The Professionalisation of Nursing through the 1920s and 1930s:  The Impact of War and Voluntarism

Melanie Oppenheimer

The Professionalisation of Nursing through the 1920s and 1930s: The Impact of War and Voluntarism

Melanie Oppenheimer

College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

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Abstract

The tension between the professional nurse and the unpaid, untrained 'intruder' - the Voluntary Aid Detachment or VAD - during World War I played an integral role in the interwar period as the nursing profession sought to improve its training and practices.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The First World War, the Universities and the Professions in Australia, 1914-1939
Editors	Kate Darian-Smith, James Waghorne
Place of Publication	Victoria, Australia
Publisher	Melbourne University Publishing
Chapter	7
Pages	94-111
Number of pages	18
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9780522872903
ISBN (Print)	9780522872897, 9780522872910
Publication status	Published - 19 Feb 2019

Keywords

Nursing
World War 1
professionalism

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