1969 – 1970 – University of Kansas Nursing Theory Conferences

Information provided by Jacqueline Fawcett
August 29, 2018

Dates – First Conference–March 20-21, 1969; Second Conference-October 9-10, 1969; Third Conference-January 29-30, 1970

Location: University of Kansas Medical Center Department of Nursing Education, Kansas City, KS

Organizers: Martha Pitel (Co-PI), Margery A. Duffey, Ada J. Jacox, Ingeborg G. Mauksch, Juanita F. Murphy, Betty R. Steward, Catherine M. Norris (PI).
The conferences were supported by a grant from the United States Public Health Service, Division of Nursing, Research Grant No. NU00309.

Purposes of the conferences: The conferences focused on answers to three questions: What is theory development in nursing? What theories are useful for nursing? and Does nursing need a theoretical base?

Attendees: Faculty from various universities in the United States.

Description: The conferences featured paper presentations, group discussions, reaction panels. critiques and paper author responses.

First conference: Papers presented by Dr. Ingeborg Mauksch, Ada Jacox, Ellamae Branstetter, Dr. Margaret Kaufmann, Dr. Hildegard Peplau, Dorothy McLeod, and Jeanne C. Quint, with a summary by Dr. Hans Mauksch.

Second conference: Papers presented by Dr, Milton Meux, Donne Diers and Mimi Dye, Lillian Pierce, Shirley Smoyak

Third conference: Papers presented by Dr. Rosemary Ellis, Bonnie Bullough, and Loretta Zderad, with a summary by Dr. Hans Mauksch.