Record Accession Number: 1366
First UVA program NURS Second UVA program
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Home town Sinks Grove Home state WV
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Home town classification Small town
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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? No
Comments if not directly from high school College - 1 year Montreat (N.C.) College
Important activities before coming to UVA
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If married, was it before, during, or after UVA? After
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Mother's first degree B.A., Teaching Mother's first college Marshall College
Mother's second college Mother's second degree
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Why did you choose UVA?
Comments on choice to attend UVA Had friend who graduated there. School's outstanding reputation. Proximity to my home and relatives in Charlottesville.
How did you finance UVA?
Comments on financing Parents, working on hours off from class
Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)?
Comments on choice of concentration Had wanted to be a nurse since childhood. Desire to help people.
Description of UVA classroom experiences
Comments on classroom experiences Good. Much was expected of students and we felt responsible to meet those expectations.
Description of UVA professor interactions
Comments on professor interactions Very good. There was good communication as classes were small. Professors took personal interests in students. We had tea together in afternoons. They invited us to their homes (some of them) for group activities.
Who impacted your life at UVA?
Comments on life impact Nursing instructors, particularly clinical instructors. They led, trained, critiqued, and molded us for the practical experiences which were the heart of our nursing careers.
Most memorable UVA educational experience
Comments on memorable educational experience Learning to apply myself for learning so much specific information to perform as a nurse, plus the joy and pride I felt in becoming a nurse - fulfilling my dream.
UVA weekend activities
Comments on weekend activities Working on the nursing units, studying, going to church (singing in choir), and spending time with friends and family.
UVA extra-curricular organizations
Comments on extra-curricular organizations Nursing School Choir - vocal; Church and church choir; State Student Nurses Assoc. - district committees ; I grew in leadership and team member characteristics.
Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA
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UVA housing
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Likes and dislikes about housing
Comments on likes and dislikes I loved living with other students. We worked together, studied together, shared "almost" everything, and had great fun together.
Where were meals eaten
Comments on meal location hospital cafeteria
Did you interact outside of UVA?
Interaction detail At church and church choir. Visited aunt and uncle, babysat my 2 younger 1st cousins. Babysat in community.
Memories of Charlottesville
Comments on Charlottesville memories It was a beautiful college town, much more open around hospital and dorm before all the new buildings were added. The most beautiful time of year was spring with the blooming of the dogwoods and redbud, tulips, etc.
Did you feel part of UVA community? Did you feel part of community?
Incidents that caused these community feelings The nursing students were not really accepted into the whole overall picture of the University, perhaps because it was not co-ed at the time and all the nursing students were female. One specific incident to allow us to feel a part of the University was when the nursing school choir was invited to perform over the U.Va. student radio station..
Vivid UVA memories
Comments on vivid memories I can't recall a specific experience. However, the overall experience was very positive and I wear my U.Va. nursing school pin to work every day (36 years later) expressing my pride to be a graduate of U.Va., a wonderful school.
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Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life?
Comments on preparedness I went straight from graduatioin to work in the Intensive Care Unit at the UNC Hospital without difficulty. I have done everything I have desired to do in several areas of the nursing field and feel confident in my educational experience.
Most significant post-UVA events
Comments on most significant event Getting married in 1964 - still married 33 years later to same husband. Having 4 wonderful children, 2 boys, 2 girls - now 30, 29, 27, 26 years of age. Maintaining friendships with nursing school classmates as well as other friends of the past. Maintaining close relationships with family all over the country.
Personal factors that affected professional life
Comments on personal factors The need for financial income has kept me working in my profession all 36 years except for 5 years when my children were very young. My love for my career has made this very easy to do.
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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 The greatest barrier in nursing in the past few years is government regulated increase in paperwork which leaves direct patient care to auxilliary personnel instead of the nurse.
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