The Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry
Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing Records (ASTDN)
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6 document boxes
1976-2014
Administrative documents of this independent organization of public health nursing directors in the states, territories, and Washington DC. Items include correspondence, reports, minutes, and newsletters, dating in general from 1975 to the formation of a new organization in 2012, the Association of Public Health Nurses. The organization shapes the roles and status of public health nurses.
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Preferred Citation
University of Virginia School of Nursing, Eleanor Crowder Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing Records
Biographical / Historical
(Information provided by ASTDN published history)The Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing dates it beginnings to the establishment in 1935 of a public health nursing unit in the United States Public Health Service, State Relations Division. This unit provided consultants to state and local health authorities in promoting public health nursing services and education. That same year, the USPHS consultants initiated a conference with state directors of public health nursing, and these state directors formed their own council with officers and annual meetings. The directors continued to meet and work closely with the USPHS in improving and expanding local nursing services, as well as to pursue their own agenda by meeting separately. In 1964 the organization was officially named the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing, and it became an affiliate of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials. The Association of Public Health Nurses (APHN) was formed on July 1, 2012, replacing ASTDN. Over the years the membership was expanded to include public health nurses at all levels and others interested in public health nursing. The name of the association was changed to better reflect the expanded membership.
Membership in the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing is comprised of the nurse directors that officially represent public health nursing in their respective states, territories, and the District of Columbia. As an independent organization and in concert with other public health and nursing groups, ASTDN works to promote national health programs; establish guidelines for states and territories in setting standards for public health nursing services; identify and promote methods of improving the education, utilization and distribution of public health nurses; elicit the cooperation of national governmental and voluntary agencies related to nursing; support and advocate for public health nurses in leadership roles; and direct efforts to market public health nursing.
Arrangement
The collection has been arranged into three series, reflecting the administrative structure and activities of the organization:
Series 1: Administrative: By laws, membership lists, meeting minutes and reports
Series 2: Correspondence and related documents:
Series 3: Publications and reports, by ASTDN and other organizations
Folders are organized and labeled first by general series, then by a subseries subject heading, then sequential folder number within each subseries.
Scope and Contents
The materials in this collection consist of administrative documents generated by ASTDN, including correspondence, reports, meeting minutes, bylaws, newsletters, and historical data. The early years of the organization are not represented in the collection, which dates from 1985, although a historical summary dating back to 1935 is included. The ASTDN Papers document the expanding activities and agenda of the organization, as it has acted as an agent in shaping the role and status of the public health nurse.
Administrative: By laws, membership lists, meeting minutes and reportsArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41755ASTDN Historical Summary, 1935-1993Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41759199311By-laws By-laws and policy and procedure manuals, 1990, 2000Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417601990, 200012Annual Meetings Programs, minutes and associated documents, 1985-1991Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417611985-199113Annual Meetings Programs, minutes and associated documents, 1991-1995Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417621991-199514Annual Meetings Programs, minutes and associated documents, 1998-2000Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417631998-200015Executive Board Meetings Minutes and associated documents, 1987-1993Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417641987-199316Executive Board Meetings Minutes and associated documents, 1994-2000Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417651994-200017President's Reports, 1990-2001Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417661990-200118Treasurer's ReportsArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41767n.d.19Committee Reports, 1988-1991Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417681988-1991110Committee Reports, 1992-2000Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417691992-2000111Member Directories, 1989-2000Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417701989-2000112Membership Lists, 1992, n.d.Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417711992113Officers and Committees, 1990-1994, n.d.Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417721990-1994114State Reports to ASTDN, 1990-1994Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417731990-199421State Reports to ASTDN, 1995-1996Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417741995-199622State Reports to ASTDN,Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41775n.d.23Correspondence and related documentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41756Correspondence: Internal Correspondence and related documents re miscellaneous business, 1989-1990Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417761989-199024Correspondence: Internal Correspondence and related documents re miscellaneous ASTDN business, 1991-1992Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417771991-199225Correspondence: Internal Correspondence and related documents re miscellaneous ASTDN business, 1993Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41778199326Correspondence: Internal Correspondence and related documents re miscellaneous ASTDN business, 1995-1997, n.d.Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417791995-199727Miscellaneous Correspondence: External, 1989-1992, Re: representatives to ASTDN, meetings, conferences, inter-agency relationsArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417801989-199228Miscellaneous Correspondence: External, 1993-June, 1994, Re: meetings, conferences, membership, inter-agency relations, position statements on public health policyArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417811993-1994290 Miscellaneous Correspondence: External, July-December, 1994, Re: meetings, conferences, membership, inter-agency relations, public health nursing policyArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417821994210Miscellaneous Correspondence: External, January-June, 1995, Re: meetings, membership, inter-agency relations, ASTDN goalsArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417831995211Miscellaneous Correspondence: External, July-December, 1995, Re: meetings, inter-agency relations, public health nurse roleArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417841995212Correspondence: ANA, 1990-1993 Re: conferences, Nursing Organization Liason Forum (NOLF), public health nursing policy and practiceArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417851990-1993213Correspondence: ANA, 1994 Re: meetings, NOLF, public health nursing policyArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417861994214Correspondence: ANA, 1995 Re: meetings, NOLF, public health nursing policyArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417871995215Correspondence and related documents: Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), 1989-June, 1994 Re: Health Security Act, ASTHO officers and representatives, school healthArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417881989-199431Correspondence and related documents: ASTHO, July-December, 1994 Re: officers, meetings, interns, school health, organizational analysis, public health leadershipArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41789199432Correspondence and related documents: ASTHO, 1995, n.d. Re: affiliate activities, primary care, mission statement, meetings, health programs, school health, legislative prioritiesArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41790199533A Correspondence and related documents: ASTHO, 1993, n.d. Affiliate manual, Association of Health Facility Survey Agencies guideArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41791199333Correspondence and related documents: Division of Nursing, 1992-1995 Re: meeting, Division of Nursing report, advice to ASTDNArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417921992-199534Correspondence and related documents: Quad Council, 1993-1994 Re: meetings, policy statementsArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417931993-199435Correspondence and related documents: Quad Council, 1994 Program of meetingArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41794199436Correspondence and related documents: Quad Council, 1995-1997 Re: meetings, policy statementsArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417951995-199737Correspondence and related documents: Council on Linkages, 1994-1995 Re: linkages between academic institutions, state and local health departmentsArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417961994-199538Correspondence and related documents: Other Organizations Re: public health, nurse executives, TB nurse coalitionArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41797n.d.39Publications and reports, by ASTDN and other organizationsArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41757Publications and Reports: ASTDN Newsletters, 1985-1997Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417981985-1997310Publications and Reports: Compilation of Selected Association Actions, 1993 Re: ASTDN resolutions, position papersArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/417991993311Publications and Reports: ASTDN State Health Departments Nursing Survey, , 1990 A Study of Public Health Nurse Directors in State Health Departments, c. 1994Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/418001990-1994312Publications and Reports A Nursing Specialist's Delegation to Russia and Estonia, July 20-31, 1993 Association Response to Pew Health Professions Commission Report, 2-Dec-96Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41801199341Publications and Reports Public Health Nursing: A Partner for Progress, October 27, 1997Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41802199742Publications and Reports Public Health Nursing: A Partner for Healthy Populations, 2000Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41803200043Publications and Reports Re: video broadcast on role of public health nurse, 1998-1999Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/418041998-199944Publications and Reports Re: video broadcast on role of public health nurse, 1998-1999Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/418051998-199945Publications and Reports Wald-Trek initiative reports and meetingsArchival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41806n.d.46Publications and Reports Postcard sketch of public health nursing: state histories and directors, 1993-1996Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41807n.d.47Publications and Reports 50 Years at the Division of Nursing, USPHS, April 1997 Reaching for Excellence: The American Public Health Association, 1997Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41808199748Publications and Reports LaVohn Josten, Population-Focused, Community Oriented Nursing, 1996Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41809199649Video -- American Public Health Association 1994 Quad Council for Public Health Nursing, "Meeting the Communities' Needs in an Era of Health Care Reform," National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.Archival Resource Key/repositories/8/archival_objects/41758