EASTERN STATE HOSPITAL MATERIALS: NURSING STAFF: ASSIGNMENTS AND NURSING OFFICE ORGANIZATIONAL CHART, 1970s, 1980
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the Janet Colaizzi Collection concerns activities, programs, and psychiatric nursing administration at Eastern State Hospital, the Commonwealth of Virginia's mental health facility in Williamsburg. Of particular importance are a series of professional staff manuals relating treatment standards and philosophies at the hospital, which offer a good overview of mental health care in the period from the 1950s to the 1970s. Also of interest is a patient handbook from 1964; materials concerning nursing staffing, organization, and orientation; and details of a patient token economy program, designed to promote patient responsibility and self-discipline. The remainder of the collection contains materials of a more general nature relative to psychiatric nursing, including manuals, a textbook, and other publications on psychiatric nursing practice and the development of professional standards. The period covered runs from the 1960s through the 1980s.
Dates
- Creation: 1970s, 1980
Full Extent
From the Collection: .75 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Repository Details
Part of the The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry Repository
University of Virginia School of Nursing
P.O. Box 800782
Charlottesville Virginia 22908-0782 United States
mailto:nurs-hxc@virginia.edu