Descriptive Summary
Repository: University of Virginia School of Nursing, Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
Title: Barbara Sheer Nurse Practitioner Collection
Physical Characteristics: 3.0 linear feet; 6 boxes
Language: English
Collector: Barbara Sheer
Biographical Information
Dr. Barbara Sheer, PhD, FNP-C, FAANP, began her career in the field with a BSN in nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and an MSN from the State University of New York, Binghamton, where she pursued a concentration as family nurse practitioner. She obtained a pediatric nurse practitioner certificate from the Rutgers University School of Medicine and College of Nursing. Dr. Sheer earned her doctorate in nursing education from Widener University.
Now an emerita professor from the University of Delaware, Dr. Sheer established Delaware’s nurse practitioner curriculum as well as its combined nurse practitioner/clinical nurse specialist program. Earlier, at the University of Scranton, she developed the undergraduate nursing program. Her career-long dedication to the field is evidenced not only in teaching, research, advocacy, and consulting work but also in leadership positions with national and international organizations, among these as chair of the National Alliance of Nurse Practitioners and president of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Materials from these two important organizations are major components of this collection.
The National Alliance of Nurse Practitioners (NANP), represented here, was founded in 1985 as a coalition of various nurse-practitioner organizations. NANP’s objective was to provide a unified voice for the profession at the federal level, to coordinate and advocate for legislative and regulatory resolution of issues pertinent to the profession. In 1994, NANP reorganized and became the American College of Nurse Practitioners.
The American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), represented here, was, like NANP, founded in 1985. This organization focused on the needs of individual nurse practitioners and initiated publication of a scholarly journal in 1989. In 2013, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners merged with NANP’s successor organization, the American College of Nurse Practitioners. This unified professional organization took the name American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), taking on the remit of both predecessors. As with her central involvement in these earlier groups, Dr. Sheer was a charter member of AANP and has served as organization president.
Scope and Content
The Barbara Sheer Nurse Practitioner Collection comprises three sections or groupings of materials. The first concerns the National Alliance of Nurse Practitioners (NANP), with documents derived almost entirely from the period of the organization’s existence in the 1990s to its dissolution in 1994-1995. Chronological files provide an overview of the organization’s operations, and contain correspondence, reports, and memoranda that highlight NANP’s policy-making processes, activities, and initiatives. Subject files include administrative information and some specialized reports, separated for easy retrieval.
The second section concerns the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), with documents principally concerning the years of operations in the 1990s, but also including some earlier materials relative to the AANP’s founding, financial records, and meetings in the 1980s. Meeting minutes and reports detail the organization’s activities.
The third section comprises a large and varied collection of items relative to the profession as a whole, termed “nurse practitioner general interest files.” Dates range from the 1970s to the early 2000s, but center on the 1980s and 1990s. Most significant here are items concerning certification, scope of practice, and educational standards for nurse practitioners. Health-care reform materials from the Clinton administration’s unsuccessful efforts in this area offer significant insight into the expanding role of nurse practitioners. Popular and academic publications, as well as miscellaneous organization newsletters, trace attitudes about the profession. A small number of items from several states — California, Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Texas — offer professional insights from a regional perspective.
Series Description
Arrangement
The Sheer Collection is organized into three sections, each section filling two manuscript boxes. The first section comprises materials from the National Alliance of Nurse Practitioners (NANP), arranged in chronological files and, in the second box, alphabetical subject category files. The second section comprises materials from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), all arranged alphabetically by subject category. The third section comprises nurse practitioner general interest files, all arranged alphabetically by subject category.
Contents List
BARBARA SHEER NEWSPAPER ARTICLE BIO
n.d. Box-Folder: 01-001
NANP CHRONOLOGICAL FILES: 1989
1989 Box-Folder: 01-002
NANP CHRONOLOGICAL FILES: 1990
1990 Box-Folder: 01-003
NANP CHRONOLOGICAL FILES: 1991
1991 Box-Folder: 01-004
NANP CHRONOLOGICAL FILES: 1992 FEB-APR
1992/02-04 Box-Folder: 01-005
NANP CHRONOLOGICAL FILES: 1992 MAY-DEC
1992/05-12 Box-Folder: 01-006
NANP CHRONOLOGICAL FILES: 1993
1993 Box-Folder: 01-007
NANP CHRONOLOGICAL FILES: 1994
1994 Box-Folder: 01-008
NANP CHRONOLOGICAL FILES: 1995
1995 Box-Folder: 01-009
NANP CHRONOLOGICAL FILES: n.d.
n.d. Box-Folder: 01-010
NANP SUBJECT FILES: BROCHURE, STATIONERY
n.d. Box-Folder: 02-001
NANP SUBJECT FILES: CHAIR’S REPORTS
1990-1995 Box-Folder: 02-002
NANP SUBJECT FILES: DIRECTORIES
1992, 1994, 1995 Box-Folder: 02-003
NANP SUBJECT FILES: HANDBOOK
1992 Box-Folder: 02-004
NANP SUBJECT FILES: HISTORY
1991 Box-Folder: 02-005
NANP SUBJECT FILES: LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
1987, 1991-1995 Box-Folder: 02-006
NANP SUBJECT FILES: MEETING PROCEDURES
1993, n.d. Box-Folder: 02-007
NANP SUBJECT FILES: PREVENTIVE CLINICAL SERVICES SURVEY MATERIALS
1991 Box-Folder: 02-008
NANP SUBJECT FILES: PREVENTIVE CLINICAL SERVICES SURVEY MATERIALS
1992, 1993, 1994, n.d. Box-Folder: 02-009
NANP SUBJECT FILES: RECORD OF MEETING DATES AND HOST ORGANIZATIONS
1991-93 Box-Folder: 02-010
NANP SUBJECT FILES: “BASELINE DATA ON THE DELIVERY OF CLINICAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES PROVIDED BY NURSE PRACTITIONERS”
1992 Box-Folder: 02-011
NANP SUBJECT FILES: REPORTS TO NAACOG BY KATIE LEMLEY
1990, 1991, 1992 Box-Folder: 02-012
NANP SUBJECT FILES: REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
1991, 1992 Box-Folder: 02-013
NANP SUBJECT FILES: RESPONSE TO CRITIQUE OF NANP ORGANIZATION
1991, 1992 Box-Folder: 02-014
NANP SUBJECT FILES: TRANSFORMATION OF NANP INTO THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF NURSE PRACTITIONERS
1992, 1994, 1995 Box-Folder: 02-015
NANP SUBJECT FILES: WASHINGTON, D.C. DESIGNEES
- 1987, 1989, 1990 Box-Folder: 02-016
AANP: ADMINISTRATION: CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS, STAFFING AND MEMBERSHIP MATERIALS
1990-1999, n.d. Box-Folder: 03-001
AANP: ADMINISTRATION: POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL
1992 Box-Folder: 03-002
AANP: CERTIFICATION
1992-1994, n.d. Box-Folder: 03-003
AANP: CORRESPONDENCE
1990-1991 Box-Folder: 03-004
AANP: CORRESPONDENCE
1992 Box-Folder: 03-005
AANP: CORRESPONDENCE
1993, 1996-1999 Box-Folder: 03-006
AANP: FINANCIAL RECORDS
1986-1989 Box-Folder: 03-007
AANP: FINANCIAL RECORDS
1990-1995 Box-Folder: 03-008
AANP: FINANCIAL RECORDS
1996-1999 Box-Folder: 03-009
AANP: FOUNDING DOCUMENTS
1985-1986 Box-Folder: 03-010
AANP: MEETINGS - MINUTES
1987, 1989 Box-Folder: 03-011
AANP: MEETINGS - MINUTES
1990 Box-Folder: 03-012
AANP: MEETINGS - MINUTES
1991 Box-Folder: 03-013
AANP: MEETINGS - MINUTES
1992 Box-Folder: 04-001
AANP: MEETINGS - MINUTES
1993 Box-Folder: 04-002
AANP: MEETINGS - MINUTES
1995 Box-Folder: 04-003
AANP: MEETINGS - MINUTES
1996 Box-Folder: 04-004
AANP: MEETINGS - MINUTES
1997 Box-Folder: 04-005
AANP: MEETINGS - MINUTES
1998 Box-Folder: 04-006
AANP: MEETINGS - MINUTES
1999 Box-Folder: 04-007
AANP: MEETINGS - MINUTES
2000 Box-Folder: 04-008
AANP: PLANNING DOCUMENTS
1986, 1990-92, 1996-98 Box-Folder: 04-009
AANP: POSITION STATEMENTS - LEGISLATIVE ISSUES
1990, 1992-93, 1997, n.d. Box-Folder: 04-010
AANP: PUBLICATIONS - BROCHURES
2005, 2006, n.d. Box-Folder: 04-011
AANP: PUBLICATION MATERIALS FOR “CLINICAL ABSTRACTS FOR NURSE PRACTITIONERS”
1988-1991, n.d. Box-Folder: 04-012
AANP: REPORTS
1990-92, 1996-99, n.d. Box-Folder: 04-013
AANP: SCOPE OF PRACTICE MATERIALS
1985-87, 1990-93, 1998 Box-Folder: 04-014
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: CERTIFICATION - STANDARDS OF PRACTICE
1977, 1982-84, 1990 Box-Folder: 05-001
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: CERTIFICATION - STANDARDS OF PRACTICE
1993-95, 2008 Box-Folder: 05-002
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: CERTIFICATION - STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: ANA FAMILY NURSE PRACTITIONER MATERIALS
1983-85, 1988 Box-Folder: 05-003
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: CERTIFICATION - STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF NURSING
1993-95 Box-Folder: 05-004
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: CERTIFICATION - STANDARDS OF PRACTICE: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF NURSING
2008 Box-Folder: 05-005
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: CONFERENCES
1991-92 Box-Folder: 05-006
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: COUNCIL OF PRIMARY HEALTHCARE NURSE PRACTITIONERS (ANA)
1977, 1979-1981 Box-Folder: 05-007
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS, CURRICULUM: MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS
1993, 1995, 1998 Box-Folder: 05-008
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS, CURRICULUM: MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS
2002, 2003 Box-Folder: 05-009
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: HEALTHCARE REFORM: INITIATIVES, PROPOSALS, PRINCIPLES
1991-92 Box-Folder: 05-010
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: HEALTHCARE REFORM: INITIATIVES, PROPOSALS, PRINCIPLES
1993, 1995, n.d. Box-Folder: 05-011
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: HEALTHCARE REFORM: INITIATIVES, PROPOSALS, PRINCIPLES: ANA ITEMS
1991-93 Box-Folder: 06-001
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: LEGISLATION - REGULATION
1986, 1991, 1993, 1995 Box-Folder: 06-002
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: MODEL NURSE PRACTICE ACTS
1981 Box-Folder: 06-003
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: NATIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE ON CLINICAL PREVENTIVE SERVICES, MEETING MINUTES
1993/05/11 Box-Folder: 06-004
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: NATIONAL COUNCIL OF STATE BOARDS OF NURSING, ADVANCED NURSING PRACTICE LEADERSHIP ROUNDTABLE
1993-94 Box-Folder: 06-005
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: NURSE PRACTITIONER BUSINESS INSTITUTE
1995 Box-Folder: 06-006
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: PUBLICATIONS: ACADEMIC AND POPULAR
1975-1992 Box-Folder: 06-007
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: PUBLICATIONS: ACADEMIC AND POPULAR
1993-1997 Box-Folder: 06-008
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: NEWSLETTERS
1988, 1992-1995 Box-Folder: 06-009
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: STATES: CALIFORNIA
1997 Box-Folder: 06-010
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: STATES: DELAWARE
1996 Box-Folder: 06-011
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: STATES: PENNSYLVANIA
1980-82, 1985, 1988, n.d. Box-Folder: 06-012
NURSE PRACTITIONER GENERAL INTEREST: STATES: TEXAS (FROM ROBERTA GOODYEAR)
1978-1989 Box-Folder: 06-013
Notes
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Preferred Citation
University of Virginia School of Nursing, Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, Barbara Sheer Nurse Practitioner Collection
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Processed by Henry K. Sharp in 2023.