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Nursing faculty are increasingly confronted with nursing students who are culturally diverse. No longer can traditional educational strategies be expected to work with everyone, and strategies must be selected which meet the needs of the students. This article addresses the need to adapt to diversity in the classroom as well as how to personalize strategies to the needs of the students, plan appropriate interventions, and evaluate interventions for effectiveness. Use of the Giger-Davidhizar assessment model can assist the faculty in assessing for cultural differences and thus can provide a base on which to plan effective interventions.

An administrator who is able to delegate to subordinates without feeling the need to "micromanage" gains power by "letting go." Power is the ability to influence others by persuasion in coercion. The administrator who is able to "let go" can enjoy the role of facilitator and mentor to subordinates. Details that were formerly obsessed about can be left to others. The administrator who has accomplished the art of "letting go" can say of a subordinate manager, "I trust the manager as a competent professional. I don't 'supervise' constantly. That would be 'micromanaging.' If that person needs some assistance, I will encourage the request."

This article describes how hospital managers can use principles of triage when sending and receiving e-mail. It also discusses when e-mail should not be used, and when personal communication should occur.

Contrary to the manner in which a great many people seem to regard sleep, sleep is not a waste of time. Inadequate sleep, let alone chronic sleep deprivation and actual sleep disorders, leads to diminished quality of work and loss of productivity. As far as caregivers are concerned, inadequate sleep can affect dangerously their ability to function in critical situations. On the other hand, adequate sleep is needed if one is to function at one's potential best and sufficient sleep is also an effective hedge against the encroachment of job stresses. For one who is occasionally unable to get sufficient sleep, there are steps to be taken to improve the ability to rest. A good night's sleep invariably precedes a good day's work.

As more and more clients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) are encountered in health care agencies, it is important that the health care professional be well informed with current facts and information on treatment. Supportive care by the health professional is essential to assist the client in maintaining maximum quality of life and a sense of self-esteem and self-efficacy. It is important for the professional to be aware not only of the supportive care needed by clients but also of the safeguards necessary in such a high-risk profession.

There are varied opinions on the commonness of self-talk. Some feel self-talk is engaged in more by persons who feel insecure and question their performance (Cauchon, 1994). Others feel self-talk is a process people use continually to describe and interpret the world, accurate or inadequate as the case may be. (Hansen, Rhode, and Wolf-Wilets, 1991; Braiker, 1989). Regardless of how much self-talk the nurse is aware of in interacting with clients and intrapsychically, it is important to assess thoughts for their logic or illogicality. Illogical thoughts should be replaced by positive words of encouragement, which will in turn raise the client's or nurse's self-concept and level of self-confidence. Making self-talk positive is always good nursing practice.

This article was written to help nurses assist elderly women adjusting to change and loss. It describes dynamics that may be present during change and loss such as loneliness and powerlessness. Specific strategies for communicating caring in the operating room are described.