Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

Anna Tittman
say R N, to be an R N, registered nurse. Why I got in both situations
on waivers.
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Q. When a principal of a high school would call, was he/ looking for a
school nurse?
A. Yes. Now mre than likely--now, when I was a school, nurse, I was the
first girl nurse in Springfield, as you probably how, tpre was no one
that was a school nurse before except some distance away1 1 had, fbllowing
Boston Floating Hospital work one smr, when I was @ing to be school
nurse, they allowed nu3 to come later because I was goinglto
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observation course In the public schaols with the nurse, withanmy for
a whole week. And I learned a lot then and so it was a elp. But $he
board was perfectly willing to employ me, I was already mployed I
didn't apply wself, although I was asked to write out qualificqtions.
Old MP. Collins, the superfntendent of schools, said tha I did a better
Job than the teachers do about giving him the informatio he wanted.
Q. F'rom December 1, 1945 mtil you retired May 1, were Director
of Professional Counseling and Placement Service of State Nursest
Association in Chicago?
A. Now the directo~ is wrong. I did that. I directed
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I was more doing than directing Ln that case.
Q. Director was not your title? A. No, no, it was just vocational secretary. I
Q. I was going to ask, when and why did they decide to hang the name
to Counseling, Pmfessional Counseling and Placerrent Ser&lce?
A. Well, that developed, placemnt and counseling am tpe two things that
you do. Now a commercial agency-and we had a lot of them beforehand,
hospital associations-they would employaperson just fof the job, now
without doing any counselhg whatever just because s a nurse. I
know of an incidence where, well, I myself, I didn't aply preparation
for school nursing except that one little week of ob ion. But I had
trained. I had a lot of experiences with children, had the special
post graduate courses in that, and so that is one
I was a mrrber of the First Christian Church and
Dr. Morrison--he becw a doctor after he ma~rie
Haynes knew
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thap talked up the bwd, to he Bow of mucat
par$ fa neglected when it's s rictly /a financial
Well, the hospital associatio had ode. They
Chiaagp. I think it was the tional! headq
doctors, they got to how these hospTtal s
other so there wasn't mch attention paid
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62. Who mde the decision to hange the name of the or ization?
A. Who made the change to whht? I