The problem was to ascertain what directors of hospital nursing services thought about their educational needs. A questionnaire study was done in order to (l) obtain information concerning the educational preparation, experience, and present position of the directors of nursing services; (2) identify specific activities based on knowledge of administration,...
The problem was to determine whether, in a hospital where job evaluations were done, (l) nursing service salaries had increased; (2) the salary in creases were comparable to increases for non-nursing positions; and (3) the in creases were a result of the job evaluation program. The study was done at...
The purposes of this study were: (1) to identify the concepts of the behavioral sciences which were applicable to nursing care, (2) to develop a guide which contained a list of materials from which the nursing instructor could select those learning experiences which would enable the student to develop an...
This study was conducted to determine the effects of in-service education for nursing personnel in simple rehabilitative nursing care on the activity level of patients in nursing homes. A structured observation and an interview was used in order (1) to observe the present activity level of the total population in...
The descriptive case study was used to develop a method which could be used to identify the understandings and skills needed by the nurse to give intelligent physical care to the patient with a neurological condition being treated by means of induced hypothermia. From a survey of the related literature...
The purposes of the study were to identify the concepts of rehabilitation which may be applied to nursing care, to develop a guide that would provide the nurse instructors of Wesley Hospital School of Nursing with a list of materials from which to select those learning experiences that would aid...
This study utilizing the pretest-posttest experimental design was conducted in one psychiatric hospital. The purposes of the study were to evaluate the effectiveness of non-directive small group discussions as a method of learning therapeutic interpersonal skills, and to devise a questionnaire which would measure these skills. Eight graduate staff nurses...
The study was an investigation of a selected group of graduate nurses' awareness of the needs and appropriate courses of action as presented in written situations involving adolescent psychiatric patients. The purposes of this study were: (l) to identify the nurse's awareness of the needs of the adolescent and her...
This was an investigation by use of the rating form to ascertain the performance of non-nursing functions which were not listed in job descriptions and were being performed by nurse administrators in selected short-term general hospitals. The population for the study included all directors of nursing service, associate or assistant...
This study was to ascertain the problems encountered by student nurses when giving nursing care to adolescent patients in a pediatric hospital. Data were collected by means of a questionnaire which was administered to fifty-seven junior and senior students from eleven schools of nursing. Problems relating to five categories were...