Papers, 1981-1988
MC 114
10 boxes (3 cu.ft.)
About the New England Organization for Nursing:
The New England Organization for Nursing (NEON) developed
out of a long-felt need among area nurses for an
organization that represented the needs of both nursing
educators and nursing practitioners. In the Spring of 1980,
the Executive Committee of the New england Council on Higher
Education for Nursing (NECHEN) setup a Task Force to
determine the degree of interest in such an organization and
to explore potential sources of funding. By 1983 there was
general agreement that an organization which brought
together nursing service and nursing education would: foster
collaboration for improved nursing practice and patient
care; address the specific needs, issues, and problems of
New England; and provide a mechanism to stimulate ideas.
The first meeting of NEON was held on April 8, 1983.
NEON is expressly devoted to promoting communication between
nursing education and nursing practice throughout the New
England area and to advancing research in areas directly
related to patient care and service.
Source:
Milligan, J.B. “Historical Perspective – Background and
Beginnings” (unpublished presentation, Organizational
Meeting of NEON, April 8, 1983. See Box 1 folder 6)
About the New England Organization for Nursing Papers:
The New England Organization for Nursing (NEON) materials
primarily contain information on the founding and growth of
NEON, correspondence relating to NEON activities, and
newsletters and minutes from selected meetings.
Folder Listing:
- History and Development
- Meetings and Business
- Membership
- Newsletters
- Nursing Cooperative Proposals
- Correspondence
- NEON Conferences
- Sister Organizations
I. History and Development
BOX 1
| f.1 |
Letters of support from New England area institutions and organizations, Connecticut |
| f.2 |
Letters of support from New England area institutions and organizations, Maine |
| f.3 |
Letters of support from New England area institutions and organizations, Massachusetts |
| f.4 |
Letters of support from New England area institutions and organizations, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont |
| f.5 |
Proposal to develop NEON, 1977-1983 |
| f.6 |
Proposal to develop NEON, 1977-1983 |
| f.7 |
Proposal to the Kellogg Foundation |
| f.8 |
NEON First Proposal |
| f.9 |
NEON Second Proposal |
| f.10 |
Assorted letters from New England nurses |
| f.11 |
“A Survey of Access to Peri-Natal Care…” |
| f.12 |
“From NECHEN to NEON” and Historical Perspectives-Backgrounds and Beginnings” |
| f.13 |
NEON Task Force Meeting, Dec. 9, 1982 |
| f.14 |
History of regional nursing association and impact on research |
| f.15 |
“History of NEON” |
II. Meetings and Business
BOX 2
| f.1 |
Organizational Chart |
| f.2 |
NEON Background |
| f.3 |
Task Force- Miscellaneous Information |
| f.4 |
Task Force- Members 1981 |
| f.5 |
By-Laws, 1984-86, Galley Set-ups |
| f.6 |
By-Laws, April 5, 1984 |
| f.7 |
By-Laws, Drafts and Amendments |
| f.8 |
By-Laws, Drafts and Amendments |
| f.9 |
By-Laws, Minutes of Meetings, 1983-85 |
| f.10 |
Revised By-Laws, March 2, 1984 |
| f.11 |
By-Laws Committee, 1984 |
| f.12 |
By-Laws Committee, 1984 |
| f.13 |
By-Laws Committee, 1984 |
| f.14 |
By-Laws Committee, 1984 |
| f.15 |
By-Laws, 1985 |
| f.16 |
By-Laws, 1985 |
| f.17 |
By-Laws, 1985 |
| f.18 |
By-Laws Revised, October 3, 1985 |
| f.19 |
By-Laws, 1986 |
| f.20 |
NEON Design Logos, etc. |
BOX 3
| f.1 |
Fiscal 1983 |
| f.2 |
Steering Committee Materials, 1983-84 |
| f.3 |
Steering Committee, March 3, 1983 |
| f.4 |
Steering Committee, July 27, 1983 |
| f.5 |
Steering Committee, September 28, 1983 |
| f.6 |
Steering Committee, December 1, 1983 |
| f.7 |
Steering Committee Minutes, 1983-84 |
| f.8 |
Steering Committee Minutes, 1983-84 |
| f.9 |
NEON Steering Committee, 1983-84 |
| f.10 |
NEON Steering Committee, April 5, 1984 and May 9, 1984 |
| f.11 |
NEON Steering Committee, June 27, 1984, Model Demonstration Projects |
| f.12 |
NEON Steering Committee, June 27, 1984, Model Demonstration Projects |
| f.13 |
NEON Steering Committee, September 12, 1984 |
| f.14 |
Steering Committee Miscellaneous Notes, 1983-86 |
| f.15 |
Steering Committee, Miscellaneous, 1987 |
| f.16 |
Steering Committee Minutes, 1984-85 |
| f.17 |
Steering Committee Minutes, 1984-85 |
| f.18 |
Steering Committee Minutes, 1984-85 |
BOX 4
| f.1 |
NEON Board Members, 1986-87 |
| f.2 |
Notes from periodical meetings, March 1983- February 1986 |
| f.3 |
Program Committee Notes(1983-84) |
| f.4 |
Planning Information(Meetings) |
| f.5 |
Notes from Annual Meeting, 1985 |
| f.6 |
Member’s Meeting, November 1983 (Cheryl’s File) |
| f.7 |
Minutes and materials from Nov. 17, 1983 |
| f.8 |
Minutes, 1983-84 |
| f.9 |
Ballot, 1984-85 |
| f.10 |
Budget and Financial Information for NEON(1984-85) |
| f.11 |
Nominations Committee, 1984-85 |
| f.12 |
Elected Officers, 1984 |
| f.13 |
Registration slips, mailings and minutes, April 1984 |
| f.14 |
Notes and News, April 1984 |
| f.15 |
“Issues and trends in health economics and their implications for the health professions”, presented at the annual meeting, Nov. 1, 1984 |
| f.16 |
Ballot, 1985 |
| f.17 |
NEON Executive Board Meeting, 1985(Notes) |
| f.18 |
Meeting, April 11, 1985 |
| f.19 |
Meeting, April 3, 1986- “Action at the Interface: the learner, the practice setting, the education setting” |
BOX 5
| f.1 |
Loose notes – meetings, 1984-86 |
| f.2 |
Loose notes – meetings, 1984-86 |
| f.3 |
Meetings and Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1983-85 |
| f.4 |
Ballot, 1985-86 |
| f.5 |
Nominating Committee, 1985-86 |
| f.6 |
Nominations Mailing, 1986, (board members and NEON representatives) |
| f.7 |
NEON Executive Meeting, April 10, 1985 |
| f.8 |
Secretary Minutes, 1984-86 |
| f.9 |
Secretary Minutes, 1986 |
| f.10 |
Secretary Minutes, 1987-88 |
| f.11 |
Anne S. Black, materials for NEON meeting, January 30, 1986 |
| f.12 |
Project Committee, 1986 |
| f.13 |
Treasurer, 1986 |
| f.14 |
Program Brochure(Format), October 1986 |
| f.15 |
Nominations 1987 |
| f.16 |
NEON Site Selection Committee, 1987 |
| f.17 |
Conference Handout, April 1988, “Results of Work Group Discussion…” |
| f.18 |
Anne S. Black in re Margaret Craig appointment as NEON director |
| f.19 |
Treasurer’s Report, 1988 |
| f.20 |
Conference Posters, 1988 |
| f.21 |
Results of Institute of Medicine Study of Nursing, January 27, 1983 |
III. Membership
| f.22 |
Application for Individual Membership |
BOX 6
| f.1 |
NEON Mailings, 1983 |
| f.2 |
NEON Members as of Aug. 1, 1985 |
| f.3 |
NEON Members as of Aug. 1, 1985 |
| f.4 |
NEON Members as of Aug. 1, 1985 |
| f.5 |
Member Organizations, 1984 |
| f.6 |
Membership Lists, 1984-88 |
| f.7 |
Membership Lists, 1984-88 |
| f.8 |
NEON 2nd. Solicitation Letter, January 1984 |
| f.9 |
Neon Members as of June 6, 1986 |
| f.10 |
NEON Non-members |
| f.11 |
NEON Non-members |
| f.12 |
NEON Non-members |
| f.13 |
Solicitation List, 1987 |
IV. Newsletters
| f.14 |
Background for Newsletter #1, 1983 |
| f.15 |
Background for Newsletter #1, 1983 |
| f.16 |
Newsletter Draft Material, 1983-85 |
| f.17 |
NEON Newsletter #2, Spring 1984 |
BOX 7
| f.1 |
NEON Newsletter #3, Summer 1984 |
| f.2 |
NEON Newsletter, November 1984 |
| f.3 |
NEON Newsletter, Fall 1985/ Winter 1985 |
| f.4 |
Newsletters from Sister Organizations |
| f.5 |
Newsletters from Sister Organizations |
V. Nursing Cooperative Proposals
| f.6 |
“Collaboration in Nursing: Education, Practice, Research,” U.S. Dept of HHS, 1984 |
| f.7 |
Hartford Proposal |
| f.8 |
Ed/NEON Proposal (final, November 21, 1984 |
| f.9 |
Cape Cod Proposal- “An Ethics Program for the Academic and Acute Hospital Setting” |
| f.10 |
Other Proposals |
| f.11 |
U.S. Dept. of HHS, “Research Utilization in Nursing and Education: Narrative Description of the Research Utilization Project” |
| f.12 |
“Research Utilization…” |
| f.13 |
“Research Utilization…” |
| f.14 |
Other Proposals |
| f.15 |
Kellogg Proposal |
| BOX 8 |
| f.1 |
Statistical Information- registered Nurse fact Sheet |
| f.2 |
Survey returns, NEON Membership, Oct. 2, 1986 |
| f.3 |
Results of NEON Questionnaire |
| f.4 |
Beth Israel Hospital |
| f.5 |
Cape Cod Hospital(January 1986) |
| f.6 |
Hospital Consortium, January 1985 |
| f.7 |
Educational Development Center(EDC), 1985-86 |
| f.8 |
Educational Development Center(EDC), 1985-86 |
| f.9 |
Kellogg Correspondence, 1985 |
| f.10 |
NEON Notes, 1983 |
| f.11 |
NEON Notes, 1984 |
| f.12 |
NEON Notes, 1985-86 |
| f.13 |
ACT Proficiency Exams for Nursing Subjects |
| f.14 |
ACT Proficiency Exams for Nursing Subjects |
VI. Correspondence
| f.15 |
Correspondence, A-B |
| f.16 |
Correspondence, E-F |
| f.17 |
Correspondence, G-L |
| f.18 |
Correspondence, M-N |
| f.19 |
Correspondence, O-R |
| f.20 |
Correspondence, S-T |
| f.21 |
Correspondence, U-V |
| f.22 |
Correspondence, W-Z |
BOX 9
| f.1 |
Correspondence, Anne S. Black, 1984 |
| f.2 |
Correspondence, Anne S. Black, (Outgoing), 1985 |
| f.3 |
Correspondence, Anne S. Black, (Outgoing), 1985 |
| f.4 |
Correspondence, Anne S. Black, (Outgoing), 1986 |
| f.5 |
Correspondence, 1986 |
| f.6 |
Correspondence, 1987 |
| f.7 |
Correspondence, 1988 |
| f.8 |
Materials from Helen Belcher |
| f.9 |
Materials from Helen Belcher |
VII. NEON Conferences
| f.10 |
Conference, November 11, 1983 |
| f.11 |
Conference, April 1984 |
| f.12 |
Conference, April 3, 1986 |
| f.13 |
Conference, October 2, 1986 |
| f.14 |
Conference, April 2, 1987 |
| f.15 |
Conference, October 1, 1987 |
| f.16 |
Conference, April 7, 1988 |
| f.17 |
Meetings, 1986-88 |
| f.18 |
Conferences, WICHE 1984 |
VIII. Sister Organizations
| f.19 |
Connecticut Nurses Association, Sept. 22, 1987 |
| f.20 |
Description of Regional Nurses Associations |
| f.21 |
Description of regional Nurses Associations |
| f.22 |
Eastern Nursing Research Society of MARNA/NEON, 1988 |
BOX 10
| f.1 |
Massachusetts Organization of Nurse Executives |
| f.2 |
Midwest Alliance in Nursing(MAIN) |
| f.3 |
Mid Atlantic Regional Nursing Association(MARNA), 1987 |
| f.4 |
National Commission on Nursing Implementation Project(NCNIP) |
| f.5 |
NCNIP |
| f.6 |
NCNIP |
| f.7 |
New England Board of Higher Education |
| f.8 |
Robert Wood Johnson Report(1984); Nursing related Data Sources(1984) |
| f.9 |
Secretary’s Commission on Nursing report, July 1988 |
| f.10 |
Western Institute of Nursing By-Laws/Correspondence, 1988 |
| f.11 |
MARNA Conference 1986 |
| f.12 |
Miscellaneous Brochures |
| f.13 |
Miscellaneous Brochures |
| f.14 |
Miscellaneous Brochures |
BOX 11
| f.1 |
NCNIP, November 1987, sections 1-4 |
| f.2 |
NCNIP, November 1987, sections 5-6 |
| f.3 |
NCNIP, November 1987, sections 7-9 |
| f.4 |
NCNIP, November 1987, sections 10-13 |
| f.5 |
“Fifth Report to the President and Congress on the Status of Health Personnel in the United States”, March 1986 |