Ui1IVERSITY OF HAWAII . LIBRARY.- '. UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII A COURSE IN PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING HONOLULU, HAWAII MAY, 1936

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UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII

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COURSE IN

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING

HONOLULU, HAWAII MAY, 1936

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CALENDAR 1936-1937

1936 September 1 September 23-24 September 25-26 September 28 November 11 November 26-28 December 19 1937 January 4 February 4

February 8-13 February 18 February 22 March 26-27 May 27 May 30 June 11 June 14-19 June 22 June 28

Last day for recelvtng applications for admission "Freshman Week" Registration, Twenty-ninth Annual Session Instruction begins Armistice Day Thanksgiving Recess Christmas Recess begins

Tuesday Wed.-Thurs. Fri.-Sat. Monday Wednesday Thurs.-Sat. Saturday, at noon

Monday W ork resumed Formal class instruction, 1st c••••••••••••••••••••Thursday, semester, c1oses at night Mid-year examinations Mon.-Sat. Registration, 2nd semester Thursday Washington's Birthday Monday Good Friday Recess Fri.-Sat. Fifteenth Annual Contest for Berndt Prize Thursday Memorial Day Sunday (observed Mon.) Kamehameha Day Friday Final examinations Mon.-Sat. Twenty-sixth Annual Commencement..Tuesday Summer Session begins Monday

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OFFICERS OF ADMINISTRATION DAVID L. CRAWFORD, LL.D., President of the University 2355 Oahu Ave. ARTHUR R. KELLER, M.S., Dean of the College of Applied Science 2456 Oahu Ave. AMY MACOWAN, M.A., R.N., Director of the Course in Public Health Nursing Palama Settlement

ADVISORY COMMITTEE Together with the administrative officers named above;' following constitute an advisory committee to assist in the deve. opment of policies and plans: DONALD BOWMAN, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association NELL FINDLEY, M.A., Social Service Bureau JOHN R. GALT, B.A., United Welfare Fund JOHN A. HAMILTON, Secretary, Chamber of Commerce PHILIP S. PLATT, Ph.D., Palama Settlement FREDERICK E. TROTTER, M.D., Territorial Board of Health MARY WILLIAMS, B.S., R.N., Bureau of Public Health Nursing

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INSTRUCTING STAFF NELL FINDLEY, M.A., Lecturer in Sociology (1933) Graduate San Francisco State Teachers College, 1907; New York School of Social Work, 1921-22; M.A., Univ. Hawaii, . 1933 ; Executive Secretary, Social Service Bureau, Honolulu. FRANK H. GAUDIN, M.D., Lecturer in Child Hygiene (1932) M.D., Univ. Toronto, 1927; Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, 1928-1930. JANA GLENN, B.S., Instructor in Home Economics (1932) B.S., Univ. Hawaii, 1932. AMY MACOWAN, M.A., R.N., L.ecturer in Public Health Nursing (1931) . A.B., Beloit College, 1914; Diploma, Presbyterian Hospital School for Nurses, Chicago, 1922; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia Univ., 1926; Director, Nursing Department, Palama Settlement. CAREY D. MILLER, M.S., Associate Professor of Foods and Nutrition (1922) A.B., Univ. California, 1917; M.S., Columbia Univ., 1922; Graduate Study, Yale Univ., 1928-1929. EDITH B. ORROCK, B.A., Lecturer in Sociology B.A., College for \iVomen, Western Reserve Univ., 1922; Graduate School of Applied Social Sciences, Western Res~rve Univ., 1924; Supervisor of Case Work, Social Service Bureau, 1932. JESSE A. TAN NER, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education (19,31) Diploma, North Dakota State Normal School, 1903; B.A., Univ. North Dakota, 1905; M.A., Univ. North Dakota, 1906; Univ. Chicago; Ph.D., Univ. Washington, 1929. MARY WILLIAMS, B.S., R.N., Lecturer in Child Hygiene Diploma, Massachusetts General Hospital, 1917; Certificate, Public Health Nursing, Simmons College, 1920; B.S., Teachers College, Columbia Univ., 1932; Director, Bureau of Public Health Nursing, Territorial Board of Health, 1936.

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PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING GENERAL STATEMENT The University of Hawaii, with the cooperation of the Territorial Board of Health, Palama Settlement and the Social Service Bureau, offers a course in general public health nursing. This course is offered in alternate years. The purpose of the course is to prepare well-qualified graduate nurses for positions in either urban or rural public health nursing fields. The program is planned to give a basic knowledge of and training in all phases of public health nursing with particular emphasis upon family health through social, educational and preventive work. A certificate in Public Health Nursing is awarded by the University to those who successfully complete the exact course as outlined with an average grade of "e". Enrollment is limited to ten students. ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

tl. Graduation from an approved secondary school or its equivalent. 2. Satisfactory rating in college aptitude examination. 3. Graduation from a recognized school for nurses with evidence of the satisfactory completion of a course of at least two years connected with a hospital which had a daily average of at least fifty patients during the applicant's period of training. The training school course must have included theoretical instruction and experience in medical, surgical, obstetrical, and children's services. 4. Registration in the state or country in which training was obtained.' 5. Personal and professional fitness for public health nursing.

6. Good health. Application blanks will be furnished upon request. All inquiries regarding the course should be addressed to the Registrar, University of Hawaii. A personal interview with the director, Miss MacOwan, is required whenever possible.

t Exception may be made in a few cases when the applicant has had satisfactory experience in public health nursing.

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PROGRAM OF STUDY The program of study requires the completion of one university year, the first semester of which is devoted entirely to class work at the University and the second to practical experience in public health nursing and social case work with the cooperating agencies. Exemptions may be granted for certain phases of field work upon presentation of evidence of satisfactory experience.

REQUIRED COURSES OF INSTRUCTION FIRST SEMESTER

Hours Weekly

Public Health Nursing (P.H. 150) ~........................... Child Hygiene (P.H. 156)............................................................ Public Health Administration (P.H. 160).............................. Psychology (Psy. 150).................................................................. Methods in Social Case Work (Soc. 294).............................. Nutrition (P.H. 158)....................................................................

Credits

3 4 2 3 3 5

3 3 2 3 3 3

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Methods in Social Case Work (Soc. 297) 3 Field Work (P.H.171) Four months with the Combined Nursing Service of the Territorial Board of Health and Palama Settlement and the Social Service Bureau. This includes both urban and rural field work.................. 36

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SECOND SEMESTER

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DESCRIPTION OF COURSES PUBLIC HEALTH 150 Public Health Nursing

MacOwan

This course considers the development, methods, and technique of public health nursing with e,mphasis on the social and preventive aspects of service to the family and community. First semester, 3 credits. 156 Child Hygiene

Williams, Gaudin

This course is designed to acquaint the student with the hygiene of normal childhood from birth through school age. Desirable programs of work and the functions of the public health nurse in both urban and rural communities will be discussed. Opportunity will be offered for the students to observe and study various institutions and agencies engaged in child health work. First semester, 3 credits. . Glenn

158 Nutrition

This course takes up the study of the principles of diet in relation to health and their application in the planning of meals for the family. Special attention will be given to local racial foods and the nutritive value of is,land foods. Two lectures and one 2~ hour laboratory period. First semester, 3 credits. 160 Public Health Administration

Special Lecturers

This course is planned to give the student an understanding of methods for the protection and promotion of community health. Epidemiology and control of communicable diseases, modern public health organization and administration and statistical methods in health work will be considered. First semester, 2 credits. 171 Field Program

MacOwan and Field Supervisors

The field work is planned to furnish practical training in home visiting for both bedside and instructive care, including tuberculosis nursing; the student is given experience in kindergarten and school health work, prenatal and child health conferences, tuberculosis and other clinics, and the use of records and reports. Experience in social case work is given concurrently during the entire four months. Lectures, demonstrations, conferences, and case discussions are given in relation to the field work. The opportunity for this field "experience is provided through the cooperation of the Territorial Board of Health, Palama Settlement, the Social Service Bureau, Department of Public Instruction, and the Free Kindergarten and Children's Aid Association. Second semester, 10 credits. PSYCHOLOGY 150 Psychology

Tanner

This is an introductory course in psychology offering a survey of the various aspects of human behavior. First semester, 3 credits.

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8 SOCIOLOGY Findley

294 A General View of Social Work

The principles underlying social work as revealed by social work practice. The consideration of certain undesirable social conditions and the local organizations that attempt to meet their need. Causes of these social conditions and possible preventive measures. Readings, discussions, analysis of reports, field studies of social conditions and organizations and institutions. First semester, 3 credits. 297 Methods in Social Case Work

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Orrock

The purpose of the course is to develop a technique in the investigation, diagnosis, and treatment of social work cases. Open only to those who are doing work under the direction of some social agency. Readings for principles of social case work. Discussions of illustrations of the work of the students actually accomplished on the field. Second semester, 3 credits.

REGISTRATION Students will register at the University September 26 but all applications for the public health nursing course must have been accepted before this date. Instruction begins September 28. SCHEDULE OF FEES Registration fee, $10.00 per semester , Tuition, first semester Tuition, second semester.......................•............._

$20.00 50.00 25.00 $95.00

OTHER FEES A late registration fee of $1.00 is required of all students who register later than the announced registration days. The use of steel book lockers may be secured from the business office by making a deposit of $1.75, seventy-five cents of which will be refunded upon return of the key. All fees must be paid as part of registration and no regi~tration card will be finally accepted until it is endorsed showing payment.

RESIDENCE AND DINING HALLS . A women's dormitory accommodating sixteen women is located on the campus. The rate for rooms, together with evening meal (except Sundays), is $25.00 per month, payable in advance. Breakfasts and lunches are not included in this rate but may be had at the University cafeteria at very reasonable prices. A number of approved student rooming and boarding ho~~es are listed in the office of the Dean of Women.

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