February 11, 1934 was the day May L Wykle was born to John R and Florence A. Randall in Martins Ferry, Ohio. She graduated from Mount Pleasant High school, where grades one through twelve where housed in the same building (William, 2007). As a young woman, her intention was to attend medical school but after working as a nursing assistant and been mentored and inspire by several nurses, she decided nursing was the carrier for her. May L Wykle then applied to several nursing schools, but her admission was turn down because of her race (William, 2007). She went ahead to work for a year as a nurse’s aide before she had admission to attend Ruth Brant School of Nursing in Martins Ferry, Ohio in 1956 where she earned her nursing diploma degree
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In 1962, she carried out her bachelor’s degree in nursing and then in 1969 she went to Case Western Reserve University to pursue her master’s degree in Psychiatric nursing and her doctorate in education. After completing her PhD, she held a position as an assistant professor, chair of the psychiatric nursing department and associate dean for community affairs (William, 2007). Persistent to advance her expertise as a gerontology and mental health scholar and researcher, she accepted a post-doctoral fellowship from the National institute of Mental Health. Dr. Wykle held a dean position for 10 years at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and step down to become a faculty member in 2011( William, 2007). She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the Gerontological Society of America, a former Director of a Wood Johnson Teaching Nursing Home Project and a recipient of Geriatric Mental health Academy Award from the National Institute of mental Health. Dr. May Wykle has made a tremendous contribution to the profession of nursing in the area of research, leadership, and …show more content…
Wykle has made contribution to the nursing profession is through her leadership position. Under her leadership at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, she worked with high school teachers and support counselors to enroll student from various background into nursing. Smith and Fitzpatrick (2006) wrote, “The Bolton school, which accepted about 33 new students a year when Wykle initially became a dean, now, admits between 80 and 90 student a year . . . through Wykle’s leadership, minorities now mark up to 21 percent of the Bolton School’s student admission” (P.132). Besides increasing minority student into the nursing program, she also helped to launch the Flight Nursing Program at FBS in 2004. This program was established to train graduate student for a variety of air medical transport circumstances that involve serious life threatening conditions such as heart attack, strokes, motor vehicle accident etc. Manacci (2010) the clinical director of the national Flight Nurse Academy at FPB added to the above point by saying that “What our program does, is to educate people at the graduate level with the latest knowledge to make diagnosis, prescribe treatment, and give patient the instant level of care that is needed out on the filed” (p 1183). Dr. Wykle leadership skills have had a big impact on nursing because it has enable majority of minorities to enter into the nursing program at FPB to avert the nursing shortage from growing worse. Furthermore, the
In 1962, she carried out her bachelor’s degree in nursing and then in 1969 she went to Case Western Reserve University to pursue her master’s degree in Psychiatric nursing and her doctorate in education. After completing her PhD, she held a position as an assistant professor, chair of the psychiatric nursing department and associate dean for community affairs (William, 2007). Persistent to advance her expertise as a gerontology and mental health scholar and researcher, she accepted a post-doctoral fellowship from the National institute of Mental Health. Dr. Wykle held a dean position for 10 years at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and step down to become a faculty member in 2011( William, 2007). She is a fellow in the American Academy of Nursing and the Gerontological Society of America, a former Director of a Wood Johnson Teaching Nursing Home Project and a recipient of Geriatric Mental health Academy Award from the National Institute of mental Health. Dr. May Wykle has made a tremendous contribution to the profession of nursing in the area of research, leadership, and …show more content…
Wykle has made contribution to the nursing profession is through her leadership position. Under her leadership at Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, she worked with high school teachers and support counselors to enroll student from various background into nursing. Smith and Fitzpatrick (2006) wrote, “The Bolton school, which accepted about 33 new students a year when Wykle initially became a dean, now, admits between 80 and 90 student a year . . . through Wykle’s leadership, minorities now mark up to 21 percent of the Bolton School’s student admission” (P.132). Besides increasing minority student into the nursing program, she also helped to launch the Flight Nursing Program at FBS in 2004. This program was established to train graduate student for a variety of air medical transport circumstances that involve serious life threatening conditions such as heart attack, strokes, motor vehicle accident etc. Manacci (2010) the clinical director of the national Flight Nurse Academy at FPB added to the above point by saying that “What our program does, is to educate people at the graduate level with the latest knowledge to make diagnosis, prescribe treatment, and give patient the instant level of care that is needed out on the filed” (p 1183). Dr. Wykle leadership skills have had a big impact on nursing because it has enable majority of minorities to enter into the nursing program at FPB to avert the nursing shortage from growing worse. Furthermore, the