Genetics offers many opportunities for nursing research. Nurse researchers can contribute in such areas as biological, environmental, and behavioral linkages; genetic determination of physiological responses; and translation of science findings into clinical interventions. (SK)

Responses from 1,107 nurses working with asthma patients showed positive to neutral views of consensus reports with practice recommendations from professional associations, government, and health agencies. Most felt the reports were a better source of information than colleagues, textbooks, or journals. However, 75% were unaware of one major set…

Discusses the history of health care in Latin America in the twentieth century. Indicates that nurses provide most of the health care and that there is a need to enhance the nursing education programs in Latin America. (JOW)

A nationwide survey using the Delphi technique indicated that the determination of "valid and reliable indicators of quality nursing care" was seen as the highest research priority. (Author)

Primary health care goes beyond the individual focus of primary care to build interventions for improved health for the entire population. It embodies these principles: equitable distribution, appropriate technology, focus on promotion and prevention, community participation, and a multisectoral approach. (SK)

The article discusses a survey of Family Practice Physicians as to their attitudes on the role of the family nurse clinician in utilizing them in their practices. (BP)

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 baccalaureate nursing program at Herbert H. Lehman College, Bronx, New York prepares students for primary care nursing by structuring the clinical experience to include the essential, interdependent components of: assessment, accountability, leadership, and management. Graduates are expected to be proficient in the primary care role in any…

Although schools are becoming the logical sites for the provision of primary health care for children, certain questions need to be answered: How will these services be financed? How prepared are school nurses for an expanded role? How will these programs be designed and organized? (CT)

The authors discuss the care-cure dichotomy (baccaulaureate students were found to be care-oriented; the associate degree students were cure-oriented) and the problems these attitudes present. (Author/BP)