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From Handmaiden to Right Hand—World War I—The Mud and the Blood
Author(s) -
Holder Victoria L.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
aorn journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1878-0369
pISSN - 0001-2092
DOI - 10.1016/s0001-2092(06)61319-7
Subject(s) - elite , first world war , world war ii , medicine , political science , management , nursing , law , history , ancient history , politics , economics
• BY THE BEGINNING of World War I, modern innovations and advances in the field of medicine were common. Physicians knew about bacteria, how disease spread, and the importance of antisepsis. • TO PREPARE FOR THE WAR , Great Britain developed elite corps of army nurses, fully‐equipped military hospitals, and trained personnel who established field hospitals and base hospitals. • ALICE FITZGERALD , a nurse from Baltimore, was drawn into the conflict when she was asked to serve as the Edith Cavell Memorial Nurse with the British Army. AORN J 80 (October 2004) 652–665.