Which item was NOT a focus of the Goldmark Report?

• A. Nurse staffing ratios in clinical settings
• B. Clinical learning
• C. Hospital control of schools
• D. Desirability of establishing nursing schools

Answer: (A)

The main idea the Goldmark Report tackles is how nursing education should be structured and delivered, and how nursing schools relate to hospitals. It argued for elevating education by moving nursing programs into colleges or universities, ensuring qualified faculty, and standardizing curricula. It also called for schools of nursing to be independent from hospital control, with robust clinical instruction as part of the university-based program. Establishing formal nursing schools and improving the quality of clinical learning fit directly with these goals. In contrast, nurse staffing ratios in clinical settings concern workforce staffing and patient-care workload, not how nursing education should be organized, so that item was not a focus of the Goldmark Report.