Update on nursing research in the West

Work of the Western Council of Higher Education in Nursing, of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, is described. The regional research development project, the regional conferences, compilation of research instruments, and organization of an ethnic nurses' organization which grew out of WCHEN projects, are reviewed. Outcomes of research replication through patient teaching projects, the analysis and planning contract, and the utilization of psychiatric--mental health nursing reasearch are also discussed.