{"id":65031,"date":"2009-09-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/betsy-nield-nursing-heritage-library-honors-professor-committed-to-connecting-past-with-future\/"},"modified":"2009-09-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-28T00:00:00","slug":"betsy-nield-nursing-heritage-library-honors-professor-committed-to-connecting-past-with-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2009\/09\/betsy-nield-nursing-heritage-library-honors-professor-committed-to-connecting-past-with-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Betsy Nield Nursing Heritage Library honors professor committed to \u2018connecting past with future\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 September 28, 2009 \u2013 Nursing leaders in Rhode Island, friends and family paid tribute to Betsy Nield, a 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate and retired Community College of Rhode Island nursing professor for her efforts to preserve the history of nursing in Rhode Island.<\/p>\n


\nDuring recent ceremonies at White Hall, home to 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s College of Nursing, the facility\u2019s renovated and expanded library was renamed The Betsy Nield Nursing Heritage Library. While surrounded by her children and grandchildren, Nield was repeatedly embraced by her friends. <\/p>\n


\nThe Narragansett resident, who has Parkinson\u2019s disease, worked in the Heritage Library throughout the summer with volunteer Sybil Akins, a student in 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s master\u2019s degree program in library science. In her brief remarks, Nield thanked Harry, her husband of 47 years \u201cwho provided the shuttle between Great Island and 溏心vlog免费B站,\u201d as well as her close friends in the nursing profession.<\/p>\n


\nNield also worked closely with Sandra Zion, co-chair of the nursing honor society\u2019s Heritage Committee. Zion said Nield\u2019s leadership and vision were responsible for keeping the chapter\u2019s heritage program alive. \u201cCongratulations Betsy on this well-deserved recognition,\u201d Zion said.<\/p>\n


\nThe library, which was renovated thanks in large part to a grant from the Champlin Foundations, houses historic books, photos, posters and records of nursing in Rhode Island.

\nDayle Joseph, dean of the College of Nursing, said the library now has dignified home. \u201cThis started out as a small closet, but now we have beautiful space where students, faculty and professionals can see how nurses use to feed patients, the syringes they used,\u201d Joseph said. \u201cWe have so much to thank Betsy for.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nM. Patricia B. Quigley, president of Delta Upsilon Chapter at-Large of Sigma Theta Tau International, said Nield persevered in her quest to preserve significant historical and archival materials to ensure they are maintained for future generations. <\/p>\n


\n \u201cSpeaking for the board of directors and members of Delta Upsilon Chapter, I thank Betsy for recognizing the importance of connecting the past with the future in a way that will be accessible to all people of the state of Rhode Island.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nNield, who graduated from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1962 as one of the members of the last class to complete a five-year bachelor\u2019s degree in nursing, earned her master\u2019s degree in nursing from 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1978. She was a professor of medical surgical nursing at CCRI for 28 years and held a one-year-teaching assignment at 溏心vlog免费B站.<\/p>\n


\nIn 1995, the local chapter of Sigma Theta Tau was awarded the Heritage Award, due in large part to Nield\u2019s efforts to preserve the historic record of nursing in Rhode Island. The dedication program noted that Nield epitomizes \u201cthe spirit and mission of Sigma Theta Tau International to support the learning, knowledge and professional development of nurses committed to making a difference in health worldwide.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nOne of Nield\u2019s grandchildren agreed. \u201cThis is awesome and it\u2019s very special,\u201d Emma Gammell said. \u201cShe deserves this because she dedicates a lot to nursing. She helps people a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n


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\nFAMILY MAKES CELEBRATION COMPLETE: Family members gather around Betsy Nield during ceremonies at the 溏心vlog免费B站 College of Nursing to dedicate The Betsy Nield Nursing Heritage Library. In the back row from left are son Jeffrey and grandchildren Emma Gammell, Hillary Cianciolo and Justin Gammell. In the front row are grandson Kai Nield, Betsy Nield and granddaughter Lillian Cianciolo. 溏心vlog免费B站 Department of Communications and Marketing Photo by Michael Salerno.<\/p>\n

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KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 September 28, 2009 \u2013 Nursing leaders in Rhode Island, friends and family paid tribute to Betsy Nield, a 溏心vlog免费B站 graduate and retired Community College of Rhode Island nursing professor for her efforts to preserve the history of nursing in Rhode Island. During recent ceremonies at White Hall, home […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65033,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-65031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65031\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}