention: nursing intervention.


A nonfunctioning group.

A nonfunctioning group.


Food allergy.

Food allergy.


Alternative therapies: biofeedback.

Alternative therapies: biofeedback.


A self-help group.

A self-help group.


Cot deaths--the Sheffield experience.

Cot deaths--the Sheffield experience.


All our families.

All our families.


An investigation into the principles of health visiting.


Definition of health.

Definition of health.


Voluntary workers--the modern approach.

Voluntary workers--the modern approach.