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MRS. VIRGINIA WITTIG Hospital Names 3 Head Nurses Three new head nurses have been appointed on the Duke Hospital staff during the past few weeks by Mrs. Verna Sticht, acting director for nursing service. They are Jo Anne Grauerholz on McDowell ward, Nettie Hollis on Howland, and Virginia Wittig on Cardiology and the Cardiac Care Unit. In addition, six new assistant head nurses have been named. Mrs. Grauerholz, who came to Duke from the VA Hospital, is a graduate of the Pilgrim State Hospital School of Nursing in West- Brentwood, New York. Miss Hollis, newly elected president of the Duke Graduate Nurses Organization, received her training at the Rex Hospital School of Nursing in Raleigh. Mrs. Wittig earned her nursing degree at the University of Maryland in Baltimore. New assistant head nurses include Betty Cross on Halsted ward, Mayme Hampton in the full-term nursery, Debbie Humphries on Welch ward, Barbara Latty on the Cardiac Care Unit, Linda Seagraves on Carter ward, and Kathryn Waite on Prevost ward. MRS. JOANNE GRAUERHOLZ MISS NETTIE HOLLIS Accreditation (continued from page one) "Accreditation is the greatest safeguard patients in a hospital can have," Dr. Sessoms said. "Accreditation, or the lack of it, can mean the difference between high-quality and low-quality patient treatment and care." The accreditation inspection team follows inspection principles and standards detailed in a 111-page book that covers every area of the hospital's operation. Dr. Postlethwait Takes Sea Level Post Next Month A professor of surgery and chief of staff at the Durham Veterans Administration Hospital has been appointed director of the Sea Level Division of the Medical Center. He is Dr. Raymond W. Postlethwait, a member of the Duke faculty for the past 15 years. The appointment, effective September 1, was approved by the University Board of Trustees and announced in early June by Dr. William G. Aniyan, vice-president for health affairs. Dr. Postlethwait, 56, will have administrative responsibility for Duke's holdings in coastal Carteret County, including the 90-bed Sea Level Hospital which became a part of the Medical Center in the form of a gift last year. Direct administration of the hospital will remain with Jack W. Johnson. Sea Level Hospital was given to Duke by a Carteret County native, D.E. Taylor of West Palm Beach, Florida, who established it to serve the people of that rural coastal area. Also included in the gift were 1,500 acres of land. Duke is exploring a number of possibilities for future use of the acreage, including development of, recreational facilities, summer cottages, and a year-round community. Dr. Postlethwait, who will live at Sea Level, will represent the Duke administration there and will coordinate future development plans with an already-established Sea Level Committee. In addition, he will begin a private surgery practice. Sea Level's only surgeon, Dr.H. M. Peacock, died at Duke Hospital late in May following a brief illness. The new director will retain his faculty appointment at Duke and will continue a relationship with the VA as a consultant.
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