A big THANK YOU to the nurses who have served in the Armed Forces in this country. So much of nursing, what we do and how we do it, comes from military nurses who paved the way for us.
Happy Veteran's Day and we appreciate all that you've done.
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Showing posts with label military. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Thank You
A big THANK YOU to the nurses who have served in the Armed Forces in this country. So much of nursing, what we do and how we do it, comes from military nurses who paved the way for us.
Happy Veteran's Day and we appreciate all that you've done.
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Clara Barton, Independent Nurse
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| Photo courtesy of Yahoo.com |
Founder of the Red Cross, I always thought that Clara Barton was a nurse and I know that many times she is described as having been a nurse.
Actually, Clara Barton was a teacher. Impressive - she became a teacher at 15 and started the first free public school in New Jersey - but like many others of the time, she "nursed" patients during the Civil War and was considered, therefore, a nurse. "Independent Nurses" they were called at the time.
Clara was not educated as a nurse formally, she learned her skills while caring for her teenage brother as he recovered from some sort of accident. The 1800's equivalent of staying at a Holiday Inn.
She was never paid for her work with the Red Cross and, in fact, used her own money at times to support the organization, but there were rumors of financial foul play when she left the Red Cross; she also was possibly the first woman to work for the US federal government.
Happy Belated Birthday Clara!
Monday, December 9, 2013
A Real Nurse's Dream
Whenever we come upon the anniversary of a milestone event, I can't help but think about the nurses involved. This past weekend we had Pearl Harbor Day, the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.
There are no surviving nurses from that day but that's no surprise because there were only TWO nurses on duty at Hickam Field hospital that morning at the time of the attack. Monica Benning was one of those nurses and she died in 2012. Monica wrote a book titled "A Real Nurse's Dream" about her experience as an Army nurse and of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Her real life drama was the basis for the movie "Pearl Harbor".
*Photo courtesy of marconews.com
I don't know if it's true, but one article I read about that day reported that the nurses and other hospital staff on duty that day made arrangements to kill each other if the Japanese were able to take over. Wow.
There are no surviving nurses from that day but that's no surprise because there were only TWO nurses on duty at Hickam Field hospital that morning at the time of the attack. Monica Benning was one of those nurses and she died in 2012. Monica wrote a book titled "A Real Nurse's Dream" about her experience as an Army nurse and of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Her real life drama was the basis for the movie "Pearl Harbor".
I don't know if it's true, but one article I read about that day reported that the nurses and other hospital staff on duty that day made arrangements to kill each other if the Japanese were able to take over. Wow.
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