Medicine and Health
Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
School of Nursing Archives collection
Collection
Identifier: 2014-009
Abstract
The OHSU School of Nursing began in 1919 at the University of Oregon and offered the state’s first professional courses in nursing. In 1926, the University introduced a five-year curriculum culminating in the Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Nursing. Later, and the program has been growing and changing ever since – adding certificate programs, pre-nursing curricula, continuing education and distance learning, Master’s and Doctoral degree programs, and a wide variety of care-focused...
Dates:
1950-2013
Ruth Wiens papers
Collection
Identifier: 2013-018
Abstract
Ruth Avery Wiens was an experienced psychiatric mental health nurse who worked at St Vincent Hospital and Medical Center as its Nursing Director; at the Veterans Administration Hospital; and at the UO School of Nursing as Dean Pro-Tem during the transition in SON leadership between Jean Boyle (1957-75) and Carol Lindeman (1976-95). Many of her papers have been donated which show the inter-relationships of nursing and nursing education.
Dates:
1926-1993