MedCity News March 17, 2024
When you are a military nurse, you’re not just a clinical professional, you are also a soldier. Those roles take sacrifice, resilience, and courage. I urge leaders and policymakers to consider solutions to the crisis, including creating better incentives that will bolster the pipeline of students pursuing careers as military nurses.
Becoming a military nurse takes selfless dedication and requires you to put yourself in the line of danger. When I was only 23 years old, I was deployed to Iraq with just a three-day warning. Working in a tent field hospital, I was immediately thrown into the realities of providing patient care in a war zone. Without always having the necessary supplies or a sterile environment, it required us...