[Training on nursing personnel for work in recovery and intensive care units (author's transl)]

After prolonged deliberations guide lines have now been agreed upon regarding the training and examination of nursing personnel for work in recovery and intensive care units. The recommendations, as adopted by the German Hospital Association 16th November 1976, cannot be accepted unreservedly. One of the main objections is that the proposed course of training would lead to excessive specialization at too early a stage. The aim should be to provide training of an interdisciplinary character, including anaesthesia.