WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.264 position:50% align:middle ♪ [music] ♪ 00:00:13.313 --> 00:00:18.656 position:50% align:middle - [Corinne] Boards of Nursing really began meeting together almost from the early 00:00:18.656 --> 00:00:24.440 position:50% align:middle times when the first laws were passed in 1903. So there's a long history of the 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:29.040 position:50% align:middle groups coming together but it was always under the aegis of either the NLNE, 00:00:29.040 --> 00:00:32.431 position:50% align:middle as it was then, or the ANA. 00:00:35.447 --> 00:00:43.580 position:50% align:middle - [Mildred] When I became executive secretary, I was aware that the executive 00:00:43.580 --> 00:00:51.996 position:50% align:middle secretaries of boards of nursing had to be approved by the American Nurses 00:00:51.996 --> 00:00:57.895 position:50% align:middle Association and I thought, "There's something wrong here. 00:00:57.895 --> 00:01:06.070 position:50% align:middle This alliance isn't quite right." And at the same time, 00:01:06.070 --> 00:01:11.263 position:50% align:middle there were movements going on, questions being raised about the 00:01:11.263 --> 00:01:16.510 position:50% align:middle governance of the professions and were these boards of the professions serving 00:01:16.510 --> 00:01:27.906 position:50% align:middle the profession or serving the needs of the people of the state? So I began to think, 00:01:27.906 --> 00:01:37.708 position:50% align:middle "We need our own organization." That was a very radical idea. 00:01:38.500 --> 00:01:44.710 position:50% align:middle I had told my fellow members of the council I want to introduce this motion 00:01:44.710 --> 00:01:52.308 position:50% align:middle that we implement the action that would make us a separate organization. 00:01:52.308 --> 00:02:00.249 position:50% align:middle To think that we would be separated was very traumatic. It was very obvious that 00:02:00.249 --> 00:02:05.770 position:50% align:middle a learning experience had to take place and it required time. 00:02:05.770 --> 00:02:12.330 position:50% align:middle - We watched the progress of this through attempts to get a motion to do something 00:02:12.330 --> 00:02:22.000 position:50% align:middle until finally in 1977 the ANA council adopted the motion to form a task force 00:02:22.000 --> 00:02:25.086 position:50% align:middle to look into establishing a free-standing organization. 00:02:25.086 --> 00:02:28.100 position:50% align:middle ♪ [music] ♪ 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:36.210 position:50% align:middle - [Sharon] There was also a real dichotomy here. You have four RNs who 00:02:36.210 --> 00:02:41.550 position:50% align:middle are very dedicated to their profession, but these women were visionaries. 00:02:41.550 --> 00:02:47.413 position:50% align:middle They saw beyond the immediacy of their own needs. They not only worked on this task 00:02:47.413 --> 00:02:52.349 position:50% align:middle force but they also had a full-time job as an executive director. 00:02:53.062 --> 00:02:59.580 position:50% align:middle - Mildred Schmidt and Elaine Ellibee and Pat Keefe and Trudy Malone saw the 00:02:59.580 --> 00:03:04.991 position:50% align:middle handwriting on the wall and said, "It's worth it. Whatever it takes." 00:03:07.574 --> 00:03:12.563 position:50% align:middle - Elaine Ellibee was fearless. She was not afraid of anything or anybody. 00:03:13.100 --> 00:03:18.460 position:50% align:middle She was unstoppable. Mildred Schmidt was what I call a 00:03:18.460 --> 00:03:23.851 position:50% align:middle visionary of the group. They all had their own visions but I think 00:03:23.851 --> 00:03:29.480 position:50% align:middle she was the visionary in looking at the future and the possibility of what the 00:03:29.480 --> 00:03:37.240 position:50% align:middle national council could do and become. Trudy was a warm, warm caring person. 00:03:37.240 --> 00:03:42.311 position:50% align:middle She had quiet strength and she was what I would call a nurturing professional. 00:03:43.533 --> 00:03:49.458 position:50% align:middle Pat Keefe, she was a no-nonsense person. I think of the group, 00:03:49.458 --> 00:03:55.659 position:50% align:middle she displayed the most courage because at times she was not sure 00:03:55.659 --> 00:04:02.134 position:50% align:middle about this change in organizational structure for the council. 00:04:02.134 --> 00:04:05.200 position:50% align:middle ♪ [music] ♪ 00:04:07.638 --> 00:04:11.197 position:50% align:middle They were extremely selfless in their time and energy, 00:04:12.104 --> 00:04:16.026 position:50% align:middle and they kept on working. What I learned from that 00:04:16.026 --> 00:04:21.191 position:50% align:middle is if you gain some ground, be prepared to lose some 00:04:21.191 --> 00:04:26.187 position:50% align:middle ground the next meeting. Their discussions were limitless 00:04:26.187 --> 00:04:31.995 position:50% align:middle and they had to do that but then they had to come back to the reality of the day 00:04:31.995 --> 00:04:42.296 position:50% align:middle and had to set up an organization that would be acceptable to the majority. 00:04:43.100 --> 00:04:46.526 position:50% align:middle - [Elaine] The underlying concern was where was the money coming from. 00:04:47.150 --> 00:04:52.109 position:50% align:middle We needed, of course, funding. Well, the chequebooks came out. 00:04:52.109 --> 00:04:59.264 position:50% align:middle All of us contributed to that very beginning pot but Joyce is the first one. 00:04:59.975 --> 00:05:07.876 position:50% align:middle So we continued to work and the money kept coming in. We were granted $25,000 00:05:07.876 --> 00:05:15.553 position:50% align:middle from the Kellogg Foundation and by 1978 in June 00:05:15.553 --> 00:05:20.097 position:50% align:middle when we met at the hotel in Los Angeles... 00:05:20.097 --> 00:05:26.166 position:50% align:middle - Well, you can imagine the members of the task force were really excited. 00:05:27.130 --> 00:05:30.992 position:50% align:middle Here we were going to introduce this resolution. Oh. 00:05:30.992 --> 00:05:34.000 position:50% align:middle ♪ [music] ♪ 00:05:34.700 --> 00:05:44.658 position:50% align:middle - The vote was 83 in favor and 8 opposed, and we were ecstatic. 00:05:45.400 --> 00:05:53.087 position:50% align:middle - We were beyond being ecstatic. Quite honestly, we mostly sat there 00:05:53.087 --> 00:05:56.217 position:50% align:middle and cried, and it was wonderful. 00:05:57.737 --> 00:06:00.800 position:50% align:middle ♪ [music] ♪ 00:06:04.290 --> 00:06:09.578 position:50% align:middle - The council was independent. The first thing we had to do in this was, 00:06:09.578 --> 00:06:15.578 position:50% align:middle of course, decide how we were going to handle the examination and to hire 00:06:15.578 --> 00:06:19.201 position:50% align:middle an executive director for the independent council. 00:06:19.201 --> 00:06:26.370 position:50% align:middle - We were very aware of any decisions we made, we had to think about the future and 00:06:26.370 --> 00:06:27.520 position:50% align:middle what it meant. 00:06:27.980 --> 00:06:34.270 position:50% align:middle - There was a lot of strain with the separation of the ANA council state boards 00:06:34.270 --> 00:06:36.844 position:50% align:middle from the American Nurses Association. 00:06:37.211 --> 00:06:44.527 position:50% align:middle - I think forming the appropriate relationships with other organizations was 00:06:44.527 --> 00:06:47.476 position:50% align:middle big and a high priority. 00:06:47.476 --> 00:06:52.310 position:50% align:middle - I asked, "To whom is the NCSBN accountable?" Because that's what people 00:06:52.310 --> 00:06:56.484 position:50% align:middle were asking. "Well, if you're not accountable to the ANA, 00:06:56.484 --> 00:07:02.199 position:50% align:middle who are you accountable to?" So I pointed out, "We're accountable 00:07:02.199 --> 00:07:07.870 position:50% align:middle to the people of the state, to make sure that the nursing profession 00:07:07.870 --> 00:07:14.690 position:50% align:middle is responsible, that these are people who are professional people, 00:07:14.690 --> 00:07:20.500 position:50% align:middle know what they're doing, they're licensed in the state, 00:07:20.500 --> 00:07:23.178 position:50% align:middle and they're going to be accountable to the people of the state." 00:07:23.178 --> 00:07:26.200 position:50% align:middle ♪ [music] ♪ 00:07:29.149 --> 00:07:37.272 position:50% align:middle - We had dreams of what we wanted the organization to do and it's just been so 00:07:37.272 --> 00:07:41.510 position:50% align:middle exciting to see how this organization has grown. 00:07:42.423 --> 00:07:50.661 position:50% align:middle - At this moment, I am so in awe, literally, of what the National Council 00:07:50.661 --> 00:07:56.496 position:50% align:middle has done and accomplished far beyond what we thought of. 00:07:56.496 --> 00:07:59.500 position:50% align:middle ♪ [music] ♪