Nurse practitioners are RNs with further education ... Dr. Ford felt a calling to join the nursing branch of the Army Air Forces, she once told an interviewer. She became a staff officer with ...

So Ford, who died Jan. 22 at the age of 104, charted a stealth approach. Rather than confronting or challenging physicians, she teamed up with one of them, Henry K. Silver, a pedi ...

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As I cared for this young marine, I realized that I was not just a nurse, but a caregiver for real-life American heroes.” ...

And she emphasized that nurse practitioners were not there to replace ... inspiring her to join the U.S. Army Air Forces, intending to be a flight nurse. But her poor eyesight disqualified her ...