Correspondence and subject files, 1913-1986.

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Correspondence and subject files, 1913-1986.

General correspondence of the board and its predecessors and staffing agencies concerning subjects such as the licensing and examination of registered nurses and practical nurses, revision of legislation and administrative rules, and the general improvement of the nursing profession in Wisconsin. In addition to correspondence, the files include minutes of committee and staff meetings, annual and semiannual reports, speeches by various staff members, form letters and policy guidelines, surveys, and statistics.

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Wisconsin. Bureau of Nursing Education.

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Wisconsin. State Dept. of Nurses.

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Wisconsin. Committee of Examiners of Registered Nurses.

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Wisconsin. Board of Nursing

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Chapter 402, Laws of 1949, created the Board of Nursing and its administrative body, the State Department of Nurses (see WIHV85-A530). These were successors to the State Board of Health's Bureau of Nursing Education (see WIHV88-A58), and its Committee on Nursing Education (1921-1949) and Board of Examiners for Nurses (1916-1949). Chapter 75, Laws of 1967, attached the Board of Nursing to the new Department of Regulation and Licensing's (see WIHV88-A528) Division of Nurses. Chapter 3...