The Dolores Beanland Nursing Scholarship Fund
The Dolores Beanland Nursing Scholarship was created in October 2013 to support students who aspire to enter the nursing profession or advance their nursing careers and may need financial assistance to participate in educational programs offered by Jackson Orthopedic Foundation.
Donors are welcome to contribute to the fund. For questions about the fund or how to make a contribution, please contact us.
Donors are welcome to contribute to the fund. For questions about the fund or how to make a contribution, please contact us.
About Dolores Beanland
The late Dolores Beanland, RN-retired (1931-2021), was an Orthopedic Nurse Specialist before the role was official or certified. "Beanie," as she is known by her colleagues and friends, graduated from Samuel Merritt Nursing School in 1952 and spent the first two years of her career working on Samuel Merritt Hospital's second floor before it was designated as an orthopedic unit.
In 1953, Beanie returned to UC Berkeley part time while she continued to work, and in 1955 a nursing supervisor asked Beanie to “fill in” as Head Nurse while the regular Head Nurse was on leave. Nine years later (the regular Head Nurse never returned), an orthopedic surgeon recruited Beanie to help organize and develop the orthopedic unit, thus beginning her 33-year orthopedic career.
In 1953, Beanie returned to UC Berkeley part time while she continued to work, and in 1955 a nursing supervisor asked Beanie to “fill in” as Head Nurse while the regular Head Nurse was on leave. Nine years later (the regular Head Nurse never returned), an orthopedic surgeon recruited Beanie to help organize and develop the orthopedic unit, thus beginning her 33-year orthopedic career.
Beanie worked as a manager, teacher, clinical specialist, and supervisor. In 1988, Dr. William S.T. Jackson recruited her to join him in private practice where she developed and taught the first preoperative classes for their total-joint-replacement patients. Beanie retired from Samuel Merritt Hospital in 1989, having worked for the organization for 37 years. She didn’t leave nursing or orthopedics then, however; she continued working with orthopedic patients and orthopedic surgeons—Dr. Jackson and Dr. Mac Reynolds—for nearly another decade.
A lifetime mentor and orthopedic nursing role model to many, Beanie developed the first preoperative total-joint-replacement classes in Oakland. Her unique philosophy of patient education prevails in our classes at JOF today. She was a trailblazer in two new and innovative orthopedic nursing positions—the orthopedic Clinical Nurse Specialist position, and a staff development position with orthopedic in-service responsibilities.
Beanie and Dr. Jackson were two of the most visionary healthcare professionals of their time, providing powerful leadership skills to many nurses and physicians who were entering their careers. Dr. Jackson, Dolores Beanland, Dr. Mac Reynolds, and Kathleen A. Geier partnered in a collaborative practice model at Webster Orthopedics long before such a concept even existed among disparate medical professionals, leading the way for similar collaborative practice models.
A lifetime mentor and orthopedic nursing role model to many, Beanie developed the first preoperative total-joint-replacement classes in Oakland. Her unique philosophy of patient education prevails in our classes at JOF today. She was a trailblazer in two new and innovative orthopedic nursing positions—the orthopedic Clinical Nurse Specialist position, and a staff development position with orthopedic in-service responsibilities.
Beanie and Dr. Jackson were two of the most visionary healthcare professionals of their time, providing powerful leadership skills to many nurses and physicians who were entering their careers. Dr. Jackson, Dolores Beanland, Dr. Mac Reynolds, and Kathleen A. Geier partnered in a collaborative practice model at Webster Orthopedics long before such a concept even existed among disparate medical professionals, leading the way for similar collaborative practice models.
