TY  - GEN
AB  - Pam Hellings, R.N., Ph.D., CPNP-R, is a professor emeritus with the OHSU School of Nursing, a former administrator and faculty senator, and a retired pediatric nurse practitioner. She played a significant role in advancing nursing education in Oregon and was a pioneer in advanced practice nursing. In this interview, she discusses her education and training at UCLA, where she earned her BA, master’s, and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner’s (PNP) certificate. Hellings recounts experiences as an educator, a healthcare professional, and an administrator throughout times of great development within the program, including helping to start the nurse practitioner program at OHSU. The interview also covers the School of Nursing’s Breastfeeding Program and the Nursing Faculty Practice Grant, both of which Hellings was extensively involved in.

In this interview, Hellings looks back on her formation as a pediatric nurse practitioner and her advocacy for the legitimacy of the profession within OHSU's administration. She speaks about her relationships with significant figures at the University, including Dean of Nursing Carol Lindeman, Dr. Julian S. "Dutch" Reinschmidt, and Registrar Dick Speight. This interview also includes anecdotes about Hellings’s time teaching at Mahidol University in Thailand and medical tourism in Russia. 

CY  - Portland, OR
DA  - 2009-02-26
DA  - 2009 February 26
DO  - 10.6083/bpxhc42704
DO  - doi
ED  - Hellings, Pamela J. Brown
ED  - Gaines, Barbara Conway
ED  - Interviewee
ED  - Interviewer
ID  - 42704
KW  - Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
KW  - Family Nursing
KW  - Hospital Administrators
KW  - Budgets
KW  - Ambulatory Care
KW  - Nurse Practitioners
KW  - Breast Feeding
KW  - Public Health
KW  - Education, Nursing
KW  - Pediatrics
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42704/files/Hellings-Pamela_transcript_2009.02.26.pdf
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42704/files/Hellings-Pamela_transcript_2009.02.26.pdf
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42704/files/Hellings-Pamela_transcript_2009.02.26.pdf
LA  - eng
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42704/files/Hellings-Pamela_transcript_2009.02.26.pdf
N2  - Pam Hellings, R.N., Ph.D., CPNP-R, is a professor emeritus with the OHSU School of Nursing, a former administrator and faculty senator, and a retired pediatric nurse practitioner. She played a significant role in advancing nursing education in Oregon and was a pioneer in advanced practice nursing. In this interview, she discusses her education and training at UCLA, where she earned her BA, master’s, and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner’s (PNP) certificate. Hellings recounts experiences as an educator, a healthcare professional, and an administrator throughout times of great development within the program, including helping to start the nurse practitioner program at OHSU. The interview also covers the School of Nursing’s Breastfeeding Program and the Nursing Faculty Practice Grant, both of which Hellings was extensively involved in.

In this interview, Hellings looks back on her formation as a pediatric nurse practitioner and her advocacy for the legitimacy of the profession within OHSU's administration. She speaks about her relationships with significant figures at the University, including Dean of Nursing Carol Lindeman, Dr. Julian S. "Dutch" Reinschmidt, and Registrar Dick Speight. This interview also includes anecdotes about Hellings’s time teaching at Mahidol University in Thailand and medical tourism in Russia. 

PB  - Oregon Health & Science University
PP  - Portland, OR
PY  - 2009-02-26
PY  - 2009 February 26
T1  - Interview with Pamela Hellings, R.N., Ph.D., CPNP-R
TI  - Interview with Pamela Hellings, R.N., Ph.D., CPNP-R
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42704/files/Hellings-Pamela_transcript_2009.02.26.pdf
Y1  - 2009-02-26
ER  -