U.S. Cadet Nurses Corps Induction Service
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.
Mary Lou Donaldson Photograph Collection, Vanderbilt University History of Medicine Collections
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U.S. Cadet Nurses take the induction pledge at War Memorial Auditorium. 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.
U.S. Cadet Nurses Corps Induction Parade
U.S. Cadet Nurses Corps induction parade. Broad St. Nashville, Tennessee, May 1943; Hereford, Julia (left front). Nursing students from all over Nashville participated in the parade and induction ceremonies.
VUMC History, Nursing, Vanderbilt Alumni
Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Class of 1941 members
Clinical Teaching, October 1944, Informal Composite
Picture of Clinical Teaching, October 1944
Vanderbilt Department of Medical Illustration
Public Health Nursing Students, June 1944, Informal Composite
Picture of Public Health Nursing Students, June 1944
Ward Management and Ward Teaching, Second Term 1943-44, Informal Composite
New Students of Ward Management and Ward Teaching, Second Term 1943-44
Ward Management and Ward Teaching, First Term 1943-44, Informal Composite
Picture of Ward Management and Ward Teaching, First Term 1943-1944
Public Health Nursing Students, First Term 1943-44, Informal Composite
Picture of Public Health Nursing Students, First Term 1943-1944
Public Health Nursing Students, January 1944, Informal Composite
Picture of Public Health Nursing Students, January 1944