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1 Overview College of Nursing School Nurse Practitioner Program Records Repository: Clemson University Libraries Special Collections, Clemson, South Carolina Series #: 91 Title: College of Nursing, School Nurse Practitioner Program Records Abstract: This series contains some of the material/records produced by the College of Nursing School Nurse Practitioner Program Dates: [inclusive]; [bulk] Quantity: 3.85 cubic feet consisting mainly of folders, (51) photographs, (74) negatives, (4) slides, (1) scrapbook Scope and Content This series contains correspondence, grant proposals, memoranda, minutes of meetings, photographs, negatives, slides, a scrapbook, and publications. The records were generated by the College of Nursing. The material in the collection covers the period , with most of the collection dating from Correspondence files comprise the bulk of the series. Major correspondents include Lorena Downs, Program Director, Dee Evers, Director, Department of Continuing Education, College of Nursing, and Judith B. Igoe, Director of the School Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Colorado. Other files document various activities of the School Nurse Practitioner Program within the College of Nursing, the School Nurse Achievement Program, the HealthPACT program, the Wellness Center, continuing education brochures, seminars, continuing education units, curriculum, preceptor training, training at health facilities and schools in South Carolina, and consultation with faculty of the University of Colorado s School of Nursing. The folders are arranged alphabetically by subject. Additional Collection Information Restrictions Most files are unrestricted. Restricted are those files of students enrolled in the School Nurse Practitioner Program. The restrictions are provided for in the Freedom of Information Act S.C. Code Ann (a)(2). 1

2 Preferred Citation Cite as: Description and date of item, Clemson University, College of Nursing, School Nurse Practitioner Program Records, Series 91, Special Collections, Clemson University Libraries, Clemson, SC. Administrative History The School Nurse Practitioner Program offered at Clemson University was a sixteen-month program of continuing education for nurses interested in delivering primary health care to an underserved and needy population of school age children and adolescents in the southeastern portion of the United States. The need for school-based health care and nurse practitioners was documented by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation s National School Health Project, There was no school nurse practitioner training program in the State of South Carolina or elsewhere in the Southeast when Clemson University s College of Nursing was awarded a grant by the Division of Nursing, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Lorena Downs, RN, CPNP, MA, was hired as program director in April, Judith Igoe, Director of the School Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Colorado, served as consultant. The first class of students was admitted in March 1986 and the second class of students was admitted in March of Eligibility requirements were for practicing registered nurses with a minimum of three years of work experience who intended to pursue a career in school nursing or college health nursing. A total of 11 students completed the program. The School Nurse Practitioner Program was terminated September 30, 1988 because funding for the program was not continued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. College of Arts and Sciences 1965 Associate of Arts in Nursing Director, School of Nursing Lida Williams Dean, College of Nursing Geraldine Labecki Gloria Tanner (Acting) Mary Lohr 1987 January Kelly, Mary Ann (Acting) Opal Hipps Departments 1968 School of Nursing established July College of Nursing created May School of Nursing restructured 2

3 Centers 1978 Wellness Center Program Directors Lorena Downs, School Nurse Practitioner Program Detailed Description Box Folder Title 1 Academic Credit Courses 1 Education 471/671: The Exceptional Child, List of Faculty, Management 301: Principles of Management, Nursing 210: Introduction to Nursing I, Nursing 230: Professionalism in Nursing I, Nursing 300: Seminar in Health Care Topics, Nursing 330: Professionalism in Nursing II, Psychology 340: Life-Span Developmental Psychology, Psychology 343: Infancy to Young Adulthood Development, Accounting Procedure, Advisory Board, American Nurses Association, Inc. Certification, Application Process, 1986 Articles 16 Magazine, News Releases, Newspaper, Award 19 Honorary Nursing Practice Award Winner- Barger, Sara, Most Innovative Program Award, Behavior Management Case Study, Brochures, Burley, Robert H., Center for Disease Control, 1986 Clinical 25 Dental Health, 1986 summer 26 Experience- Summer Sessions, H Fitness Fair, summer 28 Guidelines, Nursing Center- Redfern Health Center, Outdoor Laboratory, Continuing Education Units (CEUs) 31 Information, n.d. 2 1 Pre-study,

4 2 Copyrights-Procedures/ Permissions, 1987 Correspondence 3 Downs, Lorena F., Eldridge, Terry, Evers, Dee, Igoe, Judith B., Kenig, Sylvia, Legislators, Students, Curriculum 14 Advisory Committee, Handbook, Summary, Evaluation Reports (Formative), Faculty, Fees and Financial Aid, Graduation, Harder, Byron B., Jr., Hatfield, Mary Ellen, Nurse Consultant, Hearst, Foundation, Housing, Interim, Job Classifications, Lecturers, List of, Letters of Commendations, Letters of Support Not Used, Letters of Support Requests, Open House, Organizational Charts, Patient Models, Permanent Records for Students, Project Health P.A.C.T. (Participatory and Assertive Consumer Training), Attachments, Public Relations, Recruitment for 1988, Resources 22 Library Reserve List, Media Center, Personalized Assistance Laboratory (PAL), Textbooks Required, Schedules-Weekly Plan Sheets, School Nurse Achievement Program, Coordinator Manual, 1986 School Nurse Practitioner 6 Certification, Continuation Applications,

5 Correspondence, Grant Proposal February 5 Appendices A-I, 1985 February 6 Appendices J-L, 1985 February 7 Appendices M-Q, 1985 February 8 Appendices R-V, 1985 February 7 1 Correspondence, Letters of Support, Grant Tables, 1983 Program 4 Clemson University College of Nursing, Correspondence, Final Report, Volume 1-2, 1988 September 8 1 School Nurse Practitioner Program [Poem written by Ruth Davis (Dee Dee) Chewning], 1987 August 14 2 Students, Survey, University of Colorado School of Nursing, 1984 Seminars Child Abuse, Common Childhood Problems, Creative Nurse Management, Family Seminar, Genetics, Nutrition, Pediatric/Adolescent Health Assessment, Role Development, Travel Rules and Regulations, PUBLICATIONS 16 Brochures, Ephemera, 1987 PHOTOGRAPHS 18 Negatives (74) 35mm, Positives (2) Brochures, Positives (28) Scrapbook Album, Positives (21) Students, 1988 SLIDES 22 Buildings and People (4), SCRAPBOOK 9 Scrapbook, School Nurse Practitioner Program,

6 RESTRICTED Student files: 10 1 Anderson, Valgene D., Blacker, Wendy Lee, Brandt, Mary Carolyn Martin, Chewning, Ruth (Dee Dee), Greer, Brenda Oakley, Gress, Carol E., Hewes, Linda Lou, Hubbard, Barbara Marie, Kent, Rebecca Lynn, McGregor, Audrey S., Thompson, Jacqueline Delmira, White, Marjorie Ruth, Continuing Education Units (CEUs) 4 SNP Interim-Theory and Clinical, 1987 September May 5 SNP Interim-Theory and Clinical, 1986 June 15-August 15 6 SNP Interim-Theory and Clinical, 1986 September May 31 7 SNP SSI- Theory and Clinical, 1987 June 15-August 14 8 SNP SSII- Theory and Clinical, 1987 June 15-August 14 9 SNP SSII- Theory and Clinical, 1988 June 13-August Grades, Academic, Index Terms Subjects Clemson University. College of Nursing Nurse practitioners South Carolina Nursing students South Carolina Nursing schools South Carolina Nursing Study and teaching South Carolina Author Added Entries Downs, Lorena Hipps, Opal Igoe, Judith B. Lohr, Mary Title Added Entries School Nurse Achievement Program Project Health PACT (Participatory and Assertive Consumer Training) University of Colorado, School of Nursing Administrative Information Provenance 6

7 The provenance of this series consists of the following accessions: and Processing information Student assistant Jeannie Nguyen and Archivist III Linda L. Ferry processed this collection. The finding aid was completed in November