Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
Anna Louise Tittman Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield
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<strong>Anna</strong> Tittm<br />
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complete a nursing course-they<br />
want to have the RN.<br />
Q. So you were protecting the nurses themelves f'rom<br />
tahlishmnts where they thoat they were getting<br />
weren" .<br />
A. Yes, yes. T"natls ri&t, thatts rigbt.<br />
I<br />
Q. mat kinds <strong>of</strong> tk.ings would you check In a nursing schdol?<br />
A. Well, the educational and the curriculm <strong>of</strong> that partqcular school.<br />
Where do they get their pediatric nursing? Where do they Eet their obstetrical<br />
nursing? Hm many cases a year do they hawe<br />
nurses? Well, it wouldnlt be enough. They'd<br />
case, a little small hospital would. And they would<br />
obstetrics at all." 'Well, then you have to provide<br />
All this would be taken to the board, and then the<br />
be discussed and it was decided what to do about it, to ga ahead and <strong>of</strong>fer<br />
our help in the fbll curriculm. We had that typed up for them too.<br />
Then I would examine the records they kept for their nurse&. SOE <strong>of</strong> them<br />
kept such poor records <strong>of</strong> the work they did and the mwlC <strong>of</strong> time they had<br />
jn each division. It was just two years.<br />
1<br />
Q<br />
It was before they were keeping better records?<br />
A. Yes, yes, that's right. But oh, I could get help fmrnithe alumxi; I<br />
went back and tried to build up better records. I suppose j now they have<br />
all they need to have, however, Memorialls giving up its riming school.<br />
Did you know that? It l s kind <strong>of</strong> sad in a way to me. On t e other hand,<br />
they must have some reason for doing it.<br />
Q. I think they canlt afford to do it anymore.<br />
I<br />
A. Letts see if any other thing comes to me.<br />
I<br />
Q. Did you have the power to close sore <strong>of</strong> these nursing grogram down?<br />
Your board?<br />
A. No, we didnl t do that.<br />
Q. You usually tried to help them?<br />
A. Yes, yes. If they had som <strong>of</strong> the material, som <strong>of</strong> tqle clinical<br />
material, some <strong>of</strong> the clinical material is what I man, enq@ pediatpics,<br />
obstetrics for that person to stay, or $hat class or those /students, $0<br />
have all <strong>of</strong> their training right in their school, okay, butl it has to 'be<br />
adequate. If they have everything else but obstetrics, thqy l E sent ~ELY<br />
to a big institution.<br />
Now mmy <strong>of</strong> the affiliations we had at that time were in pqdiatrics, to<br />
the Childrents Hospibal in Chicago, where they went for a ~ riod <strong>of</strong> three<br />
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