Issues in Nursing Research: Papers from the 22nd annual conference of the Royal College of Nursing Research Society

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Front Matter....Pages i-i
The Post-war Reconstruction of Nursing....Pages 3-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Whither Nursing Education? The Future of Nursing Education, where it will start from, where it will End....Pages 37-45
Some Observations on Nursing Education, Research and Practice in the United States....Pages 46-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
The Role of Biological Sciences in Nursing Education....Pages 57-73
Nurse Education: An Experiment in Integration of Theory and Practice in Nursing....Pages 74-93
Care of the Unconscious Patient — the Teaching Given to Student Nurses....Pages 94-105
Academic Gaming — Assessing ‘Guts’....Pages 106-120
The Assessment of Training in Social Skills in Nursing, with Particular Reference to the Patient Profile Interview....Pages 121-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-137
Direct and Indirect Responsibility for Care — The Function of the Nursing Officer....Pages 139-150
A Study of Family Practitioners: Perceived Competencies and Some of Their Implications for Nursing Education....Pages 151-177
A Nurse Practitioner in Britain?....Pages 178-188
A Survey of Anxiety and Assertiveness in Student Nurses and Undergraduates....Pages 190-218
The Self-Concept of Undergraduate Nursing Students in Relation to Clinical Performance and selected Biographical Variables (Part II)....Pages 219-230
Front Matter....Pages 231-231
Ante-natal Services: The Views of Midwives and Health Visitors....Pages 233-245
Patient Allocation in a Maternity Ward: A Report of Some of the Findings....Pages 246-272
Front Matter....Pages 273-273
A Discussion of Aspects of Attitude Research....Pages 275-285
The Effect of In-service Training on the Quality of Care in Mental Handicap....Pages 286-293
The Effects of Relaxation Sessions on Violent Outbursts in a Patient Described as a Mentally Retarded Epileptic with Chronic Schizophrenia....Pages 294-300
Rehabilitating the Long-stay Patient from a Closed Institution to an Open Community....Pages 301-306
Front Matter....Pages 307-308
Reallocation of Geriatric Resources: A Proposed Scheme....Pages 309-319
Front Matter....Pages 307-308
Methodological Problems Related to the Assessment of Dependency: An Empirical Approach....Pages 320-333
A Review of the Factors which Have Dictated a Particular Research Strategy: The Interactive Nature of Dependency....Pages 334-348
Care of the Elderly in the Community: Some Methodological Issues Involved in Doing a Population Survey....Pages 349-360
A Study of the Problems, Satisfactions and Needs of Elderly People Living at Home, in and around a Market Town in Hampshire....Pages 361-376
Front Matter....Pages 377-377
Behavioural Changes Post-mastectomy....Pages 379-385
Effects of Information to Patients Undergoing Intravenous Pyelography. Part I: Exploratory Study....Pages 386-399
Front Matter....Pages 401-402
Patient—Nurse Contact in Wards of Different Design....Pages 403-412
The Design, Development and Evaluation of a Portable Commode....Pages 413-429
Front Matter....Pages 431-431
Some Methodological Issues in Nursing Research....Pages 433-437