A Vision Becomes Reality - Radke, Karen J

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Résumé :
A Vision Becomes Reality is the story of how a Seventh-day Adventist educational institution, West Indies College (now Northern Caribbean University) in Mandeville, Jamaica, collaborated with a Seventh-day Adventist health care institution, Andrews Memorial Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, to develop and implement the Department of Nursing Education and the first baccalaureate nursing programme in Jamaica. This is the first time the early history of this endeavour has been published. Many individuals provided information on the history of this landmark programme in Jamaica. Without the help of the numerous people involved in the story of the college, hospital, and baccalaureate nursing programme, this account would not have been possible. It is the authors' hope that the content will provide information on the early history of Seventh-day Adventist higher education and medical work in Jamaica as well as provide a blueprint of the process used in developing what is now Northern Caribbean University Department of Nursing and its baccalaureate nursing programme as it reaches its fiftieth anniversary in 2020....

Biographie:
Karen J. Radke is a nurse, physiologist, educator, researcher, author, and administrator. She was acting chairman, West Indies College Department of Nursing Education (now Northern Caribbean University Department of Nursing) in Jamaica from 1972 to1973. Her degrees in nursing are from Loma Linda University (BSc), Boston University (MSc), and Texas Woman's University (MSc-Family Nurse Clinician). After working as a public health nurse and nurse practitioner, Radke earned a PhD in physiology from Indiana University School of Medicine and then did a research fellowship in the College of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis. Radke taught in schools of nursing and medicine for twenty-five years. Besides teaching, Radke conducted research on hormones that influence renal function and blood pressure at the University of Rochester, New York. She presented her work at scientific conferences and has been published in scholarly journals. Later, Radke was associate dean for academic affairs, director of graduate studies, and professor, University at Buffalo School of Nursing, The State University of New York. She has garnered several honours and awards. Dr. Radke is retired.

Sommaire:
A Vision Becomes Reality is the story of how a Seventh-day Adventist educational institution, West Indies College (now Northern Caribbean University) in Mandeville, Jamaica, collaborated with a Seventh-day Adventist health care institution, Andrews Memorial Hospital in Kingston, Jamaica, to develop and implement the Department of Nursing Education and the first baccalaureate nursing programme in Jamaica. This is the first time the early history of this endeavour has been published. Many individuals provided information on the history of this landmark programme in Jamaica. Without the help of the numerous people involved in the story of the college, hospital, and baccalaureate nursing programme, this account would not have been possible. It is the authors' hope that the content will provide information on the early history of Seventh-day Adventist higher education and medical work in Jamaica as well as provide a blueprint of the process used in developing what is now Northern Caribbean University Department of Nursing and its baccalaureate nursing programme as it reaches its fiftieth anniversary in 2020....