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A contemporary history of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps / Mary T. Sarnecky.

by Sarnecky, Mary T.

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Washington, DC : Office of the Surgeon General, Borden Institute, Walter Reed Army Medical Center : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., [2010]

United States. Army Nurse Corps -- History.

Military nursing -- United States -- History.

9780160851254 (hardback)

[xviii], 556, xix-lvii pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cm

Foreword / Gale S. Pollock -- Preface -- Part One. The decade after the Vietnam War -- Evolution and reorganization -- Gender and minority issues -- Educational concerns and career advancement -- Readiness challenges -- Administrative questions -- Innovative roles -- Humanitarian relief and assistance missions in the 1970s -- Part Two. A decade of change -- New leadership and expanding horizons -- Refining quality of care strategies -- The shortage intensifies -- Preparing for action -- Refugee and humanitarian operations during the 1980s -- Additional deployments in the 1980s -- Part Three. The concluding decade of a century of service -- The post Cold War period -- Revamping the Medical Department and Army nursing -- New frontiers for Army Nurse Corps officers -- The Army and the Army Medical Department in Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm -- Army Nurse Corps leadership in Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm -- Army Nurse Corps activities in combat hospitals in Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm -- Army Nurse Corps activities in Europe and the continental United States in Operation Desert Shield/Operation Desert Storm and in the aftermath -- Operation Restore Hope in Somalia -- Operations in the Former Republic of Yugoslavia -- Operation Uphold Democracy in Haiti -- The final word : epilogue.

Mary T. Sarnecky, who had first-hand knowledge about U.S. Army Nurse Corps inner workings as an active duty officer, presents her analysis documenting U.S. Army Nurse Corps from the early 1970s to the beginning of the 21st century in the Borden Institute's latest release, A Contemporary History of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps. She addresses a remarkable episode in the organization's evolution, a period characterized by a series of progressive steps empowering Nurse Corps officers to assume key command and leadership positions in Army Medical Department. "It is imperative that we review the "lessons learned" from this period in our nursing history and utilize the experiences, knowledge, and leadership of these extremely talented and dedicated professional nurses," said Gale S. Pollock, Major General (Retired), CRNA, FACHE, FAAN, 22nd Chief, U.S. Army Nurse Corps. The book explores vital roles of Army Nurse Corps in supporting and sustaining high-level military operations that began with Operation Desert Storm. Professionalism, clinical competency, adaptability, and flexibility remain the hallmark of Army Nurse Corps. In tandem with her previous work (A History of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps published in 1999), Sarnecky offers a wealth of scholarly research narrated in her straightforward style imparting a rich institutional history of which all professional nurses should be proud--Publisher's description.

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