The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
University of Virginia School of Nursing P.O. Box 800782 Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0782 mailto:nurs-hxc@virginia.edu URL: http://www.nursing.virginia.edu/cnhi/
Henry K. Sharp
Repository
The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
Variety of documents concerning the theory and practice of nursing education relative to the University Virginia School of
Nursing from the late-1960s to the mid-1970s. Course syllabi; also materials concerning neurological and pediatric nursing.
Audiovisual resources in nursing education in the same period. Some artifacts, including 1924 pamphlet urging support for
the Sadie Heath Cabaniss Chair of Nursing at the University of Virginia.
The Pat Booth Woodard Collection assembles a variety of documents relative to the theory and practice of Nursing education
at the University of Virginia School of Nursing in the late-1960s to mid-1970s. Included are two versions of a faculty statement
outlining the values and objectives of Nursing education in 1968 (folder 001) and 1975 (folder 011). Several detailed and
extensive course syllabi address the fundamentals of nursing and health care relative to adults, children, and families. Also
included are more specific materials concerning neurological and pediatric nursing. A catalogue of audio-visual resources
documents the variety of teaching materials and subjects supplementing traditional classroom instruction during the period,
and a copy of the constitution and bylaws of the faculty organization details the governing framework and faculty committees
of the Nursing School. The collection contains in addition several pamphlets on nursing procedures, a sample of "Raymond's
Pectoral Plaster," and an important pamphlet published by the Graduate Nurse Association of Virginia in 1924 seeking support
for establishment of the Sadie Heath Cabaniss Chair of Nursing at the University of Virginia.
The items in the Pat Booth Woodard Collection are arranged chronologically. Supplemental donations have been added to the
end of the initial collection.
PAMPHLET: THE GRADUATE NURSE ASSOCIATION OF VIRGINIA, "[SADIE HEATH CABANISS] A CHAIR OF NURSING FOR THE SOUTH."
1924
Mixed Materials box: 01 folder: 015
1) "INSTRUCTIONS FOR TAKING BLOOD PRESSURE," 1939; 2) "MANUAL FOR VOLUNTEER NURSE'S AIDES," 1943; 3) "OPPORTUNITIES IN NURSING,"
1963; 4) "SOCIAL PERMISSIONS" SHEET FOR SCHOOL OF NURSING, MCKIM HALL RESIDENTS, ca. 1968.