New Hampshire Nurse Practitioner Association Records, 1975-2005

Title:

New Hampshire Nurse Practitioner Association Records, 1975-2005

Creator:

New Hampshire Nurse Practitioner Association

Accession / Call Number:

2005.018

Object ID:

2005-018

Date:

1975-2005

Physical Description:

14 boxes and 1 oversized folder ; 6.21 linear feet

Scope and Content:

The records of the New Hampshire Nurse Practitioner Association consist of board and committee minutes, legislative activities, correspondence, brochures, membership lists, photographs of post hurricane relief activities in Florida, directories, conference informational and marketing posters, newspaper articles, audio and video tapes, photographs (prints, negatives, slides), and oral histories. The materials were generated between 1975 and 2005, which were the early years Association (which is still active at the time of writing this finding aid in 2022). The organization raised its visibility in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew in 1992, when several cohorts of nurse practitioners went to Florida to run clinics and provide health care. This activity generated considerable positive newspaper and public support. The collection contains photographs taken on site in Florida and fund-raising materials from this effort. Surveys of patients, other professionals and reimbursement organizations were taken by the Association in 1988 and 1991 and the filled-out (unidentified respondents) questionnaires are present. Discussions of important legislation are present in the collection (Senate Bill 158 in 1991). These records document those concerns along with internal activities such as conferences, meetings and communications within the nursing profession. Of particular interest in the collection are oral histories conducted in late 2004 and early 2005 with nurses and allied medical professionals in which memories of the struggle to establish the legitimacy of independent practice for nurses were elicited. Because interviewees were asked about their early professional lives, these conversations also shed light on nursing education and practice in a moment of fundamental change.

Subjects:

Associations, institutions, etc. , Hurricane Andrew, 1992 , Legislation , Nurse practitioners , Nurses , Nursing--Study and teaching , Nursing--Practice , Oral history , Photographs , Physicians , Surveys

Locations:

New Hampshire

People:

Andrews, Carolyn , Argue, John , Bridgood-Wilson, Mary , Boisseau, Paul , Cahill, Kathleen , Capiello, Joyce , Cassidy, Donna , Charest, Jeanne , Cote, Cynthia , Dirubbio, Nancy , Dyer, Merton , Harding, Lauri , Jones, Palmer , Kuhlman, Christine , McKeown, Susan , Lenahan, Joyce , Miles, Maynard , Plodzik, Stanley , Roberts, George , Rossiter, Alison , Wallace, William , Weeman, Paula , White, Donna

Organizations:

New Hampshire Joint Health Council
New Hampshire Nurse Practitioner Association
New Hampshire Nurses' Association
New Hampshire. General Court

Credit Line:

Gift of the New Hampshire Nurse Practitioner Association.

Restrictions:

Available for research.

Level Description:

Collection

Finding Aid Link:

RS64574_New_Hampshire_Nurse_Practitioner_Association_Records_2005.018.pdf