A voice for nursing education, Kaiser Permanente, 1948 to 1991
By: Clair Lisker ; interviews conducted by Judith Dunning in 2002. Regional Oral History Office, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley,
Contributors: Dunning, Judith.; Bancroft Library. Regional Oral History Office.
Published: 2004
Subjects: Lisker, Clair, 1926- -- Interviews.; Daniels, Dorothea.; Taller, Steve.; Oyarzo, Lavern.; Kaiser Foundation School of Nursing.; Kaiser Permanente School of Nursing.; Nursing -- Study and teaching -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.; Nurse administrators -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.; Nursing -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.; Nurse practitioners -- California.
Genres: Interviews.
Description: Family background; Irish childhood; nursing training in London during World War II; relocation to United States in 1947; student at Kaiser Permanente Nursing School, 1948-1951; recollections on Dorothea Daniels, Director of Nursing and Kaiser's first female administrator; origin of the School of Nursing; change from Permanente School of Nursing to Kaiser Foundation School of Nursing; joining nursing school faculty in the 1950s; impact of civil rights movement on nursing education and other issues of the 1960s; beginning of the Nurse Practitioner Program; role of Dr. Steve Taller; Lavern Oyarzo, one of first nurse practitioners; becoming assistant director of nursing, Kaiser Oakland; 1980s issues; final years as nursing administrator, late 1980s to early 1990s.