These proceedings include approximately 100 abstracts of papers dealing with the following aspects of research in nursing education: clinical judgment, faculty roles and expectations, learning, clinical experience, ethics and moral development, implications for the nursing curriculum of clinical nursing knowledge research, professional socialization, technological applications in education, the needs of registered nurses returning to school for a baccalaureate degree, cognitive and affective development, admission and retention of students, student characteristics, faculty productivity, the nursing curriculum, program outcomes, registered nursing versus baccalaureate, faculty roles and expectations, issues in nursing education, teaching and learning, techniques for presentation, educational diversity, evaluation of stress, and instructional methods and outcomes. Also included are a conference agenda, directory of presenters, and subject index. (MN)