TY - JOUR
T1 - Air Force Nursing Executive leadership impact on health care 2004–2008
AU - Hughes, Victoria
PY - 2019/1/1
Y1 - 2019/1/1
N2 - Recorded history allows us to recognize our past and can contribute to the present and future nursing practice. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the United States Air Force Nursing Executive leadership on military health care transformation, through Major General (Retired) Melissa A. Rank's personal stories and experiences. This study explores the development and impact of Air Force nursing in its historical, social, and global context between the years of 2004–2008. The oral history method was used to explore and record the professional life experiences of a great military nurse leader. The United States Air Force Nurse Corps has contributed to global healthcare via humanitarian medical support, medical disaster relief, aeromedical patient transport, development of best practices, advances in technology, education programs, and transformation in deployed medical care during times of war, peace, and natural disasters.
AB - Recorded history allows us to recognize our past and can contribute to the present and future nursing practice. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of the United States Air Force Nursing Executive leadership on military health care transformation, through Major General (Retired) Melissa A. Rank's personal stories and experiences. This study explores the development and impact of Air Force nursing in its historical, social, and global context between the years of 2004–2008. The oral history method was used to explore and record the professional life experiences of a great military nurse leader. The United States Air Force Nurse Corps has contributed to global healthcare via humanitarian medical support, medical disaster relief, aeromedical patient transport, development of best practices, advances in technology, education programs, and transformation in deployed medical care during times of war, peace, and natural disasters.
KW - Air Force Nursing
KW - Air Force Nursing Global Impact
KW - History Military Nursing
KW - Major General Rank
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U2 - 10.1016/j.outlook.2018.11.006
DO - 10.1016/j.outlook.2018.11.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 30795851
AN - SCOPUS:85061719988
SN - 0029-6554
JO - Nursing outlook
JF - Nursing outlook
ER -