UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 14, Page 11
December 12, 1991
Nursing alumni respond to special anniversary survey

     University of Delaware nursing graduates practice in 47
states, Puerto Rico and 10 foreign countries. They are Ph.D.s,
lawyers, doctors and administrators. They have written books and
contributed to hundreds of articles and book chapters.  U.D. nurses
have served in Vietnam and in the Persian Gulf.
     That portrait of a University nursing college graduate was
assembled by the committee coordinating the college's 25th
anniversary celebration.
     Its chair, assistant professor Linda Matocha, wasn't surprised
that the college's graduates are doing so well, but she said she
was pleased that fact has been documented.  "It reaffirms that our
graduates are contributing as leaders in their communities and in
their fields," she said.
     Julie Waterhouse, assistant professor of nursing and member of
the committee, calculated the data based on information received
from approximately 458 alumni of the 3,000 who have graduated since
the College of Nursing was created in 1966.
     Facts were compiled from several sources, including responses
to a questionnaire sent by Instructional Technology asking alumni
for help in gathering material for an historical video about the
college.
     Waterhouse said she found that 20 percent have gone on to earn
master's degrees or Ph.D.'s or have become lawyers, physicians and
health care administrators.
     Sixteen percent are working in leadership positions as
directors of nursing, managers, head nurses, supervisors and
hospital vice presidents. Approximately 7 percent are doing
research, consulting, writing or are in private practice and 10
percent are university deans or faculty members.
                                        - Barbara Garrison