Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

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Q. Who made the decision to include counseling in theiorganization's
name?
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A. Well, that was done in the first placemnt service t t was established
for nurses, and that, in Illinois, was this Nurse Placeqt Service that
Mrs. Eldridge, Etta Eldridge held the position. That c q out of the calls
that they had (pause) for this or that type of nursing, $0 you get them to
.give you all their experience, and I liked nothing bette? to take a nurse
who was ready in her professional work, but who had beenia school t
or had been something else that was valuable as an asset / in their
work.
Q. Well, I am right in assuming that the Nurse Placement Service N@S the
sam orgmlzation as the Professional Counseling and Plaferrent Sedce?
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A. No, itls not a separate orgmization but it's not m
title of the organization, it doesn't mntion the comse
taken for granted and that ' s wherein we are different th
agency. I foot them into the ones that go to t
for a nonhospital job, I think the hospital peop
to function in that unless they are prepared for, and i
prepayled, you tell them how they can becone prepared if
know. Thatls what, that was a good part of the pro
for that. They pay for the job they get and the s
they don't pay for the counseling, that's one reas
don't know how it is now--so mch difficulty in
It's because we're adding to our program. Well,
do it In connection with the kind of work you're
especially if they have a f'uture aim.
Q. Well, I was just quoting fYan your dossier.
A. Do you get it?
Q. Yes, well, that is what it was listed there as.
A. No, it could be . . .
Q. Fmfessioml CounselFng d Placemnt Service,
Assgciation. It '
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s what was itten dem. That
A. :Well, that was the descrikion 04 the job wasn't it?
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9. I @nlt know.
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A. well, that wasn't the tit e. md title was simp
Ser.Crice, but the counselfng
som3t3rrres they just siged %~ational secretary when
work$ and camying on correspopdence, but they @#-it
n w ~ a b state nurses' assoc
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ation you have a nurse
with outatanding experience some phase of numb
has the preparation to be a 'rector of nursing se
nursing school. Now they are not the same. In a
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