 | University of Virginia record June 15, 1928 |  |
THE CABANISS MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF NURSING
EDUCATION
Edwin Anderson Alderman, Ph.B., D.C.L., LL.D.
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 Health Cabaniss Memorial Professor of Nursing Education |
| ADELAIDE A. 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 will offer 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
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 cooperate 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.
In addition to the above, each candidate may be required to pass at
the University a qualifying examination in English before her registration
can be completed. This examination will be held on Monday of the first
week of the session.
Any student who fails to maintain a reasonable standard of English
in all her college work will be required to take an additional course in English
composition or to repeat a course in order to make up her deficiency.
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
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.
2. Social Science, 6 session-hours.
3. English, 6 session-hours, of which 3 must be English A1
or English A2.
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.
12-19 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 | Second Year | Third Year | |||
| Session Hours. |
Session Hours. |
Session Hours. |
|||
| English A1 or A2 | 3 | History B2 or B3 | 3 | Eng. B1, B2 or B3 or Pub. Speaking B1 |
3 |
| Chemistry B1 | 4 | Biology B1 | 4 | ||
| Ed. Psychol., Ed. B2 | 3 | Anat. and Phys. | 3 | Bacteriology | 2 |
| Curriculum in Schools of N., N. Ed. B2 |
3 | Sociology B1 | 3 | Hist. and Phil. of Education, Ed. B1 |
3 |
| Hist. of N., N. Ed. B2 | 3 | ||||
| Methods of Teaching Nursing Practice, N. Ed. B3 |
3 | Electives 2 | Supervision in S. of N. | ||
| 2 terms | |||||
| Total | 16-18 | Practice Teaching | 3 | ||
| Electives 2 | 1 term | ||||
| Electives 5-8 | |||||
| Total | 16-18 | ||||
| Total | 16-19 | ||||
| Total for three years 48-55 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.
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 hospital and nursing school management and
organization. It will deal with the more common problems encountered
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:
| Page | |
| Biology B1, General Biology | 167 |
| Biology C1, Evolution and Heredity | 167 |
| Chemistry B1, General Chemistry | 170 |
| Economics B1, Principles of Economics | 177 |
| English A1, Composition and English Literature | 183 |
| English A2, Composition and American Literature | 184 |
| English B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6 | 184 |
| History B2, Modern European History | 192 |
| History B3, General History of United States | 192 |
| Philosophy B2, Ethics | 198 |
| Philosophy B3, History of Morals | 199 |
| Psychology B1, General Psychology | 200 |
| Psychology B3, Abnormal Psychology | |
| Public Speaking B1 | 205 |
| Sociology B1, Community and Society | 209 |
| Sociology B3, Prob. of Pub. Welfare and Social Adjustment | 209 |
| Education B1, History and Philosophy of Education | 240 |
| Education B2, Educational Psychology | 240 |
| Education B12, School Hygiene and Sanitation | 241 |
| Education C1, Advanced Educational Psychology | 241 |
| Education C6, Mental Measurements | 242 |
| — Anatomy and Physiology | |
| — Medical Bacteriology |
OBSERVATION AND DIRECTED TEACHING
Laboratory facilities for observation and practice teaching are made
available through the close proximity and co-operation 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 co-operation 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 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 differences 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 |
| Tuition Fee | 10 | 10 | 10 | 175 | 175 | 175 |
| Laboratory Fees (average) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Room, Heat, Light, Furn. and Service | 50 | 115 | 180 | 50 | 115 | 180 |
| Board | 200 | 250 | 300 | 200 | 250 | 300 |
| Books | 25 | 30 | 35 | 25 | 30 | 35 |
| Laundry | 25 | 35 | 50 | 25 | 35 | 50 |
| Total for Session of 9 mos. | $370 | $500 | $635 | $545 | $675 | $810 |
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, 19 West Main Street, Rochester, New York.
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.
| University of Virginia record June 15, 1928 | |