In January 1961, Dean Tyson had requested to President Shannon that the requirement that BSN students undertake nursing service assignments in exchange for room, board, and laundry be removed from the curriculum, following the recommendation of the National League for Nursing. President Shannon opposed Tyson's request because Dr. Thomas Hunter (director of the Medical Center) and the Medical Affairs Policy Board expressed concerns about the hospital’s inability to provide safe patient care without the BSN students’ services. Tyson and Shannon discussed the matter in a series of correspondence through March 1961. In the end, Dean Tyson agreed that BSN students entering their third year in 1963 be given the option to pay for their room, board, and laundry through Nursing Service assignments amounting to a total of 162 days. Students would also have the option to not participate in the Nursing Service assignments and instead pay for their room, board, and laundry.
1961
ECBCNHI, UVA SON Collection, Affiliations: President's Office Box 1
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