Record Accession Number: 1205
First UVA program NURS Second UVA program
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Home town Newport News Home state VA
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Home town classification Small city
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High school classification Public
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Was your high school co-ed? Yes
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Did you come directly from high school to UVA? Yes
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Important activities before coming to UVA
Comments on important activities school, church, work at Buxton Hospital-Newport News, Va
If married, was it before, during, or after UVA? After
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Was your spouse associated with UVA? Student
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Mother's first degree B.A. Mother's first college Coker College
Mother's second college Mother's second degree
Mother's third college Mother's third degree
Father's first degree Father's first college
Father's second college Father's second degree
Father's third school Father's third degree
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Date entered UVA Date left UVA
First other college First other concentration
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Comments on college experiences
Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA wanted large teaching hospital and a Univ./college setting
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing Partial loan from Va state, partial scholarship, personal savings, family
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration Wanted to be a nurse since 3 yrs. old
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences intensive
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions Professional, always professional, were not allowed to be anything else.
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact Ann Pollock, nursing arts instructor Zula Baber Bice, nursing supervisor Mary Jane Morris, psychiatric supervisor
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience demanding; worked hard in "hands-on" experience 6 days a week, 8 hours a day, plus study time and classes
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities Mostly on duty at U.Va. hospital, at church on Sunday nights, some dating
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations Baptist Student Union (on "time available" basis)
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
Comments on important issues Are you kidding! "curfew times" at nursing dorms gave little unrestricted time for anything more than focus on patients and courses.
How interest in issues was expressed
Comments on how interest was expressed see above
UVA housing
Comments on housing dorm, no options other than McKim Hall
Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes Liked the arrangements since they were the norm for that day and age.
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location hospital cafeteria, no other options because of class and duty schedules
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail At Univ. Baptist church
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories lovely
Did you feel part of UVA community? Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings See answer to question #24
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories Visual beauty: lawn and grounds at every season of the year, strong sense of tradition and Univ. protocols
Did marital status affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of marital status Became engaged during my training years, marriage not allowed student nurses
Did cultural background affect UVA experiences
Comments on influence of cultural background Remember that blacks were relegated to basement wards when admitted to U.Va. hospital as patients. This disturbed me then and continues to do so.
Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness Yes, felt that having trained in a Univ. hospital provided a wider span of experiences than other type hospitals could provide.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event Marriage, motherhood, emergency room nursing experiences, geographical relocations related to my husband's career.
Personal factors that affected professional life
Comments on personal factors Raising 4 children has given insights into pediatric nursing and general nursing.
Other factors affecting life after the university
Comments on other factors Increases in economic options
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Do you think of yourself as a career woman?
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Barriers faced in work and volunteering
Comments on barriers question None, since as an RN I worked in a female-oriented profession
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Number of children
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Additional comments I recognize that I was a U.Va. student at a different age and time, involving expectations and traditions that are no longer. During my years, the nursing students staffed the hospital's general nursing activities; the hospital could not have functioned without us. Example: when I was 18/19 yrs. old as a student I was in charge of a female ward of 30-40 patients (on night duty and working alone).

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