United States Army Nurse Corps

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_Army_Nurse_Corps

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	military nursing corps
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:ANC
gptkbp:approvedBy	gptkb:Army_Reorganization_Act_of_1901
gptkbp:awarded	gptkb:Bronze_Star_Medal gptkb:Distinguished_Service_Medal gptkb:Legion_of_Merit gptkb:Purple_Heart gptkb:Army_Commendation_Medal
gptkbp:branch	gptkb:United_States_Army_Medical_Department
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:employs	nurse anesthetists clinical nurse specialists nurse practitioners registered nurses nurse midwives
gptkbp:firstSuperintendent	gptkb:Dita_H._Kinney
gptkbp:founded	1901
gptkbp:gender	men and women (since 1955) women only (until 1955)
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Falls_Church,_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States Army Nurse Corps
gptkbp:motto	Embrace the past – Engage the present – Envision the future
gptkbp:notableCommander	gptkb:Florence_A._Blanchfield gptkb:Clara_Barton gptkb:Dita_H._Kinney gptkb:Hazel_W._Johnson-Brown
gptkbp:notableEvent	first male nurses commissioned in 1955 established as permanent corps in 1901 first African American chief appointed in 1979 first female general officer in 1970
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Florence_A._Blanchfield gptkb:Clara_Barton gptkb:Anna_Mae_Hays gptkb:Hazel_W._Johnson-Brown
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:United_States_Army_Medical_Department
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:primaryUse	provide nursing care to soldiers and their families
gptkbp:regimentalInsignia	gold caduceus with 'N'
gptkbp:relatedOrganization	gptkb:Army_Medical_Department_(AMEDD) gptkb:United_States_Air_Force_Nurse_Corps gptkb:United_States_Navy_Nurse_Corps
gptkbp:servedIn	gptkb:Gulf_War gptkb:Iraq_War gptkb:Korean_War gptkb:Vietnam_War gptkb:War_in_Afghanistan gptkb:World_War_I gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:symbol	caduceus with 'N'
gptkbp:website	https://armynursecorps.amedd.army.mil/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Rosemary_Hogan gptkb:Della_H._Raney gptkb:Tuskegee_Airmen_Nurses
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6