U.S. Cadet Nurses Corps Induction Service

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Title

U.S. Cadet Nurses Corps Induction Service

Subject

VUMC History, Nursing

Description

The Nashville nurse cadet ceremony consisted of 370 cadet nurses, including 108 from Vanderbilt. St. Thomas and Nashville General hospitals provide 89 nurses, Meharry Medical College provided 57 nurses, and Protestant hospital provided 27. In all, 96,000 cadet nurses were inducted simultaneously nationwide, and the US surgeon general conducted the swearing-in over NBC radio.

Creator

Wiles-Hood

Source

Mary Lou Donaldson Photograph Collection, Vanderbilt University History of Medicine Collections

Date

1944-05

Rights

Copyright is retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.

Identifier

Nurs_19_01_058

Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Photographic print

Physical Dimensions

10 in. x 8 in.

Collection

VUMC People

Citation

Wiles-Hood, “U.S. Cadet Nurses Corps Induction Service,” VUMC Through Time: A Photographic Archive, accessed January 22, 2022, https://eblthroughtime.library.vanderbilt.edu/items/show/11694.

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