This curriculum guide, revised from a 1975 edition, provides teachers with up-to-date information and skill-related applications needed by practical nurses. It includes 4 sections and 24 instructional units. Each unit of instruction consists of eight basic components: performance objectives, teacher activities, information sheets, assignment sheets, job sheets, transparency masters, tests, and test and assignment sheet answers. Section A, Essential Nursing Skills, contains seven units: Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating Care Plans; Documenting Patient Care; Preparation and Care of the Preoperative and Postoperative Patient; Care of the Critically Ill Patient; Supportive Care of the Terminally Ill Patient; Human Sexuality in Illness; and Care of the Older Adult. The six units in section B, Pharmacology, are: Introduction to Pharmacology, Computing Dosages, Classification of Effects of Drugs, Administration of Medications, Intravenous Therapy, and Documentation of Medications. Section C, Maternal and Infant Care, includes six units: Introduction to Maternal and Infant Care, Prenatal Care, Care of the Patient in Labor and Delivery, Care of the Postpartum Patient, Care of the Full-term and Premature Neonate, and Immediate Care of the Newborn with Anomalies. Section D, Growth and Development, contains five units: Growth and Development of the Infant, Growth and Development of the Toddler, Growth and Development of the Preschool Child, Growth and Development of the School-Age Child, and Growth and Development of the Adolescent. (YLB)