1. Mrs. Dumas is an instructor and research assistant and Miss Anderson is a research assistant, Yale University School of Nursing, New Haven, Conn. They are working on a research project, “Nursing Preparation of Adults for Hospitalization and Surgery,” under USPHS grant #GM 10300–01. Both received M.S. degrees in nursing from Yale, after completing their baccalaureate degrees at Dillard University, New Orleans (Mrs. Dumas), and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Miss Anderson).