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M iss Minniear 7 NEW DIRECTOR OF NURSING SERVICE-M\ss Wilma Minniear, R.N., left, who will become director of nursing service July 1, discusses patient care with Mrs. Susan Campbell, R.N., right, head nurse on Minot ward, and Miss Suzanne Wilhoit, a Duke nursing student, (photo by Dave Hooks) Five Professors Take Sabbaticals (continued from page one) She said that the crucial role of the nursing personnel obligates them in four ways: 1. To work in concert with all who serve the patient either directly or indirectly. 2. To give the best nursing care possible within the human and material resources available. 3. To systematically search for ways and means to improve nursing care. 4. To support and facilitate learners and researchers in Duke Hospital. "As director of nursing services," Miss Minniear said, "I expect to facilitate in any way I possibly can those activities which will fulfill the nursing staff's obligation to deliver courteous and competent nursing care, and their obligation to support education and research in patient care." A native of Indiana, Miss Minniear earned a diploma in nursing at Ball Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Muncie, Ind. She received a bachelor's degree in education at Ball State University there and a master's degree in nursing service administration at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. In addition she has done post-master's work in administration and education at the University of Chicago and Columbia University. Miss Minniear's professional experience includes supervisory and teaching positions at Ball Memorial Hospital and at Grace Hospital in Detroit, and as a head nurse at University ■Hospitals in Cleveland. Prior to joining the Duke faculty. Miss Minniear was on the faculty at Case Western Reserve School of Nursing, serving for five years as head of the Graduate Program in Hospital Nursing Service Administration. As an associate professor at Duke, she has taught in the graduate program and has taught administration in the .undergraduate program. Miss Minniear lives at 5203 Shady Bluff, in the Old Farm development of Durham. The Duke chapter of Alpha Omega Alpha is interested in locating any Duke house staff or new faculty who. are members of AOA. Physicians who were elected to the society before coming to Duke are asked to contact Mrs. Helen Thomas in the Medical School administration office. Five Duke Medical Center doctors, begin sabbatical leaves this summer to work on a variety of projects in the U. S. and Europe. Dr. John Altrocchi, professor of med ical psychology and associate professor of psychology, will spend most of his leave in California writing a book about abnormal behavior. In addition, he vvill assist in the development of the behav ioral sciences part of the curriculum at the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Nevada. Dr. Walter R. Guild, professor of biophysics, leaves Duke August 1 to spend some time in the Department of Biochemistry at Stanford Unjversity in vestigating aspects of the physical chem istry of nucleic acids. Dr. Gordon R. Klintworth, associate professor of pathology, will work at the Institute of Ophthalmology in London doing research involving the cornea of the eye. He will present papers at two inter national meetings in Europe during his leave. Dr. Harvey J. Sage, assistant professor of biochemistry, will begin work on the rejection process common to transplan tation at the Wright-Flemming Institute in London in mid-July. Dr. Herbert A. Saltzman, professor of medicine, will spend a year beginning July 15 as visiting professor of medicine ’at the University of California in San Diego. He will also study respiratory responses to unusual environments. Carter Lecture Set Mrs. Loretta G. Ford, coordinator of Community Health Nursing Programs at the University of Colorado School of Nursing in Denver, will deliver the annual Harriet Cook Carter Lecture here Thursday, April 9. Mrs. Ford is a registered nurse and holds a doctorate in education. Her address, "The Future of Child Care," will be at 8 p.m. in the Paul M. Gross Chemistry Building auditorium. The memorial lectureship honors one of the founders of the Duke Hospital Auxiliary. Mrs. Carter also was active in numerous Durham civic groups.
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