Beatrice Brysson Whyte
British nurse and educator (1921 – 1993)
Beatrice Brysson Whyte (1921 – 27 November 1993) was a British nurse and educator.
Biography
Brysson Whyte was educated at St Anne’s, Caversham.
Whyte gained experience as a VAD in a Dorking hospital, Surrey which, confirmed her intention to qualify as a nurse. Brysson Whyte trained at the Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford from 1941 to 1944. She then spent four years in the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps (QAIMNS/R) and served in India. After her years in the army she completed her Pt 1 midwifery at the General Lying In Hospital, London and her Pt 2 at Hampstead. She completed her sister tutor’s diploma at the University of London, at King’s College of Household and Social Science.
Whyte started working at Thomas Guy School of Nursing Lambeth in 1951 and continued there until she retired in 1981. She was appointed as a sister tutor in 1951, principal sister tutor in 1962, principal nursing officer (education) in 1971 and director of nurse education from 1975.
In 1959, Whyte received a Red Cross scholarship to travel to North America to study teaching methods.
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