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Distinguished faculty available to students
UNC has quality nursing program;
school exceeds state board standards
. .... By TERESA COLEEBI : - ;:;
Staff Writer "
In addition to outstanding athletics and other academic
areas the University of North Carolina can take pride in its
school of nursing, whose standards already exceed many
of the recent recommendations made by the North
Carolina Board of Nursing.
Recommendations proposed by the board, which in
clude requiring nurse faculty members to hold bachelor's
degrees or obtain them within six years, are already in
practice at the UNC School of Nursing. All members of
the school's 75-member faculty hold a master's degree or
higher, said Marjery Duf fey, associate dean at the school.
Fifteen faculty members hold Ph.D.s; 17 others are work
ing toward them.
Another board proposal would raise the required
percentage of students passing the state licensing from 70
to 75 percent within six years. The percentage of UNC
nursing students passing the exam is already higher last
year 83.2 percent of the students passed.
The nursing board proposed the regulations earlier this
year, presenting them at a public hearing in April, said
Rosemary Ritzman, nurse consultant with the board. The
proposals will not be implemented until a report is made
to the General Assembly, Ritzman said.
Laurel Copp, dean of the UNC School of Nursing,
voiced approval of the proposed standards. "In general,
we endorse them as a faculty," she said. Testimony regar
ding the proposed standards by Nell Murphy and Alice
Dietz, associate professors with the nursing school, was
very favc -able and reflected the opinion of the faculty at
the schooi .
"I believe if the (board's) standards are implemented, it
will certainly have a good effect on the students," Copp
said. On a long-term basis, patient care will also eventually
be affected, she added.
The University's nursing school must meet other stan
dards in addition to those of the state board. The school is
accredited by the National League for Nursing and the
American Nurses Association.
The undergraduate program was accredited by the Na
tional League for Nursing in 1955, five years after its
establishment. The graduate program was established in
1955 and was accredited in 1961. Both programs were
reaccr edited in 1970 and 1978.
The school's undergraduate enrollment has grown con
siderably in the past decade. In 1972, 51 undergraduate
students wCTe erirbUedThat figure jumped to 80 in 1973
and 112 in 1974. Total emdllmehtof the nursing school
for this year is 398; 70 are graduate students and 24 are
RNs who have returned to school.
Nursing students have a five-week summer session
before they begin actual clinical work with patients; after
that, the students have contact with the patients all four
semesters of the program, Duf fey said. The clinical part of
the program is planned between the faculty and the
students. Students have only one patient in the beginning,
and their patient load increases as they become more ex
perienced, Duffey said.
By the time the students have completed the nursing
program, they will have done all the kinds of things RNs
do, Duffey said.
The school instills personal as well as professional skills,
Duffey said. The students are taught communication skills
and other personal skills, although "it's not an easy thing
to teach," she said.
Some of the student's lab work is planned to incor
porate such skills, said Audrey Booth, associate dean.
The last major reorganization of the nursing school cur
riculum was in 1979, Duffey said. But with medical
technology constantly changing, there is frequent cur
ricular assessment, she added. The field is constantly
growing, she said.
The curriculum changes as progress is made, and the
faculty should be commended for its assessment of the
students' needs, said Jean Hix, a senior nursing student.
"The faculty-student relationship is ; great," she said.
Hix said the relationship between the students was also
good. "There is a great deal of camaraderie; everyone
pulls for everyone else."
Hix said the school places an emphasis on theory, and
that she felt more clinical experience and pharmacology
courses would be helpful, but would require three years
rather than two.
However, the theory is what distinguishes nursing as a
profession, Hix said, adding that the theory provides the
students with leadership potential.
Lisa Banks, another senior .in the nursing school,
agreed. "I would feel better prepared if I had more clinical
experience in school, but when I get out I'll be glad I had
the theory," she said.
"The faculty is great," Banks said, "and there is a great
deal of fellowship between students." The students sup
port each other and "it's like a great big family," she said.
f (or MBeral ants program
By JEFF HIDAY
Staff Writer
In the last few years, students across
the country have flocked to technical de
grees in search of the surest route to a
lucrative career.
To some observers, this "survival mi
gration" has left the liberal arts curricula
in the cold. In the first weeks of the
academic year, there has been an abun
dance of reports focusing on the
"demise" of liberal arts education.
But despite the fact that programs such
as business administration, computer
science and engineering are experiencing
seemingly unhindered growth, the
1982-83 academic year may well mark a
leveling-of f period in the continued popu
larity of technical ' curricula, UNC of
ficials said this week.
"We may have crested things may
shift back the other way," said Raymond
Strong, director of the UNC Office of
Records and Registration.
But "people are still uptight about
jobs, practical-minded," he said. The
new curriculum for freshmen "is dis
torting everything as related to the past,"
making it difficult to predict future major
decisions, Strong added.
, "From what I've seen even the
freshmen in my hall more students are
going back to liberal arts," said Doug
Sprecher, a sophomore accounting major
from Charlotte. "So many businesses
want well-rounded graduates. My feeling
is that they'll train you anyway."
Sprecher said he thought the move to
practical majors has already begun to
ebb.
Each year freshmen complete a work
sheet, recording their expected major.
According to this year's figures, the
overall interest in technical programs may
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Some 2,902 freshmen completed the
worksheet. Four hundred and seventy
three freshmen indicated business ad
ministration as their probable major. That
would indicate a slight drop from the 532
sophomores who transferred from General
College to business this spring.
However, these figures may well
change, said Donald Jicha, associate
dean of General College.
"There's quite a lot of musical chairs
played as to the choice of a major, but I
thought I saw some semblance of a rise in
liberal arts," Jicha said.
But the figures also indicate that in
terest in technical studies remains steady.
"This year's tentative major declarations
indicate that computer science major is
clearly on the upswing in the amount of
interest," Jicha said. "Computer science
has now surpassed math. You don't have
to look back far to find the reverse true."
"And when presidents (of companies)
make a statement about the kind of em;
ployees they want, they say 'those with
broad backgrounds.' But they're not do
ing the hiring."
She added that companies were un
likely to change their hiring patterns until
the economy improves. -
But an important consideration in
volves a study done by AT&T several
years ago, Harris said. "They compared
employees who were liberal arts majors
and those with a more technical back
ground all were veteran workers.
"Those trained in the liberal arts came
out higher in ratings (by their superiors),"
she said. "Many companies are aware of
"There's quite a lot of musical chairs played as to the
choice of a major, but I thought I saw some semblance
of a rise in liberal arts."
Donald Jicha
Associate Deah of the General College
"It (computer science) has become in
credibly more popular," said Stephen
Weiss, director of graduate studies in the,
computer science department. "A few
years ago we got typically 125 applica
tions for graduate school last year we
got 330."
Obviously the interest in some parts of
the practical curricula is very high. But is
that interest producing jobs?
"Well, it's very interesting," said Mar-
snaarrisvnlireetor of University Place
ment Services. "Recruiters (from com
panies) are believers in liberal arts,
however when it comes to hiring or even
interviewing many want the practical
major graduates," she said.
that study and others with similar
results."
In the long run, liberal arts majors
could prove more successful, Harris said,
but in the short run they may have initial
difficulties getting that entry-level job.
She said the possibility of a "crest" this
year depends on economic recovery.
"Until it improves, students won't feel
they can safely major somewhere where
jobs aren't immediately available."
North Carolina State University" con
ducted a study of liberal arts graduates
who graduated five to six years ago, Harris
said. "The result was that the vast majori
ty were employed, satisfied and not in the
dire straits people think they are."
Apartment'fmdmg service gearing ' up
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By DEAN FOUST
Staff Writer
After a slow and disorganized start, Student Government's
apartment-finding service is beginning to make progress. And its
organizers say they hope it will be operating by February in
time to help students closed out in the campus housing lottery.
Initial progress made by the Student Government Housing
Committee was stalled by two factors, said Ellen Goldberg, chair
man of the committee. A telephone survey of students about off
campus housing was not completed and two chairmen of the
committee stepped down, she said. In addition, committee ap
pointments were not made until late March, giving the committee
a month to work before the end of the semester.
"Part of it was my fault. But now I am more familiar with the
apartment-finding service and housing," Goldberg said.
"I am much more optimistic about it this week than last
week," she said, following a meeting with the department of
University housing that revealed its interest in the program.
The goal of the program is to assist students searching for off
campus housing, said Mike Vandenbergh, student body presi
dent. "The structure of the University has led us to believe that it
should deal with students who live on campus and have been clos
ed out. It's not that way," he said, adding that many junior
transfers and graduate students may never live on campus. A new
University policy allowing freshmen to live off campus increases
the need for the service, he said.
University housing now operates an off-campus housing ser
vice consisting of a bulletin board listing available rooms, apart
ments and roommates.
The service requires one-half to three-fourths of an average
working day of a housing staff member, said Jody Harpster, ac
ting director of housing. The employee's salary is paid directly by
room rents of on-campus students, as are all other salaries and
functions of University housing, he said.
"Students on campus are already paying for a service that
benefits the entire student body," Harpster said. "We have an
obligation to protect the monies of on-campus students, though."
University housing also operates off-campus housing seminars in
dormitories each spring. "There is that six-week period of time
when they need the service and deserve to have the service," he
said.
Harpster said tht since the present service has stretched beyond
its limits, University housing would support a complementary
program. "There is no question we could use it. We would sup
port it to help get it rolling. I do think there is more needed."
The Housing Committee still plans to conduct a 1,000 student
survey within the next two weeks in conjunction with the Student
Government University Relations Committee and the office of
student affairs, Goldberg said.
"I want to have this survey as statistically sound as possible so
we can obtain funds for the program from the CGC."
Vandenbergh said he favored funding it with state funds
through the administration "with the point that it's a basic service
to the University.
"The great majority of students at one time or another need the
service," he added. Vandenbergh said he believed the service will
be in operation in February, the end of his administration.
Harpster said there was little way to determine the success of
the present service, but "there is a lot of traffic," he said. "The
indication is it is very effective."
"Very frequently, this is the first place people come," he said.
"This definitely is a starting point. This includes faculty, staff
members and administration. I would dare to say people not
associated with the University use the service."
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euuam budget cuts
By JIM WRINN
State and National Editor
Witnesses at a House Subcommittee on Human
Resources meeting in Chapel Hill Thursday criticiz
ed the Reagan administration for cutting funds to
the Older Americans Program, and U.& House
representatives at the meeting said they hoped
appropriations could be restored.
Florida Rep. Claude Pepper also attacked recent
transfers of government money from social pro
grams to defense.
"When the adrninistration proposed to cut the
budget, the intent felt was that the sacrifices would
be equitable among all parties," said Ernest Messer,
assistant secretary for aging at the North Carolina
Department of Human Resources. "The problem
today is that the changes that have been made have
not been even-handed." '
Messer noted that funding for Medicare, Med-
caid and food stamps had all been cut separately.
"Instead of taking them as a whole, they've taken
apart these programs piece by piece," he said.
Older Americans were fearful that Sociai Security
may be abandoned, he said.
But Rep. Carl Perkins, D-Ky., who was presiding .
at the hearing with Rep. Bee Andrews of North
Carolina's 4th District, said he believed general
funds should be used to make up deficits in the
Social Security system.
"We've got a real problem today because of our
unemployment," Perkins said. "None of those peo
ple are paying into the Social Security fund."
Pepper said he could not agree with the $19 bil
lion cut in Social Security to be implemented over
the next three years, although he had voted for
many of the administration's defense measures.
"We're hot so poor that America gave any tax
breaks to those with incomes over $20,000," he
said. "Social Security has always been thought of as
sacred, like motherhood and the flag, and now
we're cutting it to spend $1.3 trillion for defense."
The 82-year-old Florida representative, who ar
rived late from an appearance in Winston-Salem,
criticized Social Security cuts in Medicare, Medi
caid, disability insurance and student financial aid.
About 500,000 students will not be able to return
to college this fall because of the cuts, Pepper said.
"The educating (of) the boys and girls of America is
the most fertile investment that can be made," he
said.
In an interview with reporters after the hearing,
Pepper said he believed that by 1990 the baby boom
generation would provide enough money to Social
Security to make it solvent. He also said he thought
funding to the Older Americans Program, establish
ed originally in 1965 under Title V, would be re
stored. Recent efforts by the House and Senate to restore
$210.6 million to the program were vetoed by Presi
dent Reagan. But Perkins and Andrews repeatedly
said they would push to override the veto. About
54,000 low-income Americans over 55 years old
work in the program. Messer said nearly 1,400 in
North Carolina would be out of a job when funding
runs out Oct. 1.
Messer also said the end of the program, which
employs the elderly in community service projects
including some dealing with older citizens, would
take away the dignity of many of those involved.
"Without their work, they'll have to go on food
stamps and relief, adding to our problems," he said.
About 120 people attended the hearing, held in
the UNC system General Administration building;
most were elderly and they applauded when Perkins
and Andrews reaffirmed their support for Title V.
One woman crocheted during the entire program.
Jerry Passmore, director of the Orange County
Department on Aging, played a tape recorded by a
75-year-old diabetic, who had a Title V worker pro
vide transportation for her. "The worker also does
all the things I cannot do around the house," the
woman said. " "
Inez Myles, executive director of the N.C. Senior
Citizens Federation, said block grants to Senior
Opportunity Services had almost ended the program
which provides heating allowances to the elderly.
She said that energy assistance often came too late
for many elderly people. "If an older person is
freezing in winter, what good does relief do if it
comes in April?" she said. She added that socio
economic inequalities for the elderly and minorities
had been magnified by the Reagan administration
cuts.
Several other witnesses from the area testified, in
cluding one woman who said she had made 70 per
sonal contacts while trying to find a job before she
became a Title V worker.