Los Angeles Valley College - Crown Yearbook (Valley Glen, CA)

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Training tor tomorrow's service The time-honored career of nursing came of age this year on Valley's campus when the college's nursing department earned full ac- creditation from California's Board of Nursing Education and Nursing Registration. Rigid academic and professional standards were required to receive accreditation. Miss Juanita Booth, who was at the time chairman of Valley College's nursing department, said, A nursing education consultant visited the campus for two or three days. She inspected the facilities and conferred with President Wil- Filling the needle with hope, student nurse .locin Ld Verde may find this inlection her pc1tient's bridge to ci happy life. liam McNeli.s, Dr. Stewart Marsh, dean of in- struction, and several members of the faculty. Curriculum offered in the program and fac- ulty standards Were only a portion of the items considered before accreditation vvas given. Also observed were the number of students per lab instructor and entrance eligibility of nursing students. L'The consultant, said Miss Booth, ualso visited the eight hospitals where Valley stu- dents receive training, inspecting those facili- ties and conferring with hospital personnel. In ,mi

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,wie Sharon Foote, with patient Mrs. Ellsa Codrich, gets practical experience essential to nursing education. 4 ima 2 '39 x

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Stiff curriculum raises standards addition, the consultant talked with a number of students on campus and reviewed the cur- riculum with the stafff' What does accreditation mean to the Valley College nursing graduate? If she successfully passes the state examination, it means she will receive a Registered Nursels degree and can Work anywhere in the state as a qualified staff or private duty nurse, or she may work as an office nurse. , Reciprocity is extended to California R.N.'s by several other states. This means an PLN. from Valley may practice her profession in other states without taking additional license examinations. In fact, said Miss Booth, a California PLN. degree is good in most of the 50 states. This year found the Valley College campus with its academic accreditation renewed and the burgeoning nursing department receiving full accreditation honors. . Onlookers today, student nurses are taught the fundamentals for their future career Students Ann Schofield, Alko Baba Juanita Moreno, Joseflna Mason Ruth Cocagne, Joan Tallakson Soncha Duggan, LaVon Kennck Pat Brown, and Instructor Mrs. Ruth Silverburg R N 4