Descriptive Summary

This collection consists primarily of government publications containing data from numerous nursing surveys. For the most part, these studies concern nursing education and manpower, and legal issues related to the health professions. The collection also contains a 1979 original manuscript on the history of nurse practitioners and miscellaneous other publications, letters, and articles on nursing collected by Ms. Osgood. These materials range in date from the 1960s through the 1990s.

Biographical Information

Gretchen Osgood received her undergraduate degree from Smith College in 1943, then went on to earn a diploma in nursing from Johns Hopkins University and an MS in Supervision in Public Health Nursing from Boston University School of Nursing. After working as a clinician and an instructor, then as an associate director of nursing at the University of Illinois Hospitals, Osgood became a Nurse Consultant in the United States Public Health Service in 1962. She remained with the USPS Division of Nursing for the next 24 years, ending her career in the position of Deputy Director.

Scope and Content

Box 1 Series 1

Folder 1 Nursing Manpower and Education

Toward Quality in Nursing: Needs and Goals (Feb. 1963); Toward Quality in Nursing: Needs and Goals (Feb. 1963, reprinted May, 1963); Backtalk: In Defense of the Report of the Surgeon General’s Consultant Group on Nursing; ANA Position Paper: Educational Preparation of Nurses

Folder 2 Nursing Manpower and Education, cont'd.

ANA letter: Sound Planning for Nursing Education & attached handwritten note; Nurse Training Act of 1964: Program Review Report (Dec. 1967, reprinted 1970)

Folder 3 Nursing Manpower and Education, cont'd.

First Report to the Congress: Nurse Training Act of 1975; Third Report to the Congress: Nurse Supply, Distribution and Requirements

Folder 4 Nursing Manpower and Education, cont'd.

Nursing and Nursing Education: Public Policies and Private Actions/ Institute of Medicine Report

Folder 5 Nursing Manpower and Education, cont'd.

ANA Press Release regarding IOM Report; IOM Report Supports Education Funding (The American Nurse); Did the Education Commission Say Anything (The Brookings Review); The Response of the Western Council on Higher Education for Nursing to the National Studies on Nursing

Folder 6 Nursing Manpower and Education, cont'd.

Fifth Report to the Congress on the Status of Health Personnel in the United States: August, 1985; Fifth Report to the President and Congress on the Status of Health Personnel in the United States

Folder 7 Nursing Manpower and Education, cont'd.

Cost Estimating Model for Baccalaureate Nursing Education Programs; Presentation to the Division on Nursing Health Resources and Services Administration: A Cost Estimating Model for Baccalaureate Nursing Education Programs

Folder 8 Nursing Manpower and Education, cont'd.

American Journal of Nursing Supplement: Nurses for the Future: A provocative debate on economics, enrollment and essentials; The Dignity of Nursing by George Will (Newsweek); Responses to George Will article

Folder 9 Nursing Manpower and Education, cont'd.

Sixth Report to the President and Congress on the Status of Health Personnel in the United States; Secretary’s Commission on Nursing Interim Report, Volume III; Thank you letter to Ms. Osgood from the Secretary’s Commission on Nursing

Box 2 Series 1, cont'd.

Folder 1 Nursing Manpower and Education (continued from Box 1):

Secretary’s Commission on Nursing: Support Studies and Background Information, Volume II

Folder 2 Nursing Manpower and Education, cont'd.

Secretary’s Commission on Nursing: Final Report; Flexible Models of Nursing Education (book chapter)

Folder 3 Nursing Manpower and Education, cont'd.

Seventh Report to the President and Congress on the Status of Health Personnel in the United States

Folder 4 Nursing Manpower and Education, cont'd.

The Registered Nurse Population: Findings from the National Sample Survey of Registered Nurses, March 1988

Folder 5 Nursing Manpower and Education, cont'd.

Final Report: Evaluation of Nursing Education Projects

Folder 6 Nursing Manpower and Education, cont'd.

Commission on the National Nursing Shortage: Final Report; Survey of Beneficiaries

Box 3 Series 2 and 3

Folder 1 Health Professions Legislation: Publications

Chronology Health Professions Legislation 1956-1979; Supplement to Chronology Health Professions Legislation covering laws enacted through 1980; Chronology of Federal Support for Program of Nursing Education and Research Administered by the Division of Nursing

Folder 2 Health Professions Legislation: Publications, cont'd.

Highlight Summary of Title XXVIII of PL97-35, Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981; Amendments of Special Interest to BHPr (Bureau of Health Professions), Orphan Drug Act; Public Laws Authorizing BHPr Programs (78th to 95th Congress); Public Laws Authorizing BHPr Programs (96th Congress to date/ 1983); Public Laws Authorizing BHPr Programs (96th Congress to date/ 1985); Reauthorization of Title VIII Nurse Education Authorities (99th Congress)

Folder 3 Health Professions Legislation: Publications, cont'd.

Compilation of Selected Acts Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Volume I: Health Law

Folder 4 Health Professions Legislation: Publications, cont'd.

Reauthorization of Title VIII Nurse Education Authorities (100th Congress); Public Laws Appropriating BHPr Programs

Folder 5 Miscellaneous Documents Related to Nursing Practice

(Public Health Service History) Final Report of the Study Group on Mission and Organization of the Public Health Service; A Common Thread of Service/ An Historical Guide to HEW (Health, Education and Welfare); National Institutes of Health Almanac/ History of the Division of Nursing

Folder 6 Miscellaneous Documents Related to Nursing Practice

Original typewritten manuscript by Dr. Henry A. Foley on Nurse Practitioners (History of and literature review)

Folder 7 Miscellaneous Documents Related to Nursing Practice

The Application of Primary Nursing in a Hospital Setting

Folder 8 Miscellaneous Documents Related to Nursing Practice

Partnership in Nursing for Education, Practice, Research

Collaboration in Education, Practice, Research: Report of an Expert Panel

Folder 9 Miscellaneous Documents Related to Nursing Practice

Miscellaneous items: Business card and name sign

Series Description

The collection has been arranged into three chronological series:

Series 1: Nursing Manpower and Education

Series 2: Health Professions Legislation

Series 3: Miscellaneous Documents Related to Nursing Practice

The first series consists of a large number of government publications, as well as journal articles, letters, and newspaper clippings. Topics in this series are related to nursing manpower and education, such as nursing shortages, effectiveness of nursing education legislation, staffing patterns, and educational preparation. The second series consists of government publications detailing the history of health professions legislation from 1944 to 1989. The third series consists of government publications and other documents detailing the history of the U.S. Public Health Service, the application of primary nursing, and the need for nursing collaboration, as well as an original manuscript about nurse practitioners.

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University of Virginia School of Nursing, Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, Gretchen Osgood Collection

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