Descriptive Summary

The papers of JoAnne Peach, a nurse practitioner instructor at the University Of Virginia School of Nursing, includes biographical information, teaching evaluations, continuing education, correspondence, and papers from her own experiences as a student nurse. The collection highlights the professional and academic concerns of teaching nurse practitioners. It also highlights the experiences of a faculty member of the School of Nursing at the University of Virginia with handouts, correspondence, course information and teaching aids. The political and professional concerns of a nurse practitioner are well represented with correspondence and white papers from various organizations Peach was affiliated with, regarding legal and social issues. Professional papers presented by Peach at various conferences and workshops are in this collection. Her experiences teaching at other institutions such as Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing and Piedmont Virginia Community College are documented in this collection. Well represented are the planning committees, correspondence and progress reports on UVA’s Primary Care Consortium, Primary Care Education Committee and Area Health Education Centers.

Biographical Information

JoAnne Hutchinson Peach was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina in 1945. She received her B.S.N. in May 1968 from West Virginia University School of Nursing in Morgantown, West Virginia. She graduated from UVA School of Nursing in August of 1973. She received certification as a nurse practitioner from UVA in May 1976. In 1980, she became certified as a family nurse practitioner. She served as a member of the teaching faculty at the University of Virginia and at Virginia Commonwealth University. She also worked for various health-care providers and hospitals.

Peach served on various committees during her professional career such as the Area Health Education Center, the UVA School of Nursing Planning Committee for Pharmacology for Nurse Practitioners and Curriculum Planning. She was president of the UVA School of Nursing Alumni Association from 1986-1990. Honors she received include the Virginia Division Pace Award, the Virginia Division Lifesaver Award and the Charlottesville-Albemarle Unit Special Award in 1986 & 1987 from the American Cancer Society. Her publications include "Nursing and the University of Virginia - A Winning Combination,” the College Digest, Schools of Nursing, Spring 1989; "Building on a Tradition of Excellence," the College Digest, Schools of Nursing, Fall 1990.

Scope and Content

Box 1 Folder 1: Biographical Information: professional vitas, teaching evaluations, personal essays, memory scrapbook & awards

Box 1 Folder 2: Correspondence, 1975 to 2000

Box 1 Folder 3: Student nurse papers, course syllabi, exams, handouts and reports, c. 1976

Box 1 Folder 4: Student nurse papers, notes on birth control, abortion and rape, paper, “To Have or Not to Have a Baby … That is the Question,” (1977)

Box 1 Folder 5: Student nurse papers, West Virginia University School of Nursing, 1964-1973, student handouts, course syllabi, forms

Box 1 Folder 6: Student nurse papers, teaching practicum, syllabi, course handouts, evaluation form

Box 1 Folder 7: Career, professional consultations

Box 1 Folder 8: Career, papers, “Early Days of the Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Virginia1 970-1976”, “To Everything There is a Season and A Time to Every Purpose Under the Heaven”

Box 1 Folder 9: Continuing education, diplomas and certificates

Box 1 Folder 10: Paper, “Early Days of the Nurse Practitioner Program at UVA” 1997, drafts, final paper

Box 1 Folder 11: Presentations, “A Successful School of Nursing- AHEC,” 1998, NONPF conference, “Partnership to Improve Primary Health Care”

Box 2 Folder 1: University of Virginia School of Nursing faculty,  handouts, correspondence, meeting minutes

Box 2 Folder 2: University of Virginia School of Nursing faculty, directories, course schedules and correspondence, program revision, reports, statistics and meeting minutes, 1975 -1992

Box 2 Folder 3: University of Virginia School of Nursing faculty, seminar, “Teaching Pharmacology to Nurse Practitioners," guidelines, handouts, correspondence, 1993-1996

Box 2 Folder 4: University of Virginia School of Nursing faculty, workshop, "History and Physical Appraisal Skills,” handouts, notes, and correspondence, 1978

Box 2 Folder 5: University of Virginia School of Nursing, nurse practitioner program articles, criteria, standards

Box 2 Folder 6: University of Virginia School of Nursing, nurse practitioner program, recruitment, selection, pre-admission

Box 2 Folder 7: University of Virginia School of Nursing, grants, 1976-1981, reports, correspondence, tables and statistics

Box 2 Folder 8: University of Virginia School of Nursing, grants, 1985-1994, reports, correspondence

Box 3 Folder 1: Statistics and surveys, 1990-1994

Box 3 Folder 2: Nurse practitioners: role, job description, handouts and publications

Box 3 Folder 3: History of nurse practitioners, interview with co-founder of NP movement, NP News, handouts, nursing and nursing eduction in the United States, by the Committee for the Study of Nursing Education, Chicago, the MacMillian Company, 1923, “Public Health and the Civil War,” The Sanitarians: A History of American Public Health, Duffy, John, Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1990, (3) articles in nursing publications on history of nurse practitioners

Box 3 Folder 4: Rules and regulations for certification, licensure, and nurse practitioner standards of practice, 1977- 2000, reports and publications

Box 3 Folder 5: Nurse practitioner Issues: reimbursement, insurance, risk management, federal assistance to the elderly, reports, handouts, and publications

Box 3 Folder 6: Nurse practitioner program graduates, (6) directories 1971-1987

Box 3 Folder 7: University of Virginia School of Nursing, seminars, handouts, notes, outlines

Box 3 Folder 8: University of Virginia School of Nursing, workshop, assessment of the neurological patient, 1978, notes and handouts

Box 3 Folder 9: University of Virginia School of Nursing, various lecture health information handouts

Box 4 Folder 1: Courses: GNUR 550, 1991-1996, course syllabus, handouts, notes and schedules

Box 4 Folder 2: Courses: GNUR 551, 1990-1995, course syllabus, handouts, notes and schedules

Box 4 Folder 3: Courses: GNUR 566, 1990-1996, course objectives, handouts, notes and schedules

Box 4 Folder 4: Courses: GNUR 567 & 569, 1991, course syllabus, handouts, and course evaluation sheet

Box 4 Folder 5: Courses: GNUR 594, advanced pharmacology course manual

Box 4 Folder 6: Courses: GNUR 800, 1997, history of nursing, course syllabus, handouts, notes and schedules

Box 4 Folder 7: Courses: GNUR 568, 570, 571, 572, 590, 760, course syllabus, handouts, notes and schedules

Box 4 Folder 8: Courses: Clinical rotation, sites, schedules and correspondence

Box 4 Folder 9: Courses: Clinical rotation, student information handouts, faculty assignments, guidelines and correspondence, course syllabus, handouts, notes and course evaluation forms

Box 5 Folder 1: University of Virginia School of Nursing, nurse practitioner program, course material, handouts

Box 5 Folder 2: University of Virginia School of Nursing, nurse practitioner program course handouts, study guides and case study

Box 5 Folder 3: University of Virginia School of Nursing, nurse practitioner program course handouts, outlines, assessments

Box 5 Folder 4: Presentation: “Key Factors in the Development of A Nurse Practitioner Educational Program: Evolution of the Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of Virginia,” 1997, Nurse Practitioner Conference, Nov. 13- 14, Groningen, the Netherlands, paper, drafts, notes on paper, conference information and publications and correspondence

Box 5 Folder 5: NONPF conference, Keystone, Colorado, 1995, notes

Box 5 Folder 6: Teaching aids, overhead transparencies, head and neck exam

Box 5 Folder 7: Teaching aids, overhead transparencies, various course lectures

Box 5 Folder 8: Collaborative education, 1993-2000 reports, correspondence, guidelines

Box 5 Folder 9: University of Virginia, Primary Care Consortium, grant proposal, correspondence, and reports and meeting minutes

Box 6 Folder 1: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, courses 475, 488, 496, 682, 503, and 684, course syllabus, Nursing 511, 1999-2000, course syllabus and handouts

Box 6 Folder 2: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, student handouts

Box 6 Folder 3: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, faculty forms, meeting minutes, reports, guidelines, 1992 - 2000

Box 6 Folder 4: Piedmont Virginia Community College, Nursing 226-01, 1983, course syllabus and handouts and correspondence

Box 6 Folder 5: University of Virginia School of Nursing, Page County Consortium, 1994-1996, board minutes and correspondence, reports

Box 6 Folder 6: University of Virginia School of Nursing, Page Primary Care Education Committee 1994-1996, goals, meeting minutes, reports and correspondences

Box 6 Folder 7: Area Health Education Centers, Virginia, 1993 - 1999, publications, reports and correspondence

Box 7 Folder 1: Publications: American Nurses Association, legislative handouts, “Medicare and Incident to Payment,” "Standards of Clinical Practice and Scope of Practice for the Acute Care Nurses Practitioner," booklet, “Standards of Practice for the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner,” booklet, 1987, “Scope of Practice of the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner,” booklet, 1995, “You and the Law of the Gray Areas Of Practice,” pamphlet, 1978 conference AMA San Antonio,Texas, "Salaries of Instructional and Administrative Nursing Faculty,” 1998, Correspondence AMA, 1993 and 1996

Box 7 Folder 2: Publications: “Nurse Practitioners and Certified Nurse Midwives: A Meta-Analysis of Studies on Nurses in Primary Care Roles” by Sharon A. Brown & Deanna E. Grimes, American Nurses Publishing, 1993 (105) pgs

Box 7 Folder 3: Publications: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, “Standards of Practice” 1993, “Statement on Nurse Practitioners and the National Health Care Agenda” by Jan Towers, promotional brochures

Box 7 Folder 4: Legislation in Virginia: “Advanced Practice Nursing: Meeting the Primary Health Care Needs of Virginians,” Report from the Nursing Task Force to the Joint Commission on Health Care, Nov. 1993 (56) pgs

Box 7 Folder 5: Publications: American College of Nurse Practitioners, handouts and brochure, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates and Practitioners, white paper, "Educational Preparation and Role Parameters of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners” position statement, “Health Care Reform for Children,” report, 1995

Publications: National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties, statement paper, “Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Nursing Education Funds,” technical report, “Nurse Practitioner Educational Programs 1988-1995, Workforce Policy Project, booklet, 1996, (41) pgs.

Box 7 Folder 6: Publications: (21) various newspaper clippings from local newspapers regarding UVA SON nurse practitioners program or nurse practitioners

Box 7 Folder 7: Legislation in Virginia: draft issue brief, “Optimum Use of Nurse Practitioners, SJR 164," Joint Commission on Health Care, 1994

Box 7 Folder 8: Legislation in Virginia: issues, Virginia Board of Nursing regulations, nursing shortages, state board actions, SJR 179 “Primary Care Needs Assessment Summary of Findings," State Board Actions 1991, Medicaid program 1992, proposed regulations prescriptive authority 1992, Senate Joint Resolution No 343, 1993 Health Sciences Center report for House Joint Resolution 512, 1995, correspondence regarding issues

Box 7 Folder 9: Presentations, “USA - Creating a New Role Partnering to Meet a National Need” and “Survey Results Comparing the NP Program in Virginia to Georgia,” both undated, author unknown but presumed to be Peach

Box 8: publications:

American Heart Association: Part 1 Examination of the Heart: History Taking 1967, brochure, 17 pgs

Part Two Examination of the Heart: Inspection and Palpation of Venous and Arterial Pulses, 1967, brochure, 41 pgs

Part Three Examination of the Heart Inspection and Palpation of the Anterior Chest, 24 pgs

Part Four Examination of the Heart Examination of the Heart Auscultation, 71 pgs

Part Five Examination of the Heart:The Electrocardiogram, 81 pgs

Essentials of the Neurological Examination by SmithKline Corporation, 1962, 56 pgs

Essentials of the Neurological Examination by SmithKline Corporation, revised 1979

Introduction to Arrhythmia Recognition, by California Health Association, 1968 brochure

Essentials of the Neurological Examination, by Smith, Kline & French, 1968, brochure, 49 pgs

Essentials of the Gynecologic History and Examination, by SK&F Services, 1965, booklet, 24 pgs

Disorders of the Heart Beat by American Heart Association, brochure, 1972

Three-Dimensional Views of the Ocular Fundus with an Audio Presentation by Walter M. Kirkendall, M.D., 1973, cassette, 15 min. & (8) slides

The Clinical Significance of the Sounds of Korotkoff, (1) cassette, by Abe Ravin, M. D. with manual

Auscultatory Analysis and Differentiation of Cardiac Valvular Murmurs, (1) cassette, with manual by Abe Ravin, M.D.

Physical Assessment: The Head and Neck, User’s Guide, Medcom, Inc., 1985, booklet, 10 pgs

Physical Assessment: The Lungs, User’s Guide, Medcom, Inc., 1985, booklet, 10 pgs

Physical Assessment: The Heart,bUser’s Guide, Medcom, Inc., 1985, booklet, 10 pgs

Physical Assessment: The Abdomen, User’s Guide, Medcom, Inc., 1985, booklet, 10 pgs

Physical Assessment: The Neurologic Exam, User’s Guide, Medcom, Inc., 1985, booklet, 10 pgs

Physical Assessment: The Musculoskeletal System, User’s Guide, Medcom, Inc., 1985, booklet Physical Assessment: The Female Reproductive System, User’s Guide, Medcom, Inc., 1985, booklet, 10 pgs

Physical Assessment: The Integumentary System, User’s Guide, Medcom, Inc., 1985, booklet, 10 pgs

Variations and Minor Departures in Infants, By Mead Johnson, 1978, booklet, 48 pgs

Patient Assessment: Neurological Examination Part I, workbook, 24 pgs., American Journal of Nursing

Patient Assessment: Neurological Examination Part II, workbook, 24 pgs., American Journal of Nursing

Patient Assessment: Neurological Examination Part III, workbook, 24 pgs., American Journal of Nursing

Patient Assessment: Examination of the Abdomen, 1974, American Journal of Nursing

Patient Assessment: Examination of the Heart and Great Vessels Part I, 1976, American Journal of Nursing, (24) pgs

Patient Assessment: Examination of the Heart and Great Vessels Part II, Feb. 1977, American Journal of Nursing, (22) pgs

Patient Assessment: Examination of the Chest and Lungs, 1976, American Journal of Nursing

Patient Assessment: Examination of the Ear, 1978, American Journal of Nursing

Patient Assessment: Examination of the Eye Part I American Journal of Nursing, (24) pgs

Patient Assessment: Examination of the Eye Part II American Journal of Nursing, (22) pgs

Patient Assessment: Taking a Patient’s History 1974 American Journal of Nursing

Patient Assessment Examination of the Head and Neck, American Journal of Nursing

Patient Assessment Examination of the Female Pelvis Part I, 1978 26 pgs., American Journal of Nursing

Patient Assessment Examination of the Female Pelvis Part II, 1978, 28 pgs., American Journal of Nursing

Patient Assessment: Examination of the Male Genitalia, American Journal of Nursing, April 1979 (24) pgs

Blood-Gas and Acid Base Concepts in Respiratory Care, 1976 (30) pgs., 1979 P-37 American Journal of Nursing

Patient Assessment: Pulses 1979 American Journal Nursing Company (26) pgs

G. I. Series, Physical Examination of the Abdomen Part 1 Inspection, A. H. Robbins, 1969

Physical Examination of the Abdomen Part 2, Palpitation, A. H. Robbins, 1969

Physical Examination of the Abdomen Part 3. Percussion, A. H. Robbins, 1969

Physical Examination of the Abdomen Part 4. Auscultation, A. H. Robbins, 1969

Physical Examination of the Abdomen Part 5. Abdominal pain, A. H. Robbins, 1969

Physical Examination of the Abdomen Part 6. Differential Diagnosis of Abdominal Disorders, A. H. Robbins, 1972

The Infant Child Part 1 Abdominal Examination, A. H. Robbins, 1974

Anxiety Recognition and Intervention, programmed instruction, workbook, 1965 P-1

Understanding Defense Mechanisms, programmed instruction, 1972. P-12

Series Description

 

Donated by: JoAnne Peach

 

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Preferred Citation
University of Virginia School of Nursing, Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, JoAnne Peach Collection.