Series 2: Peach and the UVa School of Nursing and Nurse Practitioners

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 the UVA in May of 1976. In May of 1980 she became certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner. Since that time she has served as a valued member of the teaching faculty at the University of Virginia and at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has also worked for various health care providers and hospitals. Most recently, Peach has been a Family Nurse Practitioner in Culpeper County, Virginia.

Peach has 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 University of Virginia SON Alumni Association from 1986-1990. Honors she has 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. She is a member of the American Nurses Society, the Virginia Nurses Association and the National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties. Her publications include: "Nursing and the University of Virginia - A Winning Combination,"The College Digest - Schools of Nursing, Spring 1989, and "Building on a Tradition of Excellence,"The College Digest - Schools of Nursing, Fall 1990.

This is a well rounded collection of the papers of JoAnne Peach, formerly a Nurse Practitioner Instructor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. The collection 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 and includes handouts, correspondence, course information, and teaching aids. The political and professional concerns of a Nurse Practitioner are well represented with correspondence and white papers regarding legal and social issues from various organizations Peach was affiliated with. 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 the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing and Piedmont Virginia Community College are also included. 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).