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Friday, November 14. 1975
University Daily Kansan
Nursing responsibilities multiply
By DIANE M. WILSON
Staff Writer
KANSAS CITY, Kan.—A nurse isn't just a nurse any more.
Some nurses now have their own practices and their own patients; some give physical examinations and conduct routine tests; some teach people how to stay healthy; and some still treat the sick in and serve as assistants to physicians.
The nurse practitioner, for instance, is qualified to do physical examinations and to treat commonly recurring health problems, in association with one or more physicians, Doris Geitz, dean of the University of Kansas School of Nursing, said Tuesday.
SHE SAID THE NURSE practitioner was a Registered Nurse (RN) who had completed a course of study in continuing education (not for college credit). She stressed that the nurse practitioner wasn't a physician's assistant.
The degree of responsibility a nurse practitioner has, she said, is determined by the state board of nursing in each state. In Kansas, for instance, a nurse practitioner may not prescribe drugs, whereas in Washington state she may. Geitzvei said.
The main concerns of the nurse practitioner are wellness, maintaining health and teaching patients about preventing health problems, she said.
Getigey is a nurse practitioner. Before she came to Kansas, she said, she cared for patients with low back pain. She said she saw most of her patients in outpatient clinics, but when necessary she made house calls.
PATIENTS ARE REFERRED to a nurse practitioner by a physician, she said. The physician leaves standing orders for medicine the nurse may give the patient. The nurse informs the doctor if a major change takes place or if new medication is
needed; otherwise the nurse has primary responsibility for treatment, Geitay said.
responsible. She also used commercial television in Seattle to teach people about the proper care of the lower back, including how to protect themselves from back injuries and how to care for themselves if they were injured. The programs also showed how golf and tennis could damage the back, she said.
She ham't done any television work in Kansas City yet, but she said she planned
ANOTHER NEW KND of nurse is a clinical nurse specialist. This is an RN who has a master's degree in one area of expertise. The nurse may be a specialist in respiratory problems, kidney machine treatment or respiratory problems, among others.
A maternal clinical nurse specialist, for instance, is qualified in nursing the same way an obstetrician is qualified in medical obstetrics. A doctor has a degree of competence in a specific area.
Most clinical nurse specialists, Geitguy said, are employed in doctors' offices or clinics, although some have their own practices under the direction of physicians.
BARBARA CLANCY, associate professor of nursing and chairman of the department of maternal health nursing, is a clinical nurse specialist who deals with pregnant women, mothers who have recently had babies, infants up to about a year old, fathers and husbands of expectant women. Some of her duties as a clinical specialist include assessment of routine tests and examinations of normal pregnant women, routine gynecological examinations, pumpe smares and routine care and physical of normal infants, she said.
CLANCY SAID A large part of a clinical nurse specialist's job was teaching patients about health maintenance and prevention of disease. She said the nurse taught new
parents, both mothers and fathers, how to care for their babies. The nurse teaches parents about other problems they might have or develop, such as diabetes, she said.
"We also counsel parents about normal growth and development of their infants, and we teach hygiene and nutrition," she said.
One of their goals, Clancy said, was to get fathers more involved in being parents.
She said fathers were encouraged to take part in the birth process, including being involved in the labor and delivery rooms, as well as in caring for the infants.
Some RNs have had two years of junior college and hold associate degrees.
Nonspecialist RNs are the nurses most people know about. But what most people may not know is that although all RNs pass their training, they don't all have the same education.
The KU School of Nursing takes four years to complete and its graduates receive a bachelor of science degree. Graduates in the past have spent 825 hours treating patients with various conditions and will have worked with patients for 1,150 hours by the time they graduate.
SOME RNS HAVE master's degrees in nursing or in other areas, and some have doctor's degrees in philosophy, education or nursing science. KU has the only graduate school of nursing in Kansas, with 83 students earning master's degrees.
Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN), whom hospital patients probably see most frequently, have received about a year and a half of training. They aren't Registered Nurses.
The roles and responsibilities of nurses are increasing dramatically as knowledge in the health care sciences and the number of people needing health care increases.
The future of the profession is broad, most nurses agree. Clinty said that more nurses would be better prepared.
KU still finding research funds
Staff Writer
By RON HARTUNG
Research, like practically everything else, takes money, and that money is getting harder to come by at the University of Kangas and across the country.
A report issued by the National Science Foundation (NSF) earlier this year stated that the total expenditures for government research were expected to reach 1. billion.
Although that figure represents a two per cent increase over the 1974 total, an adjustment for inflation changes the increase to a decrease of eight per cent from last year. The NSF report said the drop was the sharpest ever recorded.
KU, according to Henry L. Snyder, dean of research administration, is faring slightly better than the academic community as a whole.
COLLEGES AND universities, according to the report, conduct 61 per cent of the nation's basic research. Basic research is that which may have no immediate prac-
The total amount of money received for research in fiscal year 1975 increased more than six per cent, from 1974's $1.27 billion to $13.5 billion, Snyder said yesterday. Inflation, however, pared that increase to about a three per cent decrease, he said.
Although a higher percentage of research proposals were actually funded, Snyder said, the average size of the grants was smaller than in the previous year.
SNYDER POINTED out that figures such as those compiled by NSF were difficult to quantify because, for one reason, there was often a fine distinction between teaching and research. He said that roughly one third of the external funds received by the
University were used for instruction rather than for research.
Despite some disturbing trends, Snyder said, the overall picture for KU is a dark a
"I don't think we've reached nearly the potential we have for outside support," he
Spokesman for different departments at the University tended to give a more guarded appraisal of the status of research funding.
"TM NOCKING on wood," said David
Simon, captain of the department
of palacecubes.
Paretkys said the darkest cloud on his department's horizon was the loss of the National Institute of Health Pre-Doctoral Research at KU since 1968, had funded research at KU since 1968.
Gordon Wiseman, associate chairman of the department of physics and astronomy, said his department's research funding was less than in previous years.
The chemistry department, however, is in somewhat better shape.
LANDGREBE SAID that although the amounts of money granted had been getting smaller, the increased number of grants awarded had commensaled it.
The chemistry department ranked second in both research proposals and awards, he said. The figure for his department averaged about $400,000 the past few years, he said. He, too, conceded that predictions were risky.
The department of human development and family life is the University leader in research grants received. Flora Thompson, administrative assistant, said human
development conducted much research for the Bureau of Child Research.
Thompson said she agreed with Snyder about the importance of individual faculty initiative in pursuing research that each grant were getting harder and harder to obtain.
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GETGEY SAID there were exciting possibilities for nurses as members of health teams involving physicians, nurses, physical therapists, social workers and
for health maintenance and for teaching preventive medicine to patients, than for sick patients needing treatment. She said that good care of patients on a regular basis, which nurses are prepared to give, would keep hospital beds empty.
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She said that nurses needed more education and expertise than ever before, and that KU was prepared to meet the challenge.
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1975-76 KANSAS BASKETBALL Student Season Ticket Information
Student Ticket Sales Begin Tuesday, Nov. 18 thru Thursday, Nov. 20* 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSA
1975-76 BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
NOVEMBER 1972
Nov. 29 (Sat.) Murray State
Dec. 2 (Tues.) at southern Methodist
4 (Sat.) St. Louis University
Dec. 11(Mon.) Notre Dame
Dec. 11(Thurs.) Boise State
Dec. 12(Sat.) Kentucky
Dec 19 (Fri) Kathleen
Dec 26 (Fri) Javanhaw Classic
Dec 31 (Sat) Jeremy
Dec 16 (Fri.)
Dec 20 (Sat)
Dec 24 (Mon)
Dec 28 (Tue)
Dec 32 (Wed)
Dec 36 (Thur)
Dec 39 (Friday)
at BIG Eight Tournament in Kearney City, MA.
at BIG Eight Tournament in Kansas City, MO.
at BIG Eight Tournament in St. Louis, MO.
at BIG Eight Tournament in New York, NY.
Dec 19 (Fri.) Jayhawk Classic
Dec 20 (Sat.) Jayhawk Classic
Jan 16 (Tuesday)   at Oak Ridge University
Jan 17 (Sat)   at Salem State
Jan 18 (Sat)   at Oklahoma State
Jan 24 (Sat)   at Oklahoma State
Jan 28 (Wed)   at Colorado
Jan 30 (Thursday)   at Kentucky State
- [or until the 7,000 Season Tickets are sold, whichever comes first]
FEB 28 UARAY 9
Feb. 14 (Wed.)
Feb. 7 (Tue.)
Feb. 10 (Wed)
Feb. 14 (Sat.)
Feb. 18 (Wed.)
Feb. 18 (Tue.)
Feb. 28 (Sat.)
at Nebraska
Oklahoma
at Iowa State
Oklahoma State
at Kansas State
Colorado
MARCH 1974
Mar. 3 (Wed.)
Mar. 6 (Sat.)
Nebraska
at Oklahoma
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2. ALL TICKET UPON PAYMENT
3. AT 10:10AM
1. SIGN YOUR STUDENT SEASON TICKET IN THE PRESENCE OF THE TICKET SELLER.
"Spouse tickets may be purchased for the student basketball tickets required for at this time. No refunds will be made, and no gifts or merchandise will be given to student basketball tickets will be valid only if accession is by spring 1972 certificates of qualification.
SINGLE GAME
STUDENT TICKETS
A limited number of single game student tickets
are available. These individual game tickets will be sold at Allen
Field Houses on Tuesday, February 15th from 10 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. The student price for
individual game tickets will be $3.50. PLEASE
JOIN US AT THE GAME STUDENT TICKETS SOLD AFTER 5:00
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ALL VARSITY GAMES WILL BEGIN AT 7:38
P.M. EXCEPT THE JAYHAWK CLASSIC WHICH
AT 7:05 P.M. AND THE KARAAS WHICH
OKLAHOMA SATURDAY, F.B. A 7:19 P.M.
Bare sure to preview the 1975-76 K.A.S. Jayhawks at the Annual Crismon-Blue Games on Saturday, November 21 at 9 p.m. (following the K.J.-Missoori game). You will be required of Registration will admit you to this game.
SUPPORT THE KANSAS JAYHAWKS
- 1973-74 NCAR Midwest Regional Champions
- 1973-74 Big Eight Champions
- Fourth Place 1973-74 NCRA Championships
- 1974-75 Big Eight Pre-season Tournament Champions
- 1974-75 Big Eight Conference Champions
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