- Subseries
- 1982-2000
The financial committee was responsible for establishing budgets and financial guidelines for conferences and other activities.
The financial committee was responsible for establishing budgets and financial guidelines for conferences and other activities.
Administrative and Committe Reports
Subseries consists of various reports and administrative materials related to the activities of the group.
Subseries consists of records relating to Campbell Jackson's education at, and activities while attending, the Vancouver General Hospital School of Nursing. Includes records concerning activities of classmates, Campbell Jackson's affiliation at Essondale, and her graduation. Record types include correspondence, a diploma, a photograph, and a commencement programme.
Other material relating to Campbell Jackson's education at VGH, including her application to and graduation from the School, may be found in the University of British Columbia subseries.
Subseries consists of a photographs of a trip to Maligne Lake, Jasper National Park, with a number of other photographs.
Subseries consists of notes concerning procedures for the biennial committee and minutes of preparatory meetings held.
Biennial Business Meeting Photographs
Subseries consists of fifteen photo albums relating to the 1st to the 13th and 15th Biennial and 4th and 10th National conferences hosted by B.C. Operating Room Nursing Group. Photographs have been removed from the albums and individually described except for those in a peel and stick album for the 1974 meeting.
Executive Committee minutes and related records
Subseries consists of minutes of the Group’s Executive Committee meetings, as well as minutes of the Committee of Officers and Annual General meetings. Includes related correspondence and reports.
Subseries consists of pamphlets and photographs related to local and broad nursing topics.
The following photographs may be from one or more of the subfonds, but insufficient information exists to definitely assign them.
Several items in subseries are not photographs, items were assigned photograph numbers previously. Arrangement has been retained upon transfer to RBSC for consistency.
Subseries consists of video cassettes. Consists of materials produced by UBC, British Columbia Nurses' Union, various schools of nursing and published works related to nursing.
Subseries includes membership lists and reports of the Committee chair. Membership applications are disposed of after seven years.
Memorial Book Nominations Committee
Subseries consists of material concerning an historical record that honours deceased RNABC members who deserve recognition for their contribution to nursing in British Columbia. Records include criteria for nominations and information on names submitted.
The Oral History Committee was established in 1981 on the 75th anniversary of the RNABC. Its goal was to capture past and present stories and activities of nurses of the province, and to document the development of nursing. About 1987 the Oral History group was brought under the History group, first as a gesture, then formalized as a full committee of the BCHNG about 1992.
Subseries consists of administrative and operational records of the committee. Includes blank copies of interview forms and consent forms. Various photocopies of published articles written from interviews are included. DVD contains recorded interviews with various individuals in 2010.
The B.C. History of Nursing Scholarship fund was established to provide financial support to nurses registered within B.C. who are pursuing studies in the History of Nursing, or who are carrying out a history of nursing project.
Subseries includes correspondence, scholarship application forms, application materials, the scholarship trust document, minutes, reports and other records pertaining to the selection of Nursing History Scholarship recipients.
The History of Nursing Advisory Committee was formed in November 1988 to encourage an interest in and retention of materials relevant to the history of the RNABC.
Subseries consists of agenda, minutes, correspondence and other materials relevant to the mandate of the committee.
Folder consists of reports of three programs held for the general membership during the 1996-1997 year.
RNABC reports and publications
Subseries consists of guides to materials and other reports concerning the operations of RNABC.
Subseries consists of miscellaneous records, including a report on a diphtheria outbreak at an Indian camp in Peace River in 1950.
Subseries consists of mostly published material on the contributions of Canadian nurses to the war effort, particularly World Wars I and II.
Series consists of programs, proceedings, photographs, and other materials related to the Canadian Association for the History of Nursing conferences.
Photographs in scrapbook format, remain with textual files.
Subseries consists of miscellaneous reference materials related to nursing.
Nursing Education Council Committee: Minutes, Correspondence, Reports
This committee meets regularly to discuss nursing concerns including issues related to financial planning and the effect of budget constraints on programs and subsequent effects on nursing shortages; the establishment of expected competencies for beginning practitioners; and the need for post basic education.
Subseries consists of agenda and minutes for the meetings of the committee, with related reports and correspondence.
The four elected executive members from the Nursing Education Council formed this committee to facilitate planning.
Subseries consists of one folder of minutes and related documents.
College-wide Youth Training Option Committee
Subseries contain memorandum from committee.
Task Committee on Competency Based Curriculum
This committee was established to respond to the Kermacks Report. Competence was defined as a measurable/observable performance to or beyond an established criterion in one or all aspects of the nursing role for a given setting, client and client problem.
Subseries consists of one folder of minutes, correspondence and reports.
Post Basic Education Committee
This committee was established to respond to the Kermacks Report, to identify the variables and potential costs to educational institutions both for development and for implementation of post basic programs.
Subseries consists of minutes, correspondence, and reports.
Records of and relating to Madeline Harrower (1867-1891), who served as a nursing sister during the Boer War and World War I, were retrieved by a dumpster diver in Kerrisdale, Vancouver in 2000. Many of these were later sold at auction. Lois Blais subsequently engaged in a research review of this collection. Harrower was born in Australia and moved to Vancouver in the late 1940s.
Subseries consists of material related to Blais’ unfinished research into the historical significance of Madeline Harrower.
Subseries consists of academic work by Niskala while attending the University of California.
University of British Columbia
Subseries consists of materials used by Niskala while studying and teaching at the University of British Columbia.
Royal Columbia Hospital School of Nursing Manual
Subseries includes School of Nursing Manual and related documents, including School of Nursing brochure for Royal Columbia Hospital, Isolation Technique manual, and handwritten medical case histories.
Manual includes topics such as Hospital Beds, Damp Dusting a Unit, Care of Linen and Blankets, Bed Baths, Fracture or Orthopaedic Beds, Hygienic Care of Eyes, Ears, Nose & Throat, Care and Hygiene of the Mouth, Hygienic Care of Hair, How to Lift Patients, Terminal Cleaning, Application of Binders, Serving Diets, BedPans, Care of Incontinent Patient, Colonic Irrigation, Gastric and Duodenal Suction, Oxygen Therapy, and Crutch Walking. Extensive student notes are also included.
Subsubseries consists of two ledgers relating to the education of nurses. One is identified as belonging to the Kootenay Lake General Hospital Training School. The other is not identified. They were probably kept by supervising nurses.
UBC Nursing Graduates 1921-1959
Subseries consists of minutes of meetings, reports and other records related to examining the present and planning for the future of graduate nursing programs at UBC.
Subseries is arranged in the following subsubseries.
Plans for offering a Doctorate in nursing grew out of the context that nursing is accountable for the development of the body of knowledge upon which its service to society is based. The first students were admitted to the School of Nursing in 1991.
Subseries consists of records related to the ongoing administration of the PhD program in the School of Nursing at UBC, including the integration of international and interdisciplinary students and the delivery of courses. Reports, memoranda, and minutes of the Planning and Coordinating Committees are included. The PhD Planning Committee was an ad hoc committee of the Graduate Curriculum Committee.
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Minutes
Subsubseries consists of minutes of the undergraduate curriculum
committee, including reports and other information. Subjects discussed include
the content and delivery of specific courses, grading practices, and curriculum
development.
Subseries consists of Team Meeting Minutes and other records related to Fourth Year courses, including issues of scheduling, course content and presentation, text books used and evaluation.
Subseries consists of syllabi and some correspondence related to graduate
courses.
Instructional Resources Committee
This standing committee reviewed and evaluated instructional materials
co-ordinating their use, and purchasing or renting equipment as required.
Subseries consists of minutes of this committee
Education, Practice Interrelationships Committee
This standing committee identified areas and/or means for collaboration with health care agencies, other disciplines, and schools of nursing within the province.
Subseries consists mainly of minutes of this committee. Some correspondence and reports are also included.
Entry to Practice Ad Hoc Committee
This committee discussed the appropriate education and skills for nurses entering into nursing practice.
Subseries consists of minutes of this committee.
Criteria Evaluation of Faculty Committee
This standing committee reviewed and developed criteria for the appointment, evaluation and progression of faculty, including the award and distribution of merit increases.
Subseries consists of minutes of meetings and some forms for the evaluation of faculty.
Program Orientation: Strategic Planning
This committee discussed global issues relating to the growth and improvement of the UBC nursing program, including ways of enhancing the efficiency and effective use of resources.
Subseries consists of memoranda, internal and external reports concerning
the planning process, and minutes of the Steering Committee.
Subseries consists of records documenting the challenges and issues confronting the School of Nursing over its history, particularly more recent years. It includes various analyses of the current programs and plans for the future. Many of the earlier records are by Evelyn Mallory.
Relations with Other Organizations
Subseries consists of records documenting the School of Nursing’s relationship
with other organizations, particularly in the context of UBC’s Health Sciences Centre and Vancouver General Hospital.
Distance and Continuing Education
Continuing education was accepted in the Health Sciences in 1968. The
Department of Continuing Medical Education had been established in the Faculty of Medicine in 1960, as the need for graduates to stay abreast of new developments was recognized.
Subseries consists of records related to the offering of nursing courses and
programs outside the regular program at UBC, often in a non-traditional manner.
Subseries consists of various materials published by UBC. Includes pamphlets, programs, manuals and other related materials.
Labour of Love: A Memoir of Gertrude Richards Ladner 1879-1976
Gertrude Richards was a pioneer nurse in Delta in the early 1900s. This book by Sheila Zerr, Glennis Zilm and Valerie Grant is based on a 1998 biography of Ladner by her daughter Edna Ladner, which was based on notes dictated by her mother.
Subseries consists of records related to research and publication on Gertrude Ladner.
Subseries consists of photographs of students from the UBC School of Nursing
Subseries consists of photographs related to the UBC School of Nursing PhD program.
Memorial Nursing Portrait Collection Committee
The Memorial Nursing Portrait Collection was established in 1990 to raise money for the History of Nursing Scholarship Fund and to provide a visual, lasting portrait to honour a friend, family member, or other subject.
Subseries consists of committee reports and documents, booklets prepared by the committee, and information on nurses selected for this project. Many also have biographical files or fonds.
People included are: Elizabeth (Rankin) Bemrose, Emily Susan Patterson, Sister Frances Redmond, Isabelle Maud Hill, Margaret M. Street, Helen K. Mussallem, James William Rankin, Josephine Dyer Rankin, Katerine Yarko Rumen, Ethel and Archie McKenzie, Thurley Duck, Alice Smith, Odessa (Dolly) P. Shore, Luella Catherine Zilm, Sheila J. Rankin Zerr, Rob Calnan, Lois Black, Ethel MacGregor, Alice Lillian Wright, Lenore Radom, Nina Rumen. Dr. Beverly Du Gas and Margaret Stewart Gilmour Esson.