Belleville College - Dutchman Yearbook (Belleville, IL)

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Nursing staff: Miss Miller, Mrs. Risser, Miss Jones, Miss Pooling. Student Nurses The fall semester of 1958 at Belleville Junior Col¬ lege marked the inauguration of a new and growing concept in education—the junior college nursing pro¬ gram. The idea for the project was introduced to the community by Dr. Ilal O. Hall, former superin¬ tendent. A nursing advisory group headed by Dr. W. C. Scrivner, a prominent local physician, was then organized. After a long period of careful considera¬ tion which included addresses by authorities on the subject of nursing education, it was decided that such a program should be established at Belleville Junior College, and a resolution was passed to that effect. Preparation included drawing up plans for a nurs¬ ing suite to occupy the third floor of the Auditorium building. This suite was to be designed to closely resemble a typical hospital ward. Another important phase of preparation included the selection and em¬ ployment of a capable administrator and of qualified instructors. The plans for the nursing suite were ultimately completed, and construction was begun. Gradually, from the piles of lumber, the sawdust, the miscel¬ laneous bits of metal, and the plaster emerged a clean Officers of the first nursing class: Nancy Watland, Pal Kaiser, Barb Trieb, Joyce Extrom. and shining ward which bears remarkable resem¬ blance to the hospital ward it was designed to typify. Furnished with the latest equipment, the ward pro¬ vides an ideal opportunity for the application of nurs¬ ing principles preceding actual hospital practice. Doing an excellent job presiding over these ade¬ quate and attractive facilities are Miss Clara May Miller, R. N., Director of Nursing, and instructors Barbara Dooling, R. N., and Josephine Jones, R. N. Students enrolled in our nursing program receive both nursing theory and practice which includes not only a complete and comprehensive knowledge of health needs and of nursing skills and methods, but also an understanding of the sociological, psychologi¬ cal, economic, and spiritual aspects of their future jobs. Clinical practice is obtained at hospitals in the local area, including Memorial Hospital and St. Eliz¬ abeth’s. I his clinical work is carefully arranged to instruct the student nurses to care for all types of illness. In addition, the students will study in the State Psychiatric Hospital at Anna, Illinois. After the first two academic years, the student will receive an Associate of Arts degree. She will con¬ tinue for a third year and summer when she will re- 18

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Wilson Winkelmon Zimmermann Graduates Richard Winkelman Carolyn M. Zimmermann Liberal Arts Education Wayne Wilson Accounting GRADUATES NOT PICTURED Nadine J. Alexander Gene Hartley Bell Louis Ellis Brooks Darrell Gene Brown William I Ioppe Davidson John F. Dennett David Lee Fietsam Ronald N. Fischer Glark L. I Iabermeiil Judith Ann IIennigs Verona Knefelkamp Elton Duane Leppke Warren Finnis Mitchell Clarence T. Payne, Jr. Naomi Mae Reeves Robert R. Renken Henry L. Riat Kathleen Schwarz Harry E. Tolles Effie Unalp Fred J. Wahl 17

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ceive a diploma and the School of Nursing pin. She will then lx? eligible to write the State Board examination for licensing as a registered nurse. The advantages of the Junior College pro¬ gram over the regular in-residence hospital school training are exhibited in many facets of the program provided here. In addition, there are also obvious advantages of living at home, of a more economical education, and of a co¬ educational setting. Hospital preparation is more thorough since clinical practice is designed sole¬ ly for educational purposes rather than as a service to the hospital. Consequently, the work done is more essential and more inclusive. Also important to each student is the fact that she has a choice of curricula. Along with the specialized nursing courses, the student nurse is also enrolled in regular college courses such as rhetoric, literature, and history. Thus, she earns regular college credits which can be applied to a degree in a regular four year school, making specialization possible if the student so chooses. If not, these courses still provide her with the broad liberal outlook so necessary for proper adjustment to life. Our nursing program, the onlv one of its kind in the state, is being watched with close attention by those interested in this field. Its advantages and easy accessibility may provide an answer to the critical nursing shortage, and on a smaller scale it can certainly provide an answer to problems standing in the way of the education of many people. I lere, close to home and at a low cost, is an opportunity to prepare for the most perfect expression of one’s s ervice to others. Top: Jean Bowers, Sharon Waters, Nancy Watland, Sue Ellen Lawless, Mary Hammel, Louise Stoltz, Rober¬ ta Dauer, Diane Wilkens. Middle: Phyllis Reynolds, Mary Gansmann, Pat Schreiber, Frieda Erb, Barb Teichgrae- ber. Bottom: Pat Kaiser, Joan Perschbacher, Sharon Woodruff, Joyce Extrom, Ruth Meddows, Charlene Chandler, Barb Trieb. 19