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This article describes Orem's Self-Care Theory (Orem, 1985) and applies it to the home setting. The purpose of the study was to identify how older adults manage self-care activities at home following discharge from a hospital. Results of the survey indicated that 66% of the clients reported self-care deficits after discharge. In addition, 15% reported inability to care for themselves totally after discharge. Analysis of the information indicated the lack of a supportive-educative system to promote self-care at home. The solution to the management of self-care is the rehabilitation nurse clinical specialist, who can provide nursing strategies that promote partnership with the older adult in planning self-care activities after hospitalization.

A job analysis is an integral component in the development of a certification examination. A job analysis, also referred to as a role delineation study, is an expensive, resource-intensive endeavor. The job analysis, the task and knowledge statements, and survey findings, are among the most valuable assets held by a certification organization, but this asset is often underutilized. This article presents alternative uses for job analysis results and strategies for increasing the return on investment for this asset.

Assessment of needs is the foundation of nursing practice as well as nursing education. To increase responsivity to the continuing education (CE) needs of registered nurses (RNs) within a small, yet diverse, mid-Atlantic state in which CE was recently mandated for relicensure, a telephone survey was used to gather information on a large nonrandomized sample of RNs. Preferences for types of programming, methods and locations for acquiring CE, scheduling, academic credit in addition to CE credit, and an automated service for maintaining CE attendance records were identified. This study presents an overview of survey results helpful in planning offerings most likely to attract and satisfy nurses.