| Author | : Thelma M. Robinson |
| Publisher | : SIGMA Theta Tau International |
| Total Pages | : 228 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : 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 |
| Total Pages | : 189 |
| Release | : 2006-02-13 |
| Genre | : 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 |
| Total Pages | : 263 |
| Release | : 2009-09-17 |
| Genre | : 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 | : Thelma M. Robinson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 158 |
| Release | : 2005-01-01 |
| Genre | : Japanese American nursing students |
| ISBN | : 9780615130224 |
| Author | : Kathi Jackson |
| Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
| Total Pages | : 248 |
| Release | : 2006-03-01 |
| Genre | : 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 | : Elsie M. Szecsy |
| Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 172 |
| Release | : 2016-04-07 |
| Genre | : 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 | : Joan Woodcock |
| Publisher | : Headline |
| Total Pages | : 142 |
| Release | : 2012-01-19 |
| Genre | : 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 | : James Lee Conrad |
| Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
| Total Pages | : 225 |
| Release | : 2019-02-01 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0811768406 |
Focusing on the South’s four major military colleges—the Virginia Military Institute (VMI), the South Carolina Military Academy (later The Citadel), the Georgia Military Institute, and the University of Alabama—The Young Lions is the story of young Confederate military cadets at war. From the opening of VMI in 1839 through the struggles of all the schools to remain open during the war, the death of Stonewall Jackson (a VMI professor), and the Pyrrhic victory of the Battle of New Market to the burning of the University of Alabama in 1865, this book reveals the everyday dramatic actions of cadets on battlefield and beyond.
| Author | : Shirley Roland Ferguson |
| Publisher | : WestBow Press |
| Total Pages | : 308 |
| Release | : 2011-10-05 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1449727409 |
As someone grows up in what many might consider less than ideal conditions, it can be difficult to envision a successful life. One might dream about being an inspiration to others, but it seems to be only thata dream. Some, however, have their dreams fulfilled. In Birth Cry: A Personal Story of the Life of Hannah D. Mitchell, Nurse Midwife, Hannah Mitchell exposes her heart in this true story that spans a lifetime of over eighty years. She shows how her strong Christian upbringing and conversion helped her deal with a wayward brother, get an education and establish a successful career, make marriage plans, face heartbreak and devastating health issues, move from familiar places, and experience new situations. All these life-altering events were contrary to her plans and things we can all relate to. Told with the help of Shirley Roland Ferguson, Birth Cry: A Personal Story of the Life of Hannah D. Mitchell, Nurse Midwife is the story of a successful and inspirational woman. It is a book everyone, especially women, should read.
