[Standards to be observed in basic nursing procedures].

The authors present as an aid to teaching, a guide of some basic nursing procedures, described according to the norms to be observed.

[Words related to health psychological meaning for nursing students].

Semantic Differential Scales technique of Charles Osgood was applied to 246 nursing students at their first week of professional course, to measure the psychological meaning of the words: Health, Physician, Pain, Hospital, Nurse and Illness In almost all words studied was found a high index of stereotipy related to valorative, potential and activity factors. Index of internal con-tradition were found related with Illness, Nurse and Hospital words.

[Psychological meaning of words related to health by faculties of psychology and nursing schools].

Faculty's answers to the D. S. were studied, in order to relate them to common and especial educational goals as to the difference and similarities observed.