Thirty-five papers on the measurement of outcomes of nursing practice, education, and administration are presented from the 1981 research conference of the Southern Council on Collegiate Education for Nursing. Papers and authors include the following: "Why Nursing Research?" (Hildegard E. Peplau); "Job Satisfaction in Nurse Faculty: Test of a Revised Theory of Work Motivation" (Shirley J. Carey); "Level of Nursing Education and Perceptions of Nursing Performance" (Kathryn Suggs Chance); "Predictors of Success in Nursing School and on State Board Examinations in a Predominantly Black Baccalaureate Nursing Program" (Mary Swope Dell, Gerald Halpin); "Automation and Social Alignment in Hospital Nursing Units" (Beverly Henry); "Coping Strategies of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Nurses" (Sharol F. Jacobson); "Staff Nurse Attitudes Toward Chronic Pain Patients" (Paula Myers Jamison); "A Comparison of Role Conceptions Among Nursing Students and Faculty from Associate Degree, Baccalaureate Degree, and Diploma Nursing Programs and Head Nurses" (Barbara A. Peita); "The Faculty Work Plan and Appraisal: Its Potential for Faculty Role Development" (Luz S. Porter); and "Screening for Abuse and Neglect in a Neighborhood Health Clinic" (Sharon Separs, Aileen Edgington). (SW)