Nursing educators are torn between producing graduates who are employable in the health care marketplace and educating nurses who are capable of transforming the health care system. One way to resolve this conflict is to make caring a core value in the hidden curriculum--the way students are taught to think and feel as nurses. (Author)

Four administrators of associate degree programs in nursing present their views on the role of the AD graduate now and in the 80's. (Editor)

Educational philosophy and practice in nursing schools in the People's Republic of China are described as blurring hierarchical distinctions between student and teacher, nurse and doctor, with emphasis on ability and not credentials. Nursing education in China is seen to have the social element missing in this country. (MF)