MRS. EDNA WATKINS
MRS. JACQUELINE HICKS
MISS GLORIA STEVENS
MISS NANCY BURRIS
Four Nurses Promoted
Four Duke nurses have received promotions within the hospital's nursing service.
Announcement of the promotions came from Mrs. Verna Sticht, acting director for
nursing service.
Miss Nancy Burris, R.N., has been appointed supervisor of the Recovery Room and
the Acute Care Unit. She will continue to perform her duties as supervisor of the
Neurosurgical Unit.
Miss Burris replaces Miss Doris Haase, R.N., who has been acting supervisor of thfe
Recovery Room and ACU. Miss Haase is returning to her post as clinical specialist in
cardiovascular surgery.
Mrs. Jacqueline Hicks, R.N., formerly a staff nurse, has been named head nurse on
Third Eastward.
Miss Gloria Stevens, R.N., head nurse on Howland ward, has become clinical
supervisor for pediatric nursing. Miss Diane Burke, R.N., remains director for pediatric
nursing.
Mrs. Edna Watkins, R.N., a graduate of Watts Hospital School of Nursing in
Durham, has been appointed clinicial supervisor for surgical specialties including
Welch, Holmes, and Strudwick wards. She replaces Miss Julia Taylor, R.N., who has
been acting supervisor and will return to her position as head nurse on Strudwick
ward.
HAP Grad Appointed by County
Thomas R. Howerton, a 1948 graduate
of the Medical Center’s Program in
Hospital Administration, has been chosen
administrator of the proposed Durham
County Hospital.
Mr. Howerton, a Durham native, is
presently administrator of Wilson
Memorial Hospital in Wilson, N.C., and a
clinical instructor in the Duke Hospital
Administration Program.
His selection to the new post was
announced in March by H. Spurgeon
Boyce, chairman of the Durham Hospital
Commission, and J. Frank Jarman,
chairman of the search committee.
The new $20 million Durham Hospital
is scheduled to be built on land formerly
occupied by the County Home on TMorth
Roxboro Road.
Mr. Howerton attended Durham city
schools and received an A.B. degree from
Duke in 1943 before completing the
hospital administration program at the
Medical Center.
He served as administrator at Moore
Memorial Hospital in Pinehurst from
1951 to 1961 when he moved to Wilson.
Mr. Howerton is president of the
North Carolina Hospital Association and
a fellow in the American College of
Hospital Administrators. In 1968 he
served as president of the
Carolinas-Virginias Hospital Association.
2 Credit Cards Now
Accepted for Payment
Two credit cards have been authorized
for use in payment of hospital bills at
Duke Hospital.
In March Duke began accepting Master
Charge and BankAmericard for inpatient
bills within the limit agreed to between
the card holder and his banking agency.
Both cards also may be used to pay for
emergency room visits at the hospital.
In announcing the policy. Dr. Stuart
M. Sessoms, hospital director, said it was
adopted primarily as a convenience to
patients. The credit card system for
handling bills is being used successfully in
hospitals elsewhere, he said.