Although the faculty designed the NSWP program with clients' needs at the center of the educational endeavor, the economic pressures within the health care environment were also an important element.
We recognize that becoming an NSWP is not the career goal for every nurse.
The pilot NSWP students noted that combining social work with nursing rather than replacing one with the other will provide the professional with the knowledge and skills necessary to care for the "whole" client.
The nonnursing social work faculty members have readily accepted the new NSWP students.
Although the NSWP student sits in the same classes with other MSW students, he or she also takes additional coursework focusing on case management of special populations and advanced coursework in incorporating information technology into practice, social policy, and financial management in health care (see Table 1).
Both a community need for this new NSWP professional and a pool of applicants have been identified.
In addition to the differences in electoral support for NSWPs among autonomous communities, the space of the NSWP is also structured very differently in the autonomous communities.
Table 3 Results of the 1995 Autonomic Elections(a) (Percent votes cast) 1995) PP CDS PSOE IU NSWP Andalusia(1996) 33.
Until now, this division harmed both parties and reduced the space occupied by the NSWP in this autonomous community.
In contrast, in La Rioja, the Partido Riojano (PR) remains the only NSWP option.
Table 4 Autonomic Parliaments: Number of Seats Won by Party in 1991 Elections PP CDS PSOE PCE NSWP Total Andalusia (1990) 27 0 61 11 10 (PA) 109 Catalonia (1992) 7 0 40 7 70 (CiU) 135 11 (ERC) Galicia (1989) 38 0 28 0 2 (PSG) 75 5 (BNG) Basque Country (1990) 6 0 16 0 22 (PNV) 75 9 (EA) 6 (EE) 13 (HB) 3 (UA) Aragon 17 0 30 3 17 (PA) 67 Asturias 15 2 21 6 1 (CA) 45 Balearic Islands 31 21 1 (UIM-IM) 59 1 (FIEF) 3 (PSM-NM) 2 (EEM) Canary Islands 6 7 23 5 16 (AIC) 60 1 (AHI) 2 (AM) Cantabria 6 16 15 (UPCA) 39 2 (PRC) Castilla-Leon 43 5 35 1 84 Castilla- La Mancha 19 27 1 47 Extremadura 19 3 39 4 65 C.
We intend to contribute to the characterization of NSWP options in two ways.
