Jimmie McCaffree Nursing Scholarship
This scholarship was established in 2011 by Inez "Jimmie" McCaffree.
Jimmie graduated from the West Nebraska Methodist Episcopal Hospital School of Nursing in 1936. After World War II, Jimmie began doing private duty nursing for critically ill patients as she could work the 11 pm to 7 am shift and could sleep while her children were in school. These were the days before there were Intensive Care Units. Jimmie loved nursing and helping people. In the 1960's and 1970's Jimmie became a public health nurse for the Logan County Health Department. She also loved this. She was a school nurse for many of the rural schools around Sterling in addition to her other public health duties.
Jimmie decided to start a scholarship fund as the result of hiring young nurse aids and CNAs to help care for her husband when was ill. Most of the people that she hired were struggling financially but had a desire for more nursing education. Jimmie decided that a scholarship was one way she could help women like this.