Yale University EliScholar – A Digital Platform for Scholarly Publishing at Yale Yale School of Nursing Alumni Newsletters and School of Nursing Magazines 2013 Yale School of Nursing : celebrating 90 years of excellence ; YSN: a brief history Helen Varney Burst CNM, MSN, DHL (Hon.), FACNM Yale University School of Nursing,
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[email protected]. Y school of nursing Yale University Graduate Nursing Programs Celebrating 90 years of Excellence 1923–2013 YSN: A Brief History helen varney ’63 Professor Emeritus yale university school of nursing heraldry The Pin of the Master of Nursing Program (1923-1958) The pin of the Master of Nursing Program is based on the coat of arms of Yale University. According to documents from the Office of the Secretary of the University: “The use of Hebrew characters identifies the book as the Bible. The inscription “Urim and Thummim” refers to the names of sacred lots, cast for the purpose of ascertaining the divine will (cf.