The Cadet Nurse Corps In Arizona A History Of Service

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.

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.

This compact volume summarizes the essential facts about the U. S. Cadet Nurse Corps. This uniformed service, administered by the U. S. Public Health Service, during World War II, addressed the urgent need for nurses when so many were leaving the hospitals to enter military service on the battlefields in Europe and Asia. This author also discusses the legacy left by these 124,000 women, who are now in their 90s, in the nursing profession in the decades since World War II. This book is useful for anyone who would like to learn more about this important program in their preparations to honor Cadet Nurses during the 75th anniversary of the Corps in 2018. Full-color images displayed in color.

This compact volume summarizes the essential facts about the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps. This uniformed service, administered by the U.S. Public Health Service, during World War II, addressed the urgent need for nurses when so many were leaving the hospitals to enter military service on the battlefields in Europe and Asia. This book also discusses the legacy left by these 124,000 women, who are now in their 90s, in the nursing profession in the decades since World War II. This book is useful for anyone who would like to learn more about this important program in their preparations to honor Cadet Nurses during the 75th anniversary of the Corps in 2018. Interior images are black-and-white.

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.