Category: Nursing Stories

  • Army Nursing

    Source: Aynes, Edith A. “Army Nursing.” The American Journal of Nursing, May 1940, pp. 539”“542. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3415295?origin=JSTOR-pdf

  • Army Nurse

    Source: MacLennan, Nancy. “Army Nurse.” The New York Times Magazine, 21 Sept. 1941, pp. 12”“24.

  • Medicine: Need for Nurses

    In Manhattan, several wards of the vast new Triboro Hospital for tuberculosis have been standing empty since January””there are not enough nurses to run them. In the Midwest some hospitals have closed entire wings, although patients are clamoring for admittance””they have not enough nurses. In Washington, D.C., doctors urged pregnant women to have their babies…

  • Hygeia [The Health Magazine of the American Medical Association]

    Source: Hygeia [The Health Magazine of the American Medical Association], Jan. 1942.

  • ARMY: She-Soldiers

    Though they will carry no guns, take no part in combat, U.S. women will soon be in the war as professional soldiers. They will wear Army uniforms, get Army pay, be subject to Army discipline. Their jobs: cooks, waitresses, mechanics, gardeners, chauffeurs, clerks, secretaries ”” all the behind-scenes tasks which now occupy soldiers more needed…

  • Indispensable!

    Source: “Indispensable! .” The American Journal of Nursing, Feb. 1942, pp. 136”“137. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3416155?origin=JSTOR-pdf

  • Nursing Answers

    Source: Bolton, Frances Payne. “Nursing Answers.” The American Journal of Nursing, Feb. 1942, pp. 138”“140. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3416156?origin=JSTOR-pdf

  • Nurses Wanted: A Career Boom

    Source: Stern, Edith M. “Nurses Wanted: A Career Boom.” Survey Graphic, Feb. 1942, pp. 79”“81.

  • Speeding Up Production of Nurses

    Source: Tracy, Margaret A. “Speeding Up Production of Nurses.” The American Journal of Nursing, Feb. 1942, pp. 193”“195. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3416176