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Claribel Wheeler

Claribel Augusta Wheeler (August 13, 1881 – December 8, 1965) was an American nurse, educator, and hospital administrator. She was executive secretary of the National League of Nursing Education from 1932 to 1942, superintendent of the Washington University School of Nursing from 1923 to 1931, and president of the Ohio State Nurses Association.

Claribel Wheeler
A middle-aged white woman with short greying hair, wearing a nurse's uniform and glasses
Claribel A. Wheeler, from a 1921 publication
BornAugust 13, 1881
Prospect, New York, U.S.
DiedDecember 8, 1965
Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
Occupations
  • Nurse
  • educator
  • hospital administrator

Early life and education edit

Wheeler was born in Prospect, New York, the daughter of Schuyler V. Wheeler and Lucia Augusta Kellogg Wheeler.[1] She graduated from Vassar Brothers' Hospital in 1907, with further studies in hospital administration at Teachers College, Columbia University.[2]

Career edit

Wheeler was supervisor of nurses at Vassar Brothers Hospital beginning in 1908.[3] She was principal of Mount Sinai Hospital School of Nursing in Cleveland, president of the Cleveland League of Nursing Education and the Ohio League of Nursing Education, and the Ohio State Nurses Association.[2] In Missouri, she was superintendent of the Washington University School of Nursing from 1923 to 1931, succeeding Julia C. Stimson.[4] She was active in the Sigma Theta Tau nursing organization.[5]

From 1932 to 1942, Wheeler was executive secretary of the National League of Nursing Education.[6] In this role, she spoke at conventions of state nurses associations in North Carolina in 1932 and 1937,[7][8] South Carolina in 1933,[9] Tennessee in 1935 and 1938,[10][11] New York and New England in 1935,[12][13] Georgia in 1937,[14] and Alabama in 1940.[15] She also spoke at nursing schools.[16][17]

Publications edit

Wheeler contributed articles to the American Journal of Nursing, and edited the Nursing Education Department feature of that publication.[18]

  • "The Educational Problem of the Small Hospital" (1917)[19]
  • "Value of Public Health Nursing Affiliation in Training of Student Nurses" (1919)[20]
  • "The Profession of Nursing" (1921)[21]
  • "Hospital Helpers" (1921)[22]
  • "The Function of the Private Duty Nurse in the Community" (1925)[23]
  • "Equipping a Nurses' Residence" (1928)[24]
  • "The Selection of Students for Schools of Nursing and Problems of Adjustment" (1930)[25][26]
  • "Let Us Look at our Clinical Services" (1935, with Blanche Pfefferkorn)[27]
  • "A Study of the Nursing Care of Tuberculosis Patients" (1938)[28]
  • "Lay Participation in Nursing Education" (1941)[29]

Personal life edit

Wheeler died in 1965, at the age of 84, in Richmond, Virginia.[30]

References edit

  1. ^ "Mrs. Charlotte De Courcy Dies; Taught Drama at High School". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 1939-08-11. p. 24. Retrieved 2024-04-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b Robson, Emilie G. (March 1936). "Claribel A. Wheeler, R.N." American Journal of Nursing. 36 (3): 226. ISSN 0002-936X.
  3. ^ "Vassar Hospital Alumnae Notes" The Trained Nurse and Hospital Review 41(6)(December 1908): 392.
  4. ^ "Missouri Women in the Health Sciences - Biographies - WU School of Nursing Directors". Bernard Becker Medical Library Digital Collection. Retrieved 2024-04-14.
  5. ^ "Sorority of Nurses in Convention". The Indianapolis Times. 1929-02-23. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-04-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Goostray, Stella (1942). "Report of the President: May 1942". The American Journal of Nursing. 42 (7): 800–803. doi:10.2307/3415831. ISSN 0002-936X.
  7. ^ "State Nurses to Meet this Week". The News and Observer. 1932-10-09. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-04-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Stand Out at Convention". The Durham Sun. 1937-10-26. p. 1. Retrieved 2024-04-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Nurses of State Hear Richardson". The State. 1933-04-27. p. 11. Retrieved 2024-04-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "State Nurses Gather Today in Convention". Chattanooga Daily Times. 1935-10-13. p. 3. Retrieved 2024-04-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Concurrent Nurses' Conventions to be Here This Week". The Knoxville Journal. 1938-10-09. p. 27. Retrieved 2024-04-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Hospital Day is Celebrated in Queen City". Buffalo Courier Express. 1935-05-13. p. 9. Retrieved 2024-04-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Claribel Wheeler Addresses Nurses; Dr. Clark Speaker". Burlington Daily News. 1935-05-07. p. 2. Retrieved 2024-04-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Georgia Nurses Meet November 4 in Rome Session". The Atlanta Journal. 1937-10-24. p. 14. Retrieved 2024-04-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ "Nurses Answering Call to Service, Convention Hears". The Birmingham News. 1940-10-07. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-04-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Miss Claribel Wheeler to Address Lakeview Graduating Class". Suffolk News-Herald. 1946-05-18. p. 5. Retrieved 2024-04-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Miss Claribel Wheeler to Speak to Graduate Nurses". The Columbia Record. 1938-11-01. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-04-15 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ Wheeler, Claribel A.; Hodgkins, Myrtle P.; Morgan, Blodwen (April 1937). "Nursing Education Department: The Assignment of Experience on the Ward". American Journal of Nursing. 37 (4): 395. ISSN 0002-936X.
  19. ^ Wheeler, Claribel. "The Educational Problem of the Small Hospital" AJN American Journal of Nursing 17(10)(July 1917): 928-931.
  20. ^ Wheeler, Claribel A. "Value of Public Health Nursing Affiliation in Training of Student Nurses" The Public Health Nurse 11(12)(December 1919): 958-959.
  21. ^ Wheeler, Claribel A. "The Profession of Nursing" The Public Health Nurse 13(4)(April 1921): 201-206.
  22. ^ Wheeler, Claribel A. (February 1921). "Hospital Helpers". The Modern Hospital. 16: 153–154 – via HathiTrust.
  23. ^ Wheeler, Claribel A. (March 1925). "The Function of the Private Duty Nurse in the Community". American Journal of Nursing. 25 (3): 199. ISSN 0002-936X.
  24. ^ Wheeler, Claribel A. (August 1928). "Equipping a Nurses' Residence". American Journal of Nursing. 28 (8): 787. ISSN 0002-936X.
  25. ^ First words : selected addresses from the National League for Nursing, 1894-1933. Internet Archive. New York : National League for Nursing Press. 1991. pp. 183–194. ISBN 978-0-88737-526-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  26. ^ Wheeler, Claribel A. (September 1930). "The Selection of Students for Schools of Nursing, and Problems of Adjustment". American Journal of Nursing. 30 (9): 1169. ISSN 0002-936X.
  27. ^ Pfefferkorn, Blanche; Wheeler, Claribel A. (February 1935). "Let Us Look at our Clinical Services". American Journal of Nursing. 35 (2): 162. ISSN 0002-936X.
  28. ^ Wheeler, Claribel A. (September 1938). "A Study of the Nursing Care of Tuberculosis Patients". American Journal of Nursing. 38 (9): 1021. ISSN 0002-936X.
  29. ^ Association, Michigan Nurses (2004). Proud of Our Past, Preparing for Our Future: A History of the Michigan Nurses Association, 1904-2004. Turner Publishing Company. p. 31. ISBN 978-1-56311-896-8.
  30. ^ "Miss C. A. Wheeler, Nurse Executive, Dies". Richmond Times-Dispatch. 1965-12-09. p. 18. Retrieved 2024-04-15 – via Newspapers.com.

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