Carol Gregory

This article presents the perspectives of battered women, whose partners have been court-ordered to participate in a batterer intervention program, on the program's effects on their partners, themselves, and their families. Through in-depth interviews, 33 women described their experiences, expectations, and feelings before, during, and after their partner participated in the program. The interviewees also discussed the impact of the program on their batterers'behavior and on their own lives.

From the first day of training, hospital nurses learn the importance of hourly rounding. With advances in technology, rounding has become an increasingly valuable tool in patient care. When the electronic systems that must work in synchrony at the bedside don't, nurses' frustrations often increase. HCA North Texas, comprised of 16 hospitals in Texas and Oklahoma, addressed this frustration head on when the information technology and services department (IT&S) began rounding on nurses.