facilities, and recommend a centralized materiel management system that best meets the needs of nursing and administration in performing the mission of the U.S. Army Medical Department Activity (MEDDAC), Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

Womack DE. Diagnosis Related Groups as Indicators of Nurse Staffing Requirements. Master's thesis. Academy of Health Sciences (Army), Fort Sam Houston, TX. 1985. A209734 HCA-36-89. 105p.

This study was conducted to determine whether DRGs are indicators of nurse staffing requirements. A sample of discharge record abstracts was classified into DRGs, and the amount of nursing time spent with individual patients was determined by using the Workload Management System.

Zadinsky JK. Development of an Acuity-Based Nurse Staffing System for the Post Anesthesia Care Unit. Final report 1992–1993. Army Health Professional Support Agency, Falls Church, VA. 1994. HR95-001. 143p.

The purposes of the study were (1) to provide an acuity-based method of determining nurse staffing needs for postanesthesia care units (PACU) in the Army Medical Department and (2) to provide a method of analyzing PACU workload variation.

Additional citations for dissertations that were retrieved from the searches of CINAHL and PsychInfo appear in the section on citations from journals.

Alexander, Linda Lewis. Smoking Behavior of Military Nurses: The Impact of Job Stress, Job Satisfaction and Social Support. Ph.D. diss., University of Maryland 1988.

This study surveyed the prevalence of smoking behavior among military nurses and examined the possible influence of job stress, job satisfaction, and social support.

Bice-Stephens, Wynona Mettes. Hospitals as Teaching Sites: Converging Theory and Practice Through Clinical Application Programs Based upon Adult Learning Principles. Ed.D. diss., Peabody College for Teachers of Vanderbilt University 1994.

This descriptive statistical study examined the role of clinical application programs in converging theory and practice within hospitals functioning as teaching sites. Results indicated that the Army Nurse Corps preceptorship is perceived as a valid clinical application teaching strategy that promotes principles of adult education, plus socialization and integration, in the corps.

Front Matter (R1-R9)

1 Search Strategies (1-2)

2 Published Research (3-68)

3 Published Historical Articles (69-80)

4 Navy Nurse Corps Theses and Dissertations (81-94)

5 Published Miscellaneous Articles (95-112)

6 Research in Progress (113-234)

Acronyms (235-239)