Accelerated LPN-RN nursing education: is role socialization lost along the way?

In response to a critical shortage of registered nurses, an accelerated transition program for licensed practical nurses (LPNs) was developed and implemented. A study of the program was undertaken to evaluate students' academic achievement and socialization into the RN role. NCLEX-RN scores and the Professional Nursing Questionnaire (PNQ) of Minnick, Yocum and Scherubel were used for evaluation.

The Neonatal Perception Inventory: failure to replicate.

This study investigated the relationship reported by Broussard and Hartner that mothers' perceptions of their infants at 1 month of age were predictive of social-emotional development at 4 1/2 years of age. The subjects for this replication study were 50 Caucasian children who were part of a longitudinal study in which maternal perception scores had been obtained at 1 month. When the children reached 4 1/2 years of age it became possible to undertake the emotional assessment.