S ince the days of Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton, the scope of nursing (and its image) has changed. As Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), medical assistants, and many other allied health professionals enter nursing school and change the image of nursing, nursing faculty have been challenged to address the needs of these students. I interviewed some o...

Maintenance for rooftop packaged air conditioners (RTUs) is a rare preventative practice. Generally, service calls are limited to emergency response for major system failures that impact occupant comfort. Even in the case of equipment maintained under service contracts, technicians will only detect severe and obvious faults since their procedures typically only involve routine qualitative asses...