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THE CABANISS MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF NURSING
EDUCATION

JOHN LLOYD NEWCOMB, B.A., C.E.

Acting President of the University

JOHN LEVI MANAHAN, M.A., Ph.D.

Dean of the Department of Education

FACULTY

LOUISE OATES, B.S., M.A., Diploma, Union Memorial Hospital Training
School for Nurses, Baltimore, Md., Sadie Heath Cabaniss Memorial Professor
of Nursing Education.

ADELAIDE ADELIA MAYO, B.A., M.A., Diploma, Massachusetts General
Hospital Training School for Nurses, Boston, Mass., Assistant Professor of
Nursing Education.

JOSEPHINE McLEOD, B.A., Diploma, Johns Hopkins Hospital Training
School for Nurses, Baltimore, Md., Assistant Professor of Nursing Education.

HISTORY

The movement to endow a Chair of Nursing at the University of Virginia—the
first step in the foundation of the School—was launched in the
spring of 1923 by the Graduate Nurses' Association of Virginia. Through
the zealous and praiseworthy efforts of this group of women, the sum of
$50,000.00 was raised and presented to the University. The chair of Nursing
Education was named in honor of Sadie Heath Cabaniss, Virginia's outstanding
pioneer nurse.

In April, 1928, the first Cabaniss Memorial Professor of Nursing Education
was appointed. The school was then placed under the Department of
Education and organization begun.

Beginning with the academic year of 1928-29, the Cabaniss Memorial
School of Nursing Education has offered courses of university grade for
graduate nurses.

PURPOSE

The purpose of the School is to give further preparation to well qualified
nurses who desire to better fit themselves as supervisors, administrators or
teachers in hospital schools for undergraduate students. There is a very
urgent need for more and better-prepared women to fill the hospital positions,
not only in Virginia but over the entire country. And the demand for nurses
who have prepared themselves by special study for these executive and teaching
positions is far in excess of the supply.

In addition to affording opportunities for study and training to the individual
student, the School of Nursing Education, as part of the State
University, offers its services to nursing school authorities throughout Virginia,
with a desire to coöperate in the solution of practical problems and in
the furtherance of nursing education in the State.

GENERAL STATEMENT

Professional programs are arranged for three groups as follows:

• 1. Teachers in Schools of Nursing.

• 2. Supervisors and Head Nurses in Schools of Nursing.

• 3. Administrators in Schools of Nursing.

The courses are planned on a three-year basis leading to the degree of
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education. Applicants meeting all entrance
requirements may secure the maximum credit of a year's work for their
course in an approved school of nursing.

ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS

To be admitted to regular standing in the School of Nursing Education,
applicants must be registered nurses, graduates of schools of nursing of approved
standards and in addition must meet the regular entrance requirements
of the University by certificate from an accredited high school or private
secondary school, giving the equivalent of four years of satisfactory high
school work, or by examination.

Furthermore, at least one year of graduate experience in some educational
or executive work in schools of nursing is highly desirable for all
prospective students.

For admission by certificate, the applicant should file with the School
not later than September 1, a Certificate of Preparation made out on a blank
form furnished upon request. And a special blank giving applicant's professional
training and experience will be required of all students.

All women students must first register at the office of the Dean of Women,
20 East Lawn.

Special Students.—A limited number of graduate nurses of more mature
age whose general education has not included a complete high school course
may be admitted as special students. But they must present evidence of
satisfactory professional and personal qualifications and ability to pursue the
courses in Nursing Education successfully. No special student may be a
candidate for a degree; but such students are permitted and encouraged to
make up deficiencies by private study or by taking courses in the Summer
Quarter. They will then be admitted as regular students, and may be accepted
as applicants for the degree, provided all entrance requirements are
met at least one academic year before the date of graduation.

College Credit.—A maximum of 15 session-hours may be granted for one
year of college work and 33 hours for two years. In no case will credit be
given on more than 33 session-hours of work done in another college, and

any student who receives this maximum amount of credit must take the
remaining 15 session-hours required for her degree in residence in a regular
session of nine months in this University.

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE IN THE SCHOOL OF
NURSING EDUCATION

The School of Nursing Education offers only one degree, the Bachelor of
Science in Nursing Education. The specific degree requirements, together
with a suggested curriculum, are herewith presented:

I. Bachelor of Science in Nursing Education.

• A. Required Subjects—18 session-hours distributed as follows:

  • 1. Natural Science—6 session-hours in one science.

  • 2. Social Science:

    • (a) History—3 session hours.

    • (b) Sociology—3 session-hours.

  • 3. English:

    • (a) English A1—3 session-hours.

    • (b) English B1, or English B2—3 session-hours.

• B. Education.

  • 6 session-hours which must be Education B1 and Education B2.

• C. Nursing Education.

  • 12 session-hours, which must include N. Ed. B1 and N. Ed. B2.

• D. Elective-at-Large.

  • 12-18 session-hours, which may include additional courses in Natural
    Science, Social Science, English and Education or courses
    in Foreign Language, Economics, Ethics, Psychology and
    Hygiene.

The Session-Hour.—All courses are measured in terms of the session-hour
as a unit. A session-hour is one hour a week throughout the session of
lecture or recitation, or two hours a week throughout the session of laboratory
work.

SUGGESTED CURRICULUM FOR TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS OF
NURSING

                     

FIRST YEAR	Session Hours	SECOND YEAR	Session Hours	THIRD YEAR	Session Hours
English A1	3	History	3	Eng. B1, B2, or B3	3
Chemistry B1	6	Biology B1	6	Hist. and Phil. of Education, Ed. B1	3
Gen. Psychol., B1	3	Ed. Psychol., Ed. B2	3
Curriculum in Schools of N., N. Ed. B2	3	Sociology B1, B2, or B3	3	Supervision in S. of N.
		Hist. of N., N. Ed. B1	3	2 terms
Methods of Teaching Nursing Practice, N. Ed. B3.	3			Practice Teaching	3
		Total	18	1 term
				Electives
Total	18
				Total	15—18

Total for three years 51-54 session-hours

In planning a curriculum for either Supervisors or Administrators in
Schools of Nursing the heavy science content may be lessened and more
freedom in choosing electives allowed.

For those students who may wish to pursue graduate work at some
future time in the University it is advised that they include a foreign language
in their programs for the baccalaureate degree—as at least six collegiate
session-hours of foreign language credit are required as a prerequisite
to full candidacy for a Master's degree.

DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

Nursing Education B1: History of Nursing: A study of the development
of nursing and the care of the sick from ancient times under religious,
military and secular forms of organization, up to the present—including the
beginnings and growth of modern professional nursing in England and
America and a survey of nursing in foreign countries. (Credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Oates.

Nursing Education B2: The Curriculum in Schools of Nursing: This
course deals with the construction of curricula for schools of nursing of varied
types, the aims that determine the content, the selection and arrangement
of subjects and a consideration of method suitable to different subjects. It
includes also discussion of classroom management and equipment, text and
reference books, types of examinations and ways of grading. (Credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Oates.

Nursing Education B3: Methods of Teaching Nursing Practice: A
study of the aims and scientific principles underlying nursing procedures, the
proper teaching methods, and the selection and organization of subject matter
for a course for student nurses. Each student will be expected to do
some independent planning and demonstration within the group. (Credit,
3 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor Mayo.

Nursing Education B4: Supervision in Hospitals and Schools of Nursing:
A course designed primarily for supervisors and head nurses giving a
general knowledge of hospitals and nursing school management and organization.
It will deal with the more common problems encountered in the direction
of ward or department, with the principles underlying effective supervision
and with the teaching of student nurses through the proper correlation
of classroom and ward experience. (Credit, 3 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor Mayo.

Nursing Education B5: Administration in Schools of Nursing: This
course deals with the varied problems of nursing schools in their interrelation
with hospitals, other health and social agencies and educational institutions.
It considers the questions of organization, management, finance,
staff appointment and development and student education. And discusses

the duties and responsibilities of the principal of the school to the board, the
staff, the student, the patient and the community. (Credit, 3 session-hours.)

Professor Oates.

Nursing Education B6: Materia Medica: A course designed for those
who expect to teach the subject in nursing schools. Proper methods of teaching
solution problems will be demonstrated, the general subject-matter of
materia medica reviewed and the newer use of laboratory and illustrative
material discussed. (Credit, 2 session-hours.)

Assistant Professor McLeod.

Required and Suggested Courses to be found in General Catalogue as
follows:

In the College—

• Biology B1, General Biology.

• Biology C1, Evolution and Heredity.

• Chemistry B1, General Chemistry.

• Economics B1, Principles of Economics.

• English A1, Composition and English Literature.

• English B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8.

• History A1, Survey of World History.

• History B2, Modern European History.

• History B3, General American History.

• History B4, General English History.

• Philosophy B2, Ethics.

• Philosophy B3, History of Morals.

• Psychology B1, General Psychology.

• Psychology B3, Abnormal Psychology.

• Psychology B4, Social Psychology.

• Public Speaking B1.

• Rural Social Economics B1, Social Economics of Agriculture.

• Sociology B1, Introduction to Sociology.

• Sociology B3, Social Problems.

In the Department of Education—

• Education B1, History and Philosophy of Education.

• Education B2, Educational Psychology.

• Education C6, Mental Measurements.

OBSERVATION AND DIRECTED TEACHING

Laboratory facilities for observation and practice teaching are made available
through the close proximity and coöperation of the University of Virginia
Hospital School of Nursing. Students of the School of Nursing Education
will do observation and directed teaching under the supervision of a
member of the University faculty.

It is likewise planned that a limited amount of field work in supervision
will be made available for those wishing to specialize in this branch of
nursing.

By these arrangements between the University and the Hospital a very
close coöperation is made possible which should result in mutual benefit to
the School of Nursing Education and the Hospital School of Nursing.

BOARD AND LODGING

There are no University dormitories for women students, but satisfactory
arrangements can be made in approved boarding houses near the
campus. A list of these private boarding and lodging houses, with rates,
may be had upon application to the Bursar.

EXPENSES

The figures in the following table may be taken as fairly accurate approximations
of all necessary expenses for a session of nine months. The
necessary expenses included here are University, athletic and tuition fees,
laboratory fees, lodging, board, laundry, and books, but not clothing, traveling
expenses, or pocket money. Three estimates are given—a low, an
average, and a liberal estimate. The difference in the three depends on the
difference of expenditure for board, lodging, books, and laundry—in other
words, on the scale of living of the individual student. The student who
shares a room with another student, and practices the strictest economy,
may possibly reduce expenses below the low estimate.

                     

	VIRGINIANS			NON-VIRGINIANS
	Low	Average	Liberal	Low	Average	Liberal
University Fee	$ 50	$ 50	$ 50	$ 60	$ 60	$ 60
Athletic Fee	15	15	15	15	15	15
Tuition Fee	10	10	10	175	175	175
Laboratory Fees (average)	10	10	10	10	10	10
Room, Heat, Light, Furniture and Service	65	115	225	65	115	225
Board	225	270	315	225	270	315
Books	25	30	35	25	30	35
Laundry	25	35	50	25	35	50
Total for Session of Nine Months	$ 425	$ 535	$ 710	$ 600	$ 710	$ 885

A fee of $3.00 is required of all women students for the upkeep of the
"Women Students' Association Rooms."

LOAN FUNDS AND STUDENT SELF-HELP

The University is in possession of funds from which loans are made to
deserving students in need of such assistance. An account of these loans is
given in the General Catalogue. Inquiries concerning them should be addressed
to the Bursar.

Opportunities for obtaining remunerative employment are afforded to
students who are desirous by this means of partially paying their way
through the University.

SCHOLARSHIPS

There are a number of scholarships in the University, some of which
may be made available for students of Nursing Education. A detailed description
of them is given in the General Catalogue of the University.

The Isabel Hampton Robb Memorial Fund provides annually a number
of scholarships to nurses taking advanced professional work. Application
should be made to Miss Katherine De Witt, Secretary, Isabel Hampton Robb
Scholarship Committee, 450 Seventh Avenue, New York, N. Y.

The La Verne Noyes Scholarships are available in a limited number to
nurses who served in the Army or Navy of the United States of America
during the World War and who have been honorably discharged. The
scholarships cover tuition in full or in part for those who need this assistance
to pursue their college course. They will be awarded upon the recommendation
of the School of Nursing Education of the University of Virginia, subject
to the approval of the Trustees of the Estate of La Verne Noyes.

Three Philip Francis duPont Scholarships are available to students of Nursing
Education, with a tenure of two years. Students who have not attended the
University must submit their applications not later than July 1; students attending
the University must apply not later than May 1. Applications must be made
on a form supplied upon request.