A study examined the effectiveness of the current inservice training process used to teach newly employed nurses at Bess Kaiser Medical Center to transfer nursing process theory to practice. Eighty-two of 102 recently hired registered nurses were included in the audit sample. The newly hired nurses, whose previous experience varied from less than 6 to more than 10 years of nursing experience, were required to take a 4-hour nursing process class that addressed 12 objectives, including clarifying the relationship between the nursing process and delivery of nursing care, distinguishing between a medical and nursing diagnosis, utilizing interviewing techniques, utilizing assessment information, reassessing patients, documenting the nursing process, and integrating the nursing process into the unit's delivery of health care. Pre- and posttests were administered to the nurses to assess the effectiveness of the nursing process workshop. Overall, the study supported the position that the educational process for nurses must include not only the theory of nursing practice, but also a practical method of applying the theory to practice. For example, when the charting behavior of the nurses who attended the workshop was compared with that examined in a previous study, the workshop appeared to have a positive effect. (MN)