Today in military history: First female officer in the US Army
On July 9, 1947, Florence Blanchfield became the first female officer in the United States Army. After 30 years of service in the Army Nurse Corps, where she held the…
Lenah H. Sutcliffe Higbee: The US Navy’s First Living Female Navy Cross Recipient
The average US citizen may hear the names of US Navy aircraft carriers, battleships, and destroyers, and not realize the significance behind those namesakes. For the US Navy sailors who…
A nurse murdered 7 veterans, police are still looking for the motive
A former nursing assistant at a VA hospital in West Virginia admitted to murdering seven elderly veterans and attempted to kill an eighth according to court documents.
Reta Mays, 46, who formerly worked at the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs…
When heroes need heroes: VA Nevada nurses deploy to New Jersey
Recently, I had the honor of sitting with five Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs) from VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System in a quiet private airport in Reno, Nevada. We were waiting for their jet, courtesy of the U.S. Air Force, to arrive and whisk t…
VA celebrates nurses during National Nurses Week 2020
This National Nurses Week, we salute the over 100,000 VA nurses who work tirelessly every day to serve our nation’s Veterans — and have continued to demonstrate their commitment and dedication throughout this historic global situation.
“VA…
MIGHTY HEROES: One family, three essential workers
As a second grade teacher in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Candice Fallon is always thinking about the spread of germs.
“My second graders aren’t the best at keeping germs to themselves,” Fallon told We Are The Mighty. “When I initially hear…
On the front lines of the battle with COVID-19, a nurse’s story
When one nurse chose emergency medicine for its fast paced environment and continual learning, she never dreamed she’d be working through a global pandemic.
Alyssa Piegari has been drawn to the emergency room (ER) ever since she graduate…
This Civil War nurse made a big impact on wounded soldiers
In section 42 of Beaufort National Cemetery is a modest private marker for Emma Morrill Fogg French. In addition to her name and years of birth and death — 1831-1898 — is the simple inscription “Hospital Nurse.”
Emma (or Emeline) M. Morr…
Army vet steps up during in-flight medical emergency
You never think a medical emergency is going to happen to you, but what if it does? And what if you are on a flight, two hours from your destination and over the Atlantic Ocean?
Hopefully, when the flight attendants ask for medical personnel …