Author : Thelma M. Robinson
Publisher : SIGMA Theta Tau International
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 11,1 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
More than 50 years after World War II, cadet nurses tell their stories about how they helped win the war on the home front by serving in hospitals during the worst nurse shortage in history. Recalling what it was like to serve their country, these women share touching historical and personal stories about their experiences.
Author : Colleen Sell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 27,18 MB
Release : 2006-02-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1605503754
A collection of more than fifty stories celebrating the hard work nurses perform on a daily basis. A Cup of Comfort series presents this heartwarming collection of more than fifty real-life stories of comfort, solace, and healing that honor the frequently undervalued contributions of dedicated nurses to the medical profession.
Author : Thelma M. Robinson
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 21,36 MB
Release : 2009-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 1465315497
Responding to the call Your Country Needs You, cadet nurses became the largest and youngest group of uniformed women to serve their country in uniform during World War II. The Corps program was established primarily to expand the quantity of nursing service personnel during a critical nurse shortage. Thanks to federal funding, nursing leaders took advantage of the opportunity to improve nursing education. Wearing the scarlet and grey uniform also gave cadets the confidence to speak out regarding an authoritative nurse training system prevalent in the 1940’s. This book gives a better understanding as to the advances made in nursing education during the past half century.
Author : Elsie M. Szecsy
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 21,30 MB
Release : 2016-04-07
Category : History
ISBN : 1625856830
Congress established the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II to meet the high demand for medical care. The first federal women's education program, it included a nondiscrimination policy decades before the civil rights movement. The trailblazing cadets and innovative healthcare practices at the five participating teaching hospitals in Arizona left a lasting national legacy. Sage Memorial Hospital was the country's only accredited nursing school for Native Americans. Santa Monica's Hospital and nursing school was the first to integrate west of the Mississippi. The daughter of a Navajo medicine man, U.S. Army Nurse Corps second lieutenant Adele Slivers helped bridge a gap between traditional healing practices and modern medicine. Arizona author Elsie Szecsy details momentous local challenges and achievements from this pivotal era in American medicine.
Author : Kathi Jackson
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 38,30 MB
Release : 2006-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780803276277
With the insight and intimacy of firsthand accounts from some of the thousands of army and navy nurses who served both stateside and overseas during World War II, this book tells the stories of the brave women who used any and all resources to save as many lives as possible. Although military nurses could have made more money as civilians, thousands chose to leave the security of home to care for the young men who went off to war. They were not saints but vibrant women whose performance changed both military and civilian nursing. Kathi Jackson's account follows army and navy nurses from the time they joined the military, through their active service, to their lives today. They Called Them Angels presents the stories of women who lived under extraordinary circumstances in an extraordinary time, women who even today bear emotional scars along with lasting pride.
Author : Joan Woodcock
Publisher : Headline
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 22,74 MB
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0755361547
Joan Woodcock always dreamed of becoming a nurse. And in 1966 the dream came true. From her very first day as a naive sixteen-year-old cadet, standing nervously outside the matron's office, this is Joan's story of an eventful career spanning over forty years in NHS nursing. Working on hospital wards, casualty units and out in the community, as well as stints in a prison and a police unit dealing with sexual assault, Joan has seen it all. In this moving memoir she gives an honest, revealing account of a challenging, unpredictable and ultimately rewarding life in nursing. From an early encounter with a horrific axe injury, to the patient who swallowed their suppositories, to daily dealings with difficult patients and all kinds of bodily fluids, Joan shares memories of laughter and tragedy, and of the now defunct matron system that at one time instilled nurses with such high standards of professionalism and patient care.
Author :
Publisher :
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 48,99 MB
Release : 1943
Category : Military nursing
ISBN :
Author : United States. Public Health Service
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 11,91 MB
Release : 1950
Category : Government publications
ISBN :
Author : Doris Weatherford
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2059 pages
File Size : 48,49 MB
Release : 2009-10-16
Category : History
ISBN : 1135201897
American Women during World War II documents the lives and stories of women who contributed directly to the war effort via official and semi-official military organizations, as well as the millions of women who worked in civilian defense industries, ranging from aircraft maintenance to munitions manufacturing and much more. It also illuminates how the war changed the lives of women in more traditional home front roles. All women had to cope with rationing of basic household goods, and most women volunteered in war-related programs. Other entries discuss institutional change, as the war affected every aspect of life, including as schools, hospitals, and even religion. American Women during World War II provides a handy one-volume collection of information and images suitable for any public or professional library.
Author : Larry A. Williams
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 46,37 MB
Release : 2021-07-21
Category : History
ISBN : 1476642125
Every veteran has a story to tell--often ones they have not told their own families. But as one vet in this collection of original interviews succinctly said of his combat experiences: "Some things are better left unsaid." Documenting recollections from survivors of World War II, Korea, Vietnam and other conflicts--all residents of the Texas Panhandle--this book presents narratives from men and women whose young lives, for good or ill, were defined by their participation in warfare in service to their country.
