A frame of reference for organizing information related to health care is presented. Various factors which illustrate the relationship of the environment and personal health services to health are the main focus of the framework. This offers a chance to view the health field in a broader perspective. (EC)

As part of a course in Senior Nursing Practice in Community Health, ten senior nursing students were encouraged to explore the possibilities for practicing leadership skills by developing individual service projects. The program results exceeded all expectations. (AG)

This specialized program offers both undergraduate and graduate students a variety of study and learning experiences. It offers three modes of study to provide scope and depth of understanding of alcoholism: substantive, integrated, and independent study. (Author/MW)

Aspects of the development of medical and nursing education make primary health care just one of medicine's specialities when it is actually the essence of the nursing profession. The author contends that primary care as an academic discipline within nursing is really the general discipline and should be so conceptualized. (MF)

The educational preparation and use of nurse-midwives working with other health team members has helped reduce the maternal and infant mortality and morbidity rate in Mississippi. The development of the program employed is described. (AG)

A course for senior nursing students focuses on the health problems and belief systems of minority clients and how these affect their health care. Based on a holistic and epidemiological approach to health care, the seven week course includes theory and clinical practice which students found stimulating and useful. (Author/MS)

The course described was planned to give students preparing to become community health nurses a sound basis for nursing practice as well as provide them with a systematic approach toward assessing the community, mobilizing existing health resources, cooperating with other professionals, and utilizing existing resources. (AJ)

An eight-month internship program for fully-trained pediatric nurse associates in New York's public child health stations, in cooperation with Cornell University, prepares nurses to give physical examinations, give treatment for minor illnesses, and counsel families in child care and daily living skills. Initial problems and solutions are…

A master's program that synthesizes clinical nursing knowledge with management theory and skills is one way to prepare nursing service administrators capable of exerting an influence on today's complex health care system. (Editor)

A simulated exercise provides students with a realistic view of the community health nurse's responsibilities in patient management and team assignments. (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)