Im cheryl conway. I have a very special feeling about nurses. And nursing. To me nursing is a great profession. A nurse as one of the few people in our society who measure success in terms of service and benefits to mankind rather than in achievement of wealth and fame. The army nurse embodies the fine attributes of nurses everywhere and then adds a few qualities of her own. She works and lives according to a simple code. Grant that i be worthy of the secret pledge of my profession and belied those entrusted to my care. Help me to offer hope and cheer in the hearts of men in my country. Help and cheer in the hearts of men. The purpose and meaning of army nursing. The history of military nursing is as old as our country. It is a proud story. One that illuminate some of the finest moments in our national history. George washington was the first to recognize the important of military nursing. On his recommendation contract nurses were engaged at the salary of two dollars per month. While
This pandemic. The army nurse, soldier of mercy is a 1965 u. S. Army film celebrating the contributions of nurses from the American Revolution to the vietnam war. Youre watching reel america on American History tv. This is a story of military personnel, in the classical sense however its not a military story. It is a story of the army nurse, soldier of mercy. Im cheryl conway. I have a very special feeling about nurses. And nursing. To me nurse is a truly proud profession. The nurse is one of the few people in our society who measures success in terms of service and benefits to mankind rather than in the achievement of personal wealth and fame. The army nurse embodies the fine attributes of nurses every where and then add as few qualities of her own. She lives and works according to a simple code. Grant that i be worthy of the simple pledge of my profession and of those lives entrusted in my care. Help me offer hope and cheer to men in our country. Hope and cheer in the hearts of men.
Situation these nurses became pioneers in engineering and preventive medicine. The history of the Army Nurse Core in overseas fears is a story of patriotism and devotion to duty, a story that is usually lost in discussions of military maneuvers and spectacular victories. I suppose it is a quiet story, quiet. But it illustrates Human Capacity for nobility. In world war i, it grew from a meager 400 to a force of more than 21,000 nurses. They served with valor in new and dangerous situations, saving lives and bringing comfort to the sick and wounded. Gentlemen pushing bestowsed the recognition of the country on these soldiers of mercy who do their jobs so well. But some of them never saw the results of their devoted efforts. Between 1917 and 1918, 296 nurses lost their lives in the service of their country. The tradition cometed in world war ii when lit grew to 50,000. Eagerly they came to offer their services in what was to become the most savage struggle in history. They served with dis
After several days of declining figures the number of new corona virus infections in china has risen again only 2000 more people were reported infected on sunday it comes as hundreds of people are being evacuated from the diamond princess cruise ship in japan the bessel holds the largest concentration of cases outside Mainland China american australian and new zealand citizens are being flown home and will be quarantined on arrival the virus has now claimed 1007 170. 00 lives on chinas mainland forcing some cities to tighten controls even even further south than the city with more than 2500. 00 cases of the virus has gone into a complete lockdown at an hong kong theres been reports of panic buying and one and students Armed Robbers still hundreds of toilet paper rolls trying to you this is live from beijing so katrina in some instances the numbers are jumping in certain other places are going down can you put this all in some perspective for us. Thats right so over the past 24 hours we
After several days of declining figures the number of new corona virus infections in china has risen again really 2000 more people are reported infected on sunday the virus is down claimed 1770 lives on chinas mainland forcing some cities to tighten controls even further than a city with more than 2500 cases of the virus has gone into complete lockdown it comes as the u. S. Has begun evacuating hundreds of people from the diamond princess cruise ship and japan 14 of those evacuated were put and containment on the flight to the United States after they were confirmed to have the virus and in hong kong theres been reports of panic buying and one instance Armed Robbers stole hundreds of toilet paper rolls store clark joins us now from hong kong so sara what else can you tell us about these 14 confirmed cases of u. S. Citizens having run a virus. This is an extraordinary and unfortunate situation as you mentioned the American Government sent through an aircraft to rescue those american cit