The demand for the services of homemaker-home health aides has increased tremendously. In one year, for example, the Visiting Nurse and Home Care Association of East Hartford, Connecticut, had a nearly 155 percent increase in the demand for homemaker-home health aide service. The East Hartford Public Schools developed a vocational program that…

This booklet lists tasks and functions the health occupations student should be able to do upon entering an employment situation or a postsecondary school. (Listings are also available for the areas of cosmetology and transportation/automotive mechanics.) Tasks are coded to correspond to those on the Student Performance Record, which details a…

THE RELATIVELY UNCHANGING FACTORS UNDERLYING NURSING AND ITS PRACTICE ARE PRESENTED AND APPLIED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CURRICULUMS FOR THE EDUCATION OF PRACTICAL NURSES. THE GUIDE FOR DEVELOPING CURRICULUMS WAS PREPARED BY A REGISTERED NURSE IN COOPERATION WITH SEVERAL GROUPS AND MANY INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING TWO PROGRAM SPECIALISTS OF THE PRACTICAL…

The purpose of the project was to determine what goals, content, and learning experiences in psychiatric-mental health nursing should be included in diploma and associate degree education for nursing in the light of present-day trends in nursing and psychiatric care. The report follows the sequence of the project: (1) selection of associate degree…

Nurses today are faced with the problem of choosing from a proliferating array of alternatives, both when they decide what type of nursing education to pursue and when they must choose between the many occupational directions they face on graduation from nursing school. Recognizing these recent developments in both education and health, the…

Existing computer-assisted instructional programs for nursing students are studied and their application to the education of practical nurses is considered in the light of the recent history of nursing education. (Author)

Discusses the health occupations preparatory developments at the University of Iowa. (Author/RK)

A coordinated council met to establish ground rules to coordinate the activities of various organizations and educational institutions interested in and concerned with the continuing education of nurses in Ohio. Their purpose was to provide all nurses with opportunities to increase their knowledge and skills for the delivery of health care. (RB)

This paper describes the results of a study which revealed that the majority of students in the allied health disciplines of nursing and medical technology are perceptually field dependent according to Witkin's model of field mode, while the majority of practitioners in these disciplines are field independent. (Author/CT)

In 1989, the Health Occupations Advisory Committee surveyed health care agencies throughout New Mexico about their current and planned employment needs in nursing and allied health fields. The survey was mailed to approximately 500 hospitals, county health offices, outpatient and long-term care facilities, employment agencies, practice groups, and…

To ascertain differences in the area of non-intellectual characteristics among senior students and successful practitioners in four paramedical groups, data collected by administering the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) were statistically analyzed. This test, measuring the relative strength of 15 personality needs, was given to 396…

This manual provides information on the enucleation procedure (removal of the eyes for organ banks). An introductory section focuses on the anatomy of the eye and defines each of the parts. Diagrams of the eye are provided. A list of enucleation materials follows. Other sections present outlines of (1) a sterile procedure; (2) preparation for eye…

SUGGESTIONS FOR PROGRAMING A FACILITY FOR NURSING EDUCATION ARE DIRECTED TO THE SCHOOL OF NURSING FACULTY WHO ARE ENCOURAGED TO EXPLORE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP BUILDING PLANS REFLECTING THE PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES OF THEIR SCHOOL, THE SCHOOL'S UNIQUE POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION, AND THE CREATIVE CAPACITIES OF THE PLANNING GROUP. THE SUGGESTED…

The United States Public Health Service Nursing Research Project Grants established in 1955, support studies dealing with all aspects of nursing practice, organization and delivery of nursing services to the patient, nursing as an occupation, and ways of communicating research findings. Intended as a means of sharing information about ongoing…

This annotated bibliography consists of 99 entries, primarily journal articles, most of which were published after 1966. Organization is under the following headings: (1) Associate Degree Nursing (ADN) Programs--What They Are, (2) Planning for ADN Program, (3) Move to Educational Institutions, (4) Administration, (5) Faculty, (6) Teaching Methods,…