Joyce Alt, RN, MS, Oral History Interview, June 19, 2018
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Description
Major Topics Covered:
- Oncology nursing at MD Anderson in the 70s-90s; practices, development of nursing care; strengthening nursing
- Support for nursing from executive leadership
Interview Chapters
Chapter 08: Building the Foundation for the Shared Governance System
Chapter 09: Successes in Strengthening Nursing Community and Practice
Identifier
AltJ_02_20180618
Publication Date
6-18-2018
Publisher
The Making Cancer History® Voices Oral History Collection, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
City
Houston, Texas
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.
Topics Covered
University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas System. M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute at Houston, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute
Disciplines
History of Science, Technology, and Medicine | Oncology | Oral History
Recommended Citation
Alt, Joyce RN, MS and Rosolowski, Tacey A. PhD, "Joyce Alt, RN, MS, Oral History Interview, June 19, 2018" (2018). Interview Sessions. 20.
https://openworks.mdanderson.org/mchv_interviewsessions/20
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About the Interview
About the Interview Subject
Joyce Alt (b. 18 June 1940, Alta Vista, Iowa ) came to MD Anderson in 1965 as Head Nurse in the Postoperative Care Unit in the MD Anderson Hospital, rising through the ranks of unit supervisor and assistant director of nursing until 1978, when she was appointed Director of Nursing, a role she served until her retirement in 1996. She was the first woman to serve as a Division head. Ms. Alt assumed leadership of nursing at a time of very significant turnover rates for nurses. She describes the work she undertook on several fronts to develop nursing at MD Anderson to address this significant institutional drain and create a more supportive environment for nurses to develop their careers and provide more effective patient care.
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