History of URI College of Nursing: Test your knowledge

May 29, 2020

The University of Rhode Island College of Nursing is celebrating its 75th anniversary during the 2020-2021 academic year, and taking a look back through the years.

How much do you know about the College’s history? Take the following trivia quiz to find out. Make your best guesses to the following questions and then check your answers at the bottom:

  1. The first capping ceremony occurred in what year?
  2. In 1945, how many credits were required to graduate with a degree in nursing at URI?
  3. The URI nursing pin was designed by the nursing students in 1950. The pin was designed to represent three aspects of professional nursing education. What are they?
  4. NUTRIX emerged in the URI College of Nursing in 1949. What was NUTRIX?
  5. In 1930, Misses Louisa White (the first Director of the URI Nursing Program) published a peer-reviewed article on designing patient units to improve the delivery of nursing care. In what journal was this article published?
  6. In what year were male students admitted into the URI nursing program?
  7. Nursing leaders including Drs. Myrtle Aydelotte, Loretta Ford, Rozella Schlotfeld, & Lucie Kelly participated in this CON event in 1977. What was the event?
  8. In 1980, which URI CON program became accredited?
  9. In what year were three students accepted into the inaugural PhD Cohort at the URI College of Nursing?
  10. In 1990 the College kicked-off hosting this serial event that included speakers like Drs. Frederick Suppe, Susan Gortner, Hubert Blalock, Jean Miller, and Hesook Suzie Kim. What was the event?
  11. The College was first launched in 1945 as a program in another department at URI. What department first housed the nursing program?

ANSWERS:

  1. January 5, 1950
  2. 132
  3. The Spirit of Nursing, the Science of Nursing and the Art of Nursing.
  4. The name given to the nursing student organization, derived from Latin nutria “to nourish” in 1949.
  5. American Journal of Nursing
  6. 1958
  7. Dedication of White Hall on the Kingston campus
  8. The Master’s program
  9. 1985
  10. Symposia on Knowledge Development
  11. Home Economics Department