Text, illustrations, and exercises are used in these two learning modules to instruct physical therapists and others involved in the care of the infirm in methods of comfortably positioning patients in beds and chairs. The first module, "Basic Positioning in Bed and Chair," describes how to position a patient in the upright sitting…

This discussion of an online, in-house computer system used in a group clinical psychology practice describes the development of a program designed to offer cost-effective testing services for patients of mental health professionals. The report provides detailed information on two psychological testing inventories rendered via computer. The first…

This directory lists addresses of sources of free and inexpensive instructional materials in health, patient, and safety education. The materials available include pamphlets, books, charts, posters, slides, films, filmstrips, records, photographs, transparencies, spirit masters, and related materials. The sources are organized into five general…

Patient classification systems in nursing, primarily limited to their application in hospitals, are the topic of this monograph. Following a brief introduction discussing their role and theoretical framework, the various uses of patient classification systems are discussed. Examples of patient classification systems in various settings are…

Intensive psychotherapy is principally limited to the middle class and the affluent population. Working class individuals utilize individual psychotherapeutic services at a low rate, and members of American ethnic groups (including "white ethnics") probably have even lower utilization rates. The reasons that therapists and ethnic clients avoid…

This manual describes a Relaxation-Information Presentation program based on the clinical observation that anxiety is a serious barrier to detoxification for many methadone clients, and on experimental evidence indicating that expectations may play a greater role in the discomfort experienced during detoxification than the actual methadone dose.…

A survey of the members of the American Vocational Association-Health Occupations Education (AVA-HOE) was conducted to identify critical issues concerning health occupations, establish the order of priority of these issues, and determine a position regarding each issue that was reflective of the opinion of the AVA-HOE members. Each member of the…

This study was to determine the extent to which the educational level of female schizophrenic patients could influence their willingness and ability to accept responsibility for self and others through a program based upon freedom of expression, active voluntary participation, knowledge and acceptance of roles and responsibilities, acceptance of…

Successful management of the elderly patient is related in part to how effectively he and members of the health care team can communicate with each other. If comprehension and/or expressive abilities are impaired, as they frequently are in the geriatric population, then efficient patient management becomes difficult. Unfortunately, this difficulty…

The project's broad objective was to improve patient care through the development of a manual or computer-assisted tool for assessing patient health/illness status and recording essential information throughout a period of care. The project sought contributions from practicing nurses in identifying the descriptive clinical information needed to…

This study seeks to identify in advance the personality traits of freshmen who will later seek counseling because of psychological discomfort. When clients were compared with nonclients (415 males, 257 females), psychiatric clients (10 males, 16 females) were higher in impulsivity, and lower in order and cognitive structure; and personal…

Each of the 2 studies included in this report concerns a different aspect of utilizing volunteers as mental health workers. The first used a behavioral assessment technique (the Group Assessment of Interpersonal Traits [GAIT]) to measure the qualities of understanding, openness and accepting-warmth in college students. Subsequently, these students…

This paper is an exploration into the multiple levels and dimensions of the familiar reactions to former mental patients. A form of the Incomplete Sentence Blank Test (ISB) is presented as an instrument to reach beyond the unidimensional restrictions of standard measures, which tend to ask respondents about abstract, hypothetical implications and…

This paper reviews the literature on the behavior and attitudes of medical-nursing personnel toward the dying person and illustrates the frequent conflict between hospital staff and the needs of dying. Inner perturbation stemming from feelings of vicarious suffering, vicarious disintegration, or personal anxiety about death, education deficiencies…

The P.E.P. Report 1969-1973 focuses on the various findings of the Program Evaluation Project. This chapter deals with the first year development of an integrated program evaluation system for the Adult Outpatient Program, Hennepin County Mental Health Service, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This evaluation system is an extension of and expansion of the…