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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Representatives from 23 southern nursing schools meet in Atlanta on April 15-16 to discuss increasing nurses and improving training, sponsored by Southern Regional Education Board, with reps from major foundations and Julia Miller attending.
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Representatives of 23 collegiate schools of nursing in the south will meet in Atlanta Tuesday and Wednesday (April 15 and 16) to discuss action on recommendation of a regional committee for increasing the number of nurses and improving their training.
Four of the nation's outstanding foundations interested in health are sending representatives to the conference: the Rockefeller Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.
Julia Miller, Executive Secretary of the National League of Nursing Education, New York, also will participate. She formerly was Dean of the Emory University School of Nursing.
The meeting is sponsored by the Southern Regional Education Board. Last fall a Committee on Nursing Education made up of 17 men and women was named by the Board to initiate action by the 14 states in the regional compact on a program aimed at the South's critical need for nurses.
The representatives of the collegiate schools of nursing will discuss steps necessary for putting the Committee's recommendations into effect.
William J. McGlothlin, Consultant for Professional Programs, is the Board representative in the project.
Institutions sending representatives are: Florida A. and M. College, Florida State University, Emory University, Meharry Medical College, University of Maryland, University of Georgia, Texas Christian University, Tuskegee Institute, University of Oklahoma, University of Texas, Vanderbilt University, University of Alabama, Medical College of South Carolina, University of North Carolina, Medical College of Virginia, University of South Carolina, Dillard University, University of Tennessee, University of Mississippi, University of Florida, Louisiana State University, University of Houston and Duke University.
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Atlanta
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Tuesday And Wednesday (April 15 And 16)
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Representatives of 23 collegiate schools of nursing in the south will meet in Atlanta to discuss action on recommendation of a regional committee for increasing the number of nurses and improving their training. The meeting is sponsored by the Southern Regional Education Board. Four foundations are sending representatives: the Rockefeller Foundation, the Russell Sage Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund, and the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. Julia Miller, Executive Secretary of the National League of Nursing Education, will participate. The representatives will discuss steps necessary for putting the Committee's recommendations into effect. Institutions sending representatives are: Florida A. and M. College, Florida State University, Emory University, Meharry Medical College, University of Maryland, University of Georgia, Texas Christian University, Tuskegee Institute, University of Oklahoma, University of Texas, Vanderbilt University, University of Alabama, Medical College of South Carolina, University of North Carolina, Medical College of Virginia, University of South Carolina, Dillard University, University of Tennessee, University of Mississippi, University of Florida, Louisiana State University, University of Houston, and Duke University.