Telford Jennifer Casavant
University of Connecticut School of Nursing, USA.
Can Bull Med Hist. 2010;27(1):85-99. doi: 10.3138/cbmh.27.1.85.
This article explores the history of the creation of the Army and Navy Female Nurse Corps and the debate that ensued between American nursing leaders Jane Delano, director of the Red Cross Nursing Service, M. Adelaide Nutting, president of the American Federation of Nurses, and Annie Goodrich, dean of the Army School of Nursing, over the use of untrained nurses' aids to offset the nursing shortage that resulted from the United States entry into the Great War in 1917. The recruitment of minimally or untrained nurses' aids to offset the nursing shortage of the World War I era was a logical solution for American nursing leaders who had to meet the needs for nursing personnel. The exclusion of trained African American nurses, however, was a gross oversight on the part of these leaders. Whether or not this action compromised the status of nursing as a profession is still a matter of interest. Moreover, the debate about the delivery of care by unlicensed personnel continues.
本文探讨了陆军和海军女性护士团的创建历史，以及红十字会护理服务主任简·德拉诺、美国护士联合会主席M. 阿德莱德·纳廷和陆军护理学院院长安妮·古德里奇等美国护理界领袖之间就使用未经培训的护士助理来缓解因美国1917年参加第一次世界大战而导致的护理人员短缺问题所引发的争论。招募极少接受培训或未经培训的护士助理来缓解第一次世界大战时期的护理人员短缺，对于那些必须满足护理人员需求的美国护理界领袖来说，是一个合乎逻辑的解决方案。然而，这些领袖将训练有素的非裔美国护士排除在外，这是一个严重的疏忽。这一行为是否损害了护理作为一门专业的地位，仍是一个值得关注的问题。此外，关于非持证人员提供护理服务的争论仍在继续。
