Vietnam War Nurses at the Ready: Seventeen Personal Accounts
Author:   Patricia Rushton
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9781476690971


Pages:   250
Publication Date:   10 May 2023
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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This second volume of accounts by nurses who served with U.S. forces in Vietnam presents recollections of 17 women who cared for American casualties. They faced overwhelming trauma, conflicting emotions and isolation while caring for wounded at frontline hospitals, aboard ships and in medical centers. Representing the army and navy, their experiences of struggle, friendship and love formed their professional and personal lives.

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Author:   Patricia Rushton
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.331kg
ISBN:  

9781476690971


ISBN 10:   1476690979
Pages:   250
Publication Date:   10 May 2023
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface Phyllis Barkus Virginia R. Beeson Carol Keith Brautigam Gloria and John (Jack) Caffrey Elaine J. Dlouhy Ellen Komarek Duvall Anne Kuhn Gartner Susan Searle Jackson Irma Klaetke Helen Bergin Kranz Susan Stuart Miller Patricia J. O’Hare Nancy J. Owen Janet Page Price Elizabeth Roach Stella Ann Ross Index

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"""People who read Vietnam War Nurses at the Ready: Seventeen Personal Accounts are in for a real eye-opener...collectively, the nurses' spellbinding memories resemble a plot line for a sprawling novel...their stories about these adventures are equally as entertaining and enlightening as what they say about the Vietnam War.""--VVA Veteran"


Author Information

Patricia Rushton is a retired associate professor of nursing at Brigham Young University. She is a veteran of the Vietnam War and Operation Desert Storm and retired as a commander in the United States Navy Nurse Corps Reserve.

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