1943 - Founding director of Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II

* Petry Leone became the founding director of the Cadet Nurse Corps, created by Congress in 1943 to provide federal funds for housing and training costs of educating nurses. * The cost of a student's tuition, fees, room, and board as well as a monthly stipend would be paid. * From July 1943 to October 1945, about 132,000 women were admitted to colleges across the country under the act. * In exchange for federal funding, participating colleges were required to establish a 24- to 30-month accelerated education program for nurse candidates. The women who enrolled had to pledge to "engage in essential nursing, military or civilian, for the duration of the war.” * On graduation, the cadet nurse had received a complete nursing education, and was eligible to become a registered nurse. * The program was a success, training 124,000 nurse cadets, making it unnecessary to draft nurses for war service. * This program was instrumental in laying the academic foundations for standardized nursing education.

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Category:
Nursing; Public Health

Completion Status:
done

Patent Number:
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