TY  - GEN
N2  - Bernice Cochran entered the program at the University of Oregon Medical School (UOMS) as a member of the Cadet Nurse Corps. She shares anecdotes from her 1,095 days as a student, discussing schedules, curriculum, and ward duties as well as Henrietta Doltz, director of the Department of Nursing Education, and her interest in recruitment. After graduation and a recruitment tour, Cochran began her career teaching and working in admissions. From 1964 to 1976, she worked as a professor at Portland State University, where she taught pre-nursing students; she also served as a professor at the UO School of Nursing from 1960 to 1976. In this interview, Cochran addresses her teaching positions at the Emanuel Hospital School of Nursing and the University of Portland, her affiliation with the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education where she taught graduate nursing seminars, the entrance of male students into nursing programs, the relationship between nurses and physicians, and the role of the nurse in medical rounds. In closing, she reflects on the contributions she has made in her long career and gives advice to young students entering the nursing profession.
DO  - 10.6083/M4F47N8B
DO  - DOI
AB  - Bernice Cochran entered the program at the University of Oregon Medical School (UOMS) as a member of the Cadet Nurse Corps. She shares anecdotes from her 1,095 days as a student, discussing schedules, curriculum, and ward duties as well as Henrietta Doltz, director of the Department of Nursing Education, and her interest in recruitment. After graduation and a recruitment tour, Cochran began her career teaching and working in admissions. From 1964 to 1976, she worked as a professor at Portland State University, where she taught pre-nursing students; she also served as a professor at the UO School of Nursing from 1960 to 1976. In this interview, Cochran addresses her teaching positions at the Emanuel Hospital School of Nursing and the University of Portland, her affiliation with the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education where she taught graduate nursing seminars, the entrance of male students into nursing programs, the relationship between nurses and physicians, and the role of the nurse in medical rounds. In closing, she reflects on the contributions she has made in her long career and gives advice to young students entering the nursing profession.
T1  - Interview with Bernice Orwig Cochran
ED  - Cochran, Bernice Orwig
ED  - Weimer, Linda
ED  - Interviewee
ED  - Interviewer
DA  - 1997-12-17
DA  - 1997 December 17
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3185/files/oralhist_16.pdf
PB  - Oregon Health & Science University
LA  - eng
PY  - 1997-12-17
PY  - 1997 December 17
ID  - 3185
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3185/files/oralhist_16.pdf
KW  - Education, Nursing
TI  - Interview with Bernice Orwig Cochran
Y1  - 1997-12-17
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3185/files/oralhist_16.pdf
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3185/files/oralhist_16.pdf
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/3185/files/oralhist_16.pdf
ER  -