THE MICHIGAN NURSE - Volume 27 - Number 2 - March 22, 1954

Sep 28, 2026

Official publication of the Michigan State Nurses Association, Volume 27, Number 2, dated Mar 22, 1954. The issue presents association leadership and committee information, a detailed note on the cover explaining early Michigan nursing regulation and nurse registration milestones, and several editorial articles. Key articles address nursing and legislation over the first half of the 20th century and introduce the “Fringe Area,” discussing professional liability and the blurred boundary between nursing practice and medical practice.

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NURSING AND LEGISLATION

The Fringe Area

D S 三MV THEMICHIGAN OFFICIA L ORGAN OF THE MICHIGAN STATE NUR SESASSOCIATION VOLUME 27 NUMBER 2 MAR 22 1954 5 1904·ANNIVERSARY·1954 UU # THE MICHIGAN NURSE Oficial Organ of theMichigan State Nurses Association353 Hollister BuildingLansing 8,Michigan President:Florence C.Kempf,East Lansing Ist Vice President:Phyllis MacKay,Grand Rapids 2nd Vice President:Sister M.Benedicta,Kalamazoo Secretary:Eleanor A.Dryer,Lansing Treasurer:Evelyn C.Andersen,Detroit Headquarters Staff:Hazel Gabrielson,R.N.,Exec·utive Director;Mrs.Emma J.Antcliff,R.N.,Assist-ant Executive Director;Florence E.Haldeman,R.N.,Public Relations Consultant and ManagingEditor;Freeda Haynes,Office Manager. # COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATIONS Ann Reynolds,Chairman Mary E.Blackburn,Helen I.Brooks,MarjorieKinney,Mrs.Lucile Van Horn,Mrs.Angie VanHoven and Pearl Weatherhead. Published monthly,except February,July and August,by the Michigan State Nurses Association,353 HollisterBldg.,Lansing 8,Michigan,and entered at the post officeat Lansing,Michigan,as second class mail under theact of March 3,1879.Subscription price $1.50 per year. CONTENTSPAGEThe Fringe AreaJames j.Wilson MSNA Board Highlights..·.·.··.24New Consultant.····Foreign Assignment.···Increased Fees..····....·..25We Are Proud to Announce .·····.25Your President Reports ·········26State Section Activities .···.···.26Psychiatric Nurse Consultant ..·.·..27From Training Schools to Schools of Nursing ·28ANA Guide Lines ..··.......34Scholarship Opportunities ········34MSNA Advisory Council.·.··.··.35In Memoriam .District News .·.Did You Know?.....·.····.39 NOTE ON COVER:The first Nurse Practice Act in Mich-igan was passed and signed in 1909,the seventeenth stateto do so.This act provided for a Michigan Board of Regis-tration of Nurses and Trained Attendants composed ofthree nurses,one registered physician,and the secretary ofthe State Board of Health.The members appointed byGovernor Warner were:Elizabeth G.Flaws,president;Mrs.Elizabeth Tacey,vice president;F.W.Shumway,M.D.,secretary;Alfreda Galbraith and Arthur V.Scidmore,M.D. The first examinations were given Feb.9-10,1910.Eventhe nurses on the Board were not registered until theywent through the same procedure as the other nurses.Therefore it was fitting that the first president of theBoard also become the first R.N.in Michigan.(Editor'snote:We are interested in obtaining information regardingMiss Flaws'Certificate of Registration.) This cover shows Miss Galbraith's original Certificate ofRegistration(please note she signed her own certificate),her 1954 re-registration card,a notation that it was filedwith the County Clerk,and an early picture of Butter-worth(Miss Galbraith's school of nursing). Miss Galbraith has the distinction of re-registering everyyear since 1910 and of special interest is the fact that shehas remained at the same address.(Editor's note:The his-tory of,the Board of Nursing was presented in a seriesof articles in the MICHIGAN NURSE,1950.) # NURSING AND LEGISLATION Five decades of the twentieth century havecome and gone.The advances which havemarked our age are almost beyond believing.The jet-propelled engine,wonders of radar andtelevision,achievements of industry,and dis-coveries of science are beyond the wildest imag-inations of men who lived just a century ago.The science of healing has forged ahead withdiscoveries that are almost miraculous. With the expansion of modern industry andmedicine has been the development of ournumerous laws.It is the progress of legislationfor the protection of the professional nurse andthe public that I speak of here.The nurses whoworked at the turn of the century for licensureand registration laws had to labor as painstak-ingly as the scientist in his laboratory.Theirswas the task of defining the person who mightbelong to the nursing profession,of educatingthe public to the need of properly qualifiednurses and nursing schools.They set the stand-ard

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What does the issue’s cover note describe about Michigan nursing regulation?

It explains that Michigan’s first Nurse Practice Act was passed and signed in 1909 and describes the board structure, the first examinations in Feb. 9-10, 1910, and the re-registration practice, using Miss Galbraith’s original certificate and related materials as examples.

What is the focus of the article “NURSING AND LEGISLATION”?

It traces changes in legislation supporting professional nurses, highlighting how early licensure and registration efforts shaped standards for nursing education and responded to opposition through an educational campaign.

What is meant by “The Fringe Area” in the issue?

It refers to the fine boundary between nursing practice and practicing medicine, discussing recurring problems such as negligence-related liability and the risk that nurses may cross from nursing into medical practice.

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