TRANSFORMATION OF THE CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY SCHOOLS OF NURSING

The purpose of this historical research was to analyze the 1967 restru cturing of the Canadian Association of University Schools of Nursing ( CAUSN) from a powerless, loose affiliation of individual nurse academi cs into a potentially powerful association of deans and directors. Aft er its 1967 restructuring, CAUSN became active nationally and collabor ated with the Canadian Nurses Association on doctoral education, accre ditation for nursing education programs, and baccalaureate entry to pr actice. It also successfully implemented a national program of volunta ry accreditation of baccalaureate education. The transformation of CAU SN was analyzed using primary data located in the Queen's University A rchives, Kingston, Ontario, the Canadian Nurses Association Archives, Ottawa, Ontario, and from selected interviews. Secondary data was used to augment and corroborate interpretation of primary data.