Descriptive Summary

The papers of JoAnne Peach, a Nurse Practitioner Instructor at the University Of Virginia School Of Nursing, includes biographical information such as vitas, 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 correspondences and white papers from various organizations Peach was affiliated with regarding legal issues and social issues. The professional papers created and 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, correspondences and progress reports on UVA’s Primary Care Consortium, Primary Care Education Committee and Area Health Education Centers (AHEC).

Biographical Information

JoAnne Hutchinson Peach was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina in 1945. She received her B. S. N. in May of 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 her certification as a Nurse Practitioner from UVA in May of 1976. In May of 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 Area Health Education Center (AHEC), 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 to and from Peach, 1975 to 2000

Box 1 Folder 3 Student Nurse Papers: Course syllabus, exams, handouts and reports c. 1976

Box 1 Folder 4 Student Nurse Papers: notes on birth control, abortion & 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 syllabus, forms

Box 1 Folder 6 Student Nurse Papers, Teaching Practicum, Nurs 301, syllabus, 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 theUniversityofVirginia1970-1976” by JoAnne Peach, “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” By JoAnne Peach,Dec. 1 1997, drafts, final paper

Box 1 Folder 11 Presentations by Peach, “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 & correspondence, Program Revision, reports, correspondence, statistics & 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 & Physical Appraisal Skills,” handouts, notes, & correspondence, 1978

Box 2 Folder 5 University of Virginia School of Nursing- Nurse Practitioner Programs Articles, criteria, standards

Box 2 Folder 6 University of Virginia School of Nursing, Nurse Practitioner Program, recruitment, selection, preadmission

Box 2 Folder 7 University of Virginia School of Nursing -Grants, 1976-1981, reports, correspondence, tables & statistics

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

Box 3 Folder 1 Statistics & Surveys, 1990-1994

Box 3 Folder 2 Nurse Practitioners: role, job description, handouts & publications

Box 3 Folder 3 History of Nurse Practitioners: “Interview with Co-founder of NP movement,” NPNews, 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, The Sanitarians: A History of American Public Health Duffy, John, Urbana and Chicago, University of Illinois Press, 1990, (3) articles in Nursing Pub. On history of Nurse Practitioners

Box 3 Folder 4 Rules & Regulations for Certification, Licensure, and Nurse Practitioner Standards of Practice, 1977- 2000, reports & publications

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

Box 3 Folder 6 Nurse Practitioner Program Graduates: (6) directories 1971-1987

Box 3 Folder 7 University of Virginia School of Nursing, seminars, “Interviewing’ & ‘Breast Exam,” handouts, notes, outlines

Box 3 Folder 8 University of Virginia School of Nursing, workshop, Assessment of the Neurological Patient, 1978, notes & handouts,

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

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

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

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

Box 4 Folder 4 Courses: GNUR (567) & (569), 1991, course syllabus, handouts, & 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 & schedules

Box 4 Folder 7 Courses: GNUR 568, 570, 571, 572, 590, 760, course syllabus, handouts, notes & 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 & correspondence, course syllabus, handouts, notes & course evaluation forms

Box 5 Folder 1: UniversityofVirginiaSchool of Nursing - Nurse Practitioner Program, Course Material, handouts: generic

Box 5 Folder 2 University of Virginia School of Nursing -Nurse Practitioner Program Course Handouts: study guides & 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,” by JoAnne Peach, 1997, Nurse Practitioner Conference Nov. 13 &14th, Groningen, The Netherlands, paper, drafts, notes on paper, conference information & publications and correspondences

Box 5 Folder 5 NONPF conference, KeystoneColorado1995, 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, & 684, course syllabus, Nursing 511, 1999-2000, course syllabus & handouts

Box 6 Folder 2 Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing - student handouts, “Origin of the School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University,” (author unknown, date of publication unknown)

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, taught by JoAnne Peach, course syllabus and handouts & correspondence

Box 6 Folder 5 University of Virginia School of Nursing - Page County Consortium: 1994-1996, board minutes & correspondence, reports, “Virginia Care Foundation Executive Summary on Page Primary Care Consortium,

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

Box 6 Folder 7 Area Health Education Centers, (AHEC) Virginia: 1993 - 1999, publications, reports, & correspondences

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, copy of 31 page booklet, “Standards of Practice for the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner” copy of 11 page booklet, 1987, “Scope of Practice of the Primary Health Care Nurse Practitioner,” copy of 11 page booklet, 1995, “You and the Law of the Gray Areas Of Practice,” pamphlet, & handout 1978 conference AMA San Antonio, Texas, Salaries of Instructional and Administrative Nursing Faculty,” 1998, Correspondence AMA, 1993 & 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 -Virginia: “Advance 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 & brochure, National Association of Pediatric Nurse Associates & 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 -Virginia: Draft Issue Brief, “Optimum Use of Nurse Practitioners, SJR 164, Joint Commission on Health Care, 1994

Box 7 Folder 8 Legislation - Virginia: Issues: Virginia Board of Nursing Regulations, Nursing Shortages, State Board Actions on 1979, 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” & “Survey results comparing the NP Program in Virginia to Georgia,” Both of these are not dated and author unknown but presumed to be Peach

Box 8 Contains the following 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 ,User’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 Aprtil 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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University of Virginia School of Nursing, Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, JoAnne Peach Collection