World War II Veteran Co-Founds Nurse Practitioner Program
February 03, 2025
February 03, 2025
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news:
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World War II Veteran Co-Founds Nurse Practitioner Program
A nationwide shortage of physicians in rural areas spurred a World War II nurse to work with a pediatrician and create the nurse practitioner program in 1965.
Loretta Ford, a native of the Bronx, New York City, earned her nursing diploma in 1941 and was working at Middlesex General Hospital in New Brun . . .
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World War II Veteran Co-Founds Nurse Practitioner Program
A nationwide shortage of physicians in rural areas spurred a World War II nurse to work with a pediatrician and create the nurse practitioner program in 1965.
Loretta Ford, a native of the Bronx, New York City, earned her nursing diploma in 1941 and was working at Middlesex General Hospital in New Brun . . .