Part of a three-volume document, this volume is concerned with providing source data about the activities of mental health nursing personnel as the activities relate to patient care and contains abstracts of more than 4,000 critical behaviors of psychiatric attendants in 50 psychiatric hospitals, general hospitals with psychiatric units, and comprehensive mental health centers throughout the country. The term "attendants" included counselors, aides, nursing assistants, psychiatric technicians, and sometimes mental health workers; consequently, the range of attendant data varies from traditional "custodial care" to rather sophisticated therapeutic intervention. Abstracts have been organized under six major areas: response of staff to patients' maladaptive behavior, staff-initiated therapeutic intervention, physical health and safety of patients and staff, effective interpersonal relations with patients, management activities, and motivation and responsibility. Each of the six major areas is further organized according to an area and a category description. Incidents were reported for both nurses and attendants in almost every subcategory, supporting the emerging role of all nursing personnel as a therapeutic one; however, attendants more often engaged in activities directly involving the patient. This volume, along with volumes 1 and 2, is intended for use in basic, preservice, and continuing education. (EA)