Keywords: outdoor 09-8645-1 A patient has his traction adjusted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Jerry McClelland, a new nurse on the staff at the Naval Hospital Portsmouth, Virginia. When men were first permitted to join the Navy Nurse Corps in 1965 they were primarily used in orthopedic, urology and neuropsychiatric wards. Before the transition of men into the nursing community, heated discussion between the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and the Bureau of Personnel took place to decide how to use this new resource. [Portraits.] [Splints (Surgery). Orthopedic apparatus.] [Nurses. Nursing.] [Scene.] Jerry McClelland. 09-8645-1 A patient has his traction adjusted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Jerry McClelland, a new nurse on the staff at the Naval Hospital Portsmouth, Virginia. When men were first permitted to join the Navy Nurse Corps in 1965 they were primarily used in orthopedic, urology and neuropsychiatric wards. Before the transition of men into the nursing community, heated discussion between the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and the Bureau of Personnel took place to decide how to use this new resource. [Portraits.] [Splints (Surgery). Orthopedic apparatus.] [Nurses. Nursing.] [Scene.] Jerry McClelland. |