Record Accession Number: 1368
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| First UVA program |
NURS
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Second UVA program |
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| Comments on UVA programs |
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| Home town |
Mt. Holly
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Home state |
NJ
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| Comments on Home town and state |
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| Home town classification |
Small town
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| Comments on Home town classification |
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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
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| Comments if not directly from high school |
Mary Washington, 2 years
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| Important activities before coming to UVA |
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| Comments on important activities |
reading, family life, watching sports
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| If married, was it before, during, or after UVA? |
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| Was your spouse associated with UVA? |
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| Mother's first degree |
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Mother's first college |
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| Mother's second college |
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Mother's second degree |
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| Mother's third college |
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Mother's third degree |
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| Father's first degree |
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Father's first college |
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| Father's second college |
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Father's second degree |
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| Father's third school |
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Father's third degree |
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| Comments on parents' schooling |
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| First sister's level of schooling |
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Second sister's level of schooling |
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| Third sister's level of schooling |
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First brother's level of schooling |
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| Second brother's level of schooling |
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Third brother's level of schooling |
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| Comments on siblings' schooling |
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| Family members at UVA |
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| Comments on family members at UVA |
Ronald E. Gassert, Richard A. Gassert
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| Mother's first occupation |
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Mother's second occupation |
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| Mother's third occupation |
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Father's first occupation |
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| Date entered UVA |
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Date left UVA |
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| First other college |
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First other concentration |
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| First other degree |
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| Second other college |
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Second other concentration |
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| Second other degree |
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| Third other college |
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Third other concentration |
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| Third other degree |
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Third other dates of attendance |
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| Fourth other college |
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Fourth other concentration |
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| Fourth other degree |
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| Fifth other college |
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Fifth other concentration |
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| Fifth other degree |
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Fifth other dates of attendance |
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| Comments on college experiences |
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| Why did you choose UVA? |
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| Comments on choice to attend UVA |
4 year nursing program was available. Looks of the campus.
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| How did you finance UVA? |
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| Comments on financing |
Student loans, worked to repay room and board in hospital, parents.
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| Why did you choose your UVA concentration(s)? |
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| Comments on choice of concentration |
Always wanted to be a nurse.
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| Description of UVA classroom experiences |
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| Comments on classroom experiences |
Very good - work was challenging and difficult. I like challenges.
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| Description of UVA professor interactions |
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| Comments on professor interactions |
Good - didn't interact much with faculty outside of class.
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| Who impacted your life at UVA? |
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| Comments on life impact |
Nursing faculty - Nancy Ford and Zula Mae Baber in particular.
Nursing supervisors in hospital.
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| Most memorable UVA educational experience |
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| Comments on memorable educational experience |
Excellent education. Learned health care techniques at U.Va. that were leading edge. Classmates were very capable. We became a close knit group.
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| UVA weekend activities |
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| Comments on weekend activities |
Working in hospital. Attending sports events. Studying.
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| UVA extra-curricular organizations |
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| Comments on extra-curricular organizations |
Not involved outside of school. There wasn't much extra time. We worked one day each weekend.
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| Important local, state, national, and international issues while at UVA |
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| Comments on important issues |
none
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| How interest in issues was expressed |
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| UVA housing |
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| Comments on housing |
dorm
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| Likes and dislikes about housing |
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| Comments on likes and dislikes |
Like - close to clinical sites; beautiful parlor; nurses were all together.
Dislike - rooms small with uncomfortable beds
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| Where were meals eaten |
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| Comments on meal location |
cafeteria of hospital
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| Did you interact outside of UVA? |
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| Memories of Charlottesville |
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| Comments on Charlottesville memories |
Nice place to live. Beautiful countryside. Friendly people.
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| Did you feel part of UVA community? |
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Did you feel part of community? |
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| Incidents that caused these community feelings |
When walked through the grounds on my way to a class in the "upper campus" I felt very lucky to be at U.Va. I really identified with the medical community and felt we were a subset of the University.
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| Vivid UVA memories |
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| Comments on vivid memories |
At graduation I felt immense pride in attending U.Va. I knew I had received an excellent education. My success in completing nursing at the top of my class gave me the confidence needed to be successful with my career.
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| Did marital status affect UVA experiences |
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| Comments on influence of marital status |
Not married - this had no effect. Do recall that as nursing students we felt U.Va. men would involve us in ordinary weekend activities but bring in women from other colleges for special weekends instead of us.
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| Did cultural background affect UVA experiences |
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| Comments on influence of cultural background |
When I first took nursing fundamentals (summer of 1960) the hospital was segregated. Coming from the North (N.J.) I was shocked at that. As I proceeded through the program the hospital became integrated, first on floor and then in individual rooms. Occasionally, patients asked to be moved.
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| Did UVA prepare you for post-UVA life? |
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| Comments on preparedness |
Yes as stated earlier. My focus has been my career and I was well prepared for that.
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| Most significant post-UVA events |
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| Comments on most significant event |
All world events have influenced my personal life.
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| Personal factors that affected professional life |
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| Comments on personal factors |
My philosophy is that pateints should receive care based on need, not based on ability to pay. I never accepted treating some patients as "VIPs." To me they are all important.
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| Other factors affecting life after the university |
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| Comments on other factors |
Career opportunities, educational experiences.
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| First post-UVA job |
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| Second post-UVA job |
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| Third post-UVA job |
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| First post-UVA volunteer position |
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| Third post-UVA volunteer position |
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| Do you think of yourself as a career woman? |
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| Barriers faced in work and volunteering |
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| Comments on barriers question |
Relatively low salaries for degree of responsibility as nurse. Stereotypes of nurse as having lower intellectual capacity.
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| Current marital status |
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| Current age range |
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| Number of children |
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| Current employment status |
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