USAHEC: History of U.S. Army Nurses: SINCE 1975

Collections

Clara L. Adams-Ender Papers
1 box. Archival.
Served as a nurse in Operation Desert Shield and the Persian Gulf War

Websites

Highlights in the History of the Army Nurse Corps, 1960-1990
The Army Nurse Corps Association
Highlights of the History of the Army Nurse Corps, 1990-2000
The Army Nurse Corps Association
Highlights of the History of the Army Nurse Corps, 2000-Present
The Army Nurse Corps Association
Oral history interview with Clara Adams-Ender, 2005
UNC Greensboro
Women Veterans Historical Project

AWC Student Papers

The Army and Civilian Nursing Crisis at the Dawn of the 21st Century
Leana Fox-Johnson. Strategy Research Project (Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 2003).
Ridgway Hall AD-A 414 113
The National Nursing Shortage: Recruitment and Retention Challenges for the Army
Steven E. Kading. Study Project (Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 1991).
Ridgway Hall AD-A 236 683
Leadership Opportunities for USAR Nurses: Do We Need to Change the Regulations?
Carrie L. Nero. Strategy Research Project (Carlisle Barracks, PA: U.S. Army War College, 1997).
Ridgway Hall AD-A 326 597

Dissertations

Mentoring: Career Advancement of Hispanic Army Nurses
Margarita Aponte. PhD diss. (George Mason, 2007).
Ridgway Hall UH493.A66
“Redefining “Veteran”: The Vietnam War and the Making of Women Veterans 1979-1997
Amy Rebecca Jacobs. PhD diss. (University of Virginia, 2013).
Ridgway Hall DS559.8.W6 J33 2013a
The Work Environment of Army Hospital Nurses: Measurement and Construct Validity
Gary M. Lang. PhD diss. (MD, 2007).
Ridgway Hall UH493.L36
A Comparative Study of Role Perceptions of Head Nurses in Military and Nonmilitary Hospitals
Gail J. Williamson. Master's thesis (Texas Woman's University, 1992).
Ridgway Hall UM290 .W54 1992a

Books

Women Doctors in War by Judith Bellafaire and Mercedes Graf
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UB418.W65 B45 2009
(College Station, TX: Texas A&M University Press, 2009).
Reaching Past the Wire: A Nurse at Abu Ghraib by Deanna Germain
Call Number: Ridgway Hall DS79.767.W66 .G47 2007
(St. Paul, MN: Borealis Books, 2007).
Desert Storm Journal: A Nurse’s Story by Elizabeth Kassner
Call Number: Ridgway Hall DS79.74 .K37 1993
(Lincoln, MA: Cottage Press, 1993).
The Nightingale of Mosul: A Nurse’s Journey of Service,, Struggle, and War by Susan Luz and Marcus Brotherton
Call Number: Ridgway Hall DS79.767.W66.L89
(NY: Kaplan, 2010).
Pre-Deployment Interviews with Operation Desert Shield Army Nurses, 28th Combat Support Hospital—Bragg by Eileen Munn, interviewer
Call Number: Ridgway Hall U53.2 .P74 2015
(Carlisle, PA: U.S. Army Military History Institute, 2015).
1 vol. Interviews conducted in 1990
Gulf War Nurses: Personal Accounts of 14 Americans, 1990-1991 and 2003-2010 by Patricia Rushton, editor
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UH494.U6.G85
(Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2011).
A Contemporary History of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps by Mary T. Sarnecky
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UH493.S273 1999
(Washington, D.C.: Office of the Surgeon General, Borden Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 2010).
Meeting and Workshop of the Chief, Army Nurse Corps and the Former Chief Nurses at the Historical Unit, Fort Detrick, Maryland, 3 February 1975 by U.S. Army Medical Dept.
Call Number: Ridgway Hall UH493 .M43 1975
(U.S. Army Medical Dept., 1975).