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KWm '--V ' ( :*\%' Tvvjr; m • K 4 > ''’" '' l i •' '.,* ,♦ ‘ it> \ ^ ’ V^‘> \ •; irV.Vv *;'5'S'};'f' «, ^h\[' ' 1 ‘ . *' '♦ ^ K ■•'V V'iT ii‘ •' ■• ’’j, ('■ 'M' ■' l-''/?.^‘i .'S:f' ..;-'i'''' . i--. ■ ,jsj' ..;ij-, :l’ >' Omk i m Students Question Board The excess emphasis being placed on “passing the board” before we can become Registered Nurses brings many questions and thoughts to my mind. What should be the role of the School of Nursing in preparing us to become registered nurses? Is it to provide us with a set of skills that we can use to become lucky and help us to win the game of “pick the right answers and win?” Or is it to provide us with experiences that enable us to develop essential compentencies for functioning in the real world of the health care system. We attend classes for four years, receiving basic facts, concepts, and principles; we have three years or clinical experience; we have experiences in problem solving and decision making, setting priorities, discovering processes and relationships. Our curriculum is not only biologically oriented, but sociologically and psychologically as well. Our evaluations are not based on the memory of didactics, but our ability to apply facts and principles to real life situations. If we are able to accomplish the goals and objectives upon which the school’s curriculum is based, is it then fair that we have to also undergo, and pass two days of testing before we can become registered nurses? Are these exams more qualified to measure our capabilities than the criteria used by the individual schools? A school that is accredited No of Graduates and Licensure results by class and Grad. Licensed 1957 11 9- 1958 6 6 1959 25 23 1960 22 18 1961 36 31 1962 19 19 1963 23 22 1964 14 13 1965 12 12 1966 18 18 1967 10 10 1968 21 2t 1969 15 • 15 1970 17 17 1971 16 16 1972 15 10 1973 20 19 1974 23 17 1975 31 16 Total 354 312 Total not liscensed 42 25 of this 42 have taken the exam only one time. should be allowed to determine a student’s readiness for licensing. It is not left up to us whether we may or may not take the exam. But just think, is anything really left up to us? Some students in the Nursing department commented, anonymously, on the subject during recent questioning. “I feel that State Board Exams should be abolished,” one student said, “because it doesn’t measure one’s ability to be a good nurse.” Another agreed, saying that the furor caused by the State Board Exam scores has not decreased her desire to practice nursing, but rather “makes me want to go on, study much harder and do my Freshmen Sophomore Junior Senior Nursing School future is debatable. Range of SAT Scores for students currently enrolled by class including average score Range of Score Average 600-1342 741.3 475-1110 665.5 590-1176 672.6 660-1507 709.5 We have 281 students enrolled in the program as described below: 240 black students & 41 white students 26 of the 281 students are registered nurses 15 are part-time students. Memory of A Great Black Man Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., a Baptist minister, led a Negro movement to end racial segregation in the United States. In the 1950’s and 1960’s, King organized protest parades and other peaceful demonstrations as part of his “passive resistance” program. King won a victory in Brimingham, Alabam, revealed his dream from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, and visited Oslo and Stockholm to receive the Nobel Peace Prize on Dec. 10, 1964. He had four children; Martin Luther King III, Dexter Scott King, Yolande Denise King and Bernice King. He was married to Coretta Scott King. King was bom in Atlanta, Ga. He was killed on April 4, 1968 in Memphis, Tenn. Continued on page 4 Typists Circulation Lay-out Advisor Editor: Managing Editor: Reporters: Mickey Flowers Ronald Jordan Diane Johnson, Allen Griffin, Paula Gibbs Nell Smith, Roslyn Mufflin, Althea Bailey, Vonzella Scales, Gloria Ross, D.D. Young, Marilyn Hubbard, Pamela Black, Faiger Blackwell, Cheryl Brando, Curtis Moore, Janet Browder, Sterling Eggleston! Yvonne Harris, Gwen Moore, Linda Brunson] Jennifer Harris, Terry Hayes, Patricia Harris Della Wiggins Althea McKinney, Joyce Skipwith Charlsse Fountain The News Argus is a student publication. The contents of which are the sole responsibility of students. ■m By VONZELLA SCALES best to pass it.” “I realize that the percentage of our students who pass the board is low in comparison to some other schools,” a graduating nursing major said. “But that’s because of a number of factors. We are predominantly black, and ‘blackness’ to many people in society is perceived as inferior....Consideration is not as often given to the educational and economic disadvantages imposed upon us as a result of discriminatory practices, as is given the need for justice as well as equality. “Those who enjoy stigmatizing us, can help by cooperating and donating funds to modernize our facility, hire more faculty and buy new equipment,” she said. Black History Week Calendar I A holiday is fastly approaching and many plans for it must he made Any celebraUon that commemorates our past must Je a great one. Therefore, we are prepanng to do our f'oiphratinc in a grand manner. Can we do justice to over a miUion years of history in just a week’ I think so. The Student Government AssociaUon along with various other organizations has prepared a historic, cultural and social feast for the people we love; our fellow students. A THOUGHT “We have transcended through ages, from the earliest man. Yes we were the first. Therefore through our mutual efforts we shall prove that we are the best. Let us look back and move ahead.” ACTIVITIES Sunday, February 8 7:00 p.m. Kenneth Williams Auditorium: BLACK REUGION “WSSU Youth For Christ Choir” Rev. Quincey Caldwell and “The MIGHTY WONDERS” Monday, February 9 CULTURE African displays Student Poetry Drama Rap Session (Say what you feel, the way you want) Tuesday, February 10 POIJTICS Lawyers Politicians +8:00 p.m. Hill Hall Lecture Room SGA proudly presents the multimillion dollar making movie: (FREE) (FREE) EXECUTIVE ACTION Wednesday February 11 HISTORY +8:00 p.m. Kenneth R. Williams Auditorium (FREE - FREE - FREE) The reknowned Black Shakesperian actor and Hollywood star William Marshall. Mr. Marshall has appeared in such movies as Othello and played the star role in the movie BLACULA. Bro. Marshall will perform the role of Frederick Douglass in “AN EVENING WITH FREDERICK DOUGLASS” Thursday February 12 TALENT SHOW sponsered by Student Activities Ck)mmittee Friday February 13 ATHELETIC TESTIMONIAL for W.S.S.U. Athletes Saturday February 14 MANDRILL Benton Convention Center 10 - 2 A.M. Admission $3.00 Sunday February 8, 1976 Kenneth R. Williams Memorial Auditorium on WSSU Campus^ at 7:00 p.m. the WSSU Student Goverrunent Association presents “Black Religion” Featuring “The Mighty Wonders” ^0 appearing will be Rev. Quincy Caldwell and the Youth ior Lhnst Choir. Everyone is invited, a donation of $1.00 is requested. the black man stands in histo ry, too
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