HOSPITAL
DUKE
PEHRUAKY, l!)o8 DrilllAM, N. C.
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN NURSING PROGRAM UNDERWAY. From left to right:
Marcia Black; Mrs. June Reece Cassady; Miss Thelma Ingles, Associate Professor of
Nursing and director of the graduate program in medicine and surgery; Dr. Morton
Bogdonoff, Assistant Professor of Medicine; Mrs. Elaine Mygrant Gleason; Jo Ann
Baughan; and Joann Brown.
VOL. 4, NO. 6
New Frontier in
Nursing Education
Tlu' mnv «:ra(luate study proffraui
in the School of NurKiiig is aimed at
liel]iiii^ nurses meet the increased re
sponsibilities creat('d by advances in
medical and snrfjical care. To snp-
port this study the lioekefeller Foun
dation has made a frrant to the Tni-
versity of ()()() dollars. This
jrrant will sup))lement more than
•$2()0,()(){) in Did^e I'liiversity funds al
lotted for the jirofiram, according' to
Dr. Paul ]\I. Oross, vice-president of
tlie University. 'I'he "rant will ex
tend over a seven-year )>eriod.
In announcinij: the ijrant. Dr. (Ji-oss
•faid: “Duke riiiversity is ])articiilai’-
!y "rateful to the Kockefellei' foun
dation for this jrenerous gift, (’om-
bined with funds which the Univer
sity has available from other sourccs,
it makes possible the launehiii" of an
entirely new and broad program of
ntirsing study and training at the
graduate level.
“]>y ])roviding these fluids, the
Rockefeller Foundation has dis])layed
its mutual concern for the problems
which face institutions such as Duke
University in. i>roviding an a(lo(piate
sup])ly of well-trained nurses to meet
an ever increasing demand. The Uni
versity a|)])reciates not only the gift,
but also the expression of confidence
in the forward ])lanning for health
and medical care by liie Duke Univer
sity School of Xursing and ^ledieal
School.”
Offering the J\last(>r of Science in
Xursing degree after 12 months’
study, Ihe ])rogram centers around
_ development of advanced nursing
^^kills to better equip nurses for sjie-
cialized res])onsibilities in hospital
bedside nursing, for sujiervisoiy posi
tions and for teaching.
Dean Ann J\l. Jacobansky of the
Duke University School of Nursing
])ointed out that the jirogram marks
a new apjiroach to graduate nursing
education b('cause it is devoted pri
marily to advanced training in nurs
ing rather than to the administration
or teaching asjjeels of nursing. “Ac
tually,” she said, “the i)rogram is a
continuation of undergraduate train
ing with an increase in the depth of
content.” Dean Jacobansky explained
that the program i-ejtresents a ])artial
answei' to “an urgent need to shorten
Ihe time required to develoj) the eom-
])(‘ntenci‘ and advanced skills essen
tial lo high calibrc' bedside nursing.
Such competence can sometimes be
giiined Ihrough years of experience
after completion of the basic prepara
tion for nursing” she said, “but it is
a time-consuming and all too often
haphazard ])rocess.”
(Candidates for the new' degree must
hold a U.S. degree in Nursing or its
(‘(piivalent and must successfully com
plete the Oraduate Nurse Qualifying
Examination or other examinations
deemed necessary. The program at
Duke is being hnnu'hcd on a conser
vative scale, ;\liss .lacobansky said,
with five students currently working
toward the .M.S.X. centered arotind a
major in nu'dical-surgical nursing.
Five ])ost-bachelor traiiK'cships of aj)-
pi'oximately $4,()()() each, adminis
tered by the Division of Xursing Re
sources, U. S. Public Health Service,
have been awaj'ded to these students,
'riiey ar(' .Mrs. Klaine .Mygrant (Ih'a-
son of Findh'y, Ohio; Mrs. June
Reece Cassady, .Miami, Fla.; Alarcia
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