NNCA

Official Twitter site of the Navy Nurse Corps Association. Promoting the Navy Nurse Corps legacy through camaraderie, mentorship and historical preservation.

[Doughboy Foundation @ww1memorialdc]

Jan '23 WWI DISPATCH newsletter: Enjoy these stories - "Honor Your Family's WWI Veterans with Daily Taps at WWI Memorial, DC;" "WWI Navy Nurse Namesake for New Destroyer;" "How Black WWI Veterans Shaped the Civil Rights Movement in America;" & more: https://t.co/yGyh7tHU0w #WWI

[Navy Medicine @NavyMedicine]

Historical photos - On This Day in Navy medicine

Just a few of us. "Not All?" [Nurses. Nursing.] [Portraits.] [Women.] [Wold War II] Naval Hospital San Diego, California
08/23/1944

#navymedicine #NMCSanDiego #NMRTCSanDiego #NurseCorps #Navymedicalhistory

[Navy Medicine @NavyMedicine]

PEOPLE - LCDR Candyce Curry, a clinical nurse specialist, demonstrates flushing a central line in the simulation room at NH Jacksonville’s Multi-Service Unit. Curry holds a master of science in nursing & specializes in gerontology. #FacesofNHJax #navymedicine #NavyNurseCorps #4ps

[Navy Medicine @NavyMedicine]

Pax health clinic nurse saves life on Southwest Flight
Naval Health Clinic Patuxent River infection prevention nurse Yulissa Brown performed lifesaving CPR on an unconscious woman aboard a commercial airline flight bound for Orlando, July 2.
https://t.co/tbJmSOaPU7
#navymedicine

[Scot Cregan @scotcregan]

@NavyMedicine BZ! @NASPaxRiverPAO

[Navy Medicine @NavyMedicine]

A message from the Surgeon General of the US Navy from aboard the USS Constitution. 🎆Happy 4th of July from #NavyMedicine!🎆

[Warrior Canine Connection @WarriorCanineCn]

Join us in welcoming WCC’s Pinky

Named in honor of United States Navy Captain Joan “Pinky” Glass, Ret.

#FurTheLoveOfVeterans

[Warrior Canine Connection @WarriorCanineCn]

Join us in welcoming WCC’s Sue  

Named in honor of United States Navy Commander Susanne Russell Armstrong, Ret.  

#FurTheLoveOfVeterans

[Navy Medicine @NavyMedicine]

Historical photos - On This Day in Navy medicine

Nurses Quarter. U.S. Navy Yard, Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii. Quarters, Laboratory and animal house. Interior of Nurses' Quarters, southeast end porch, furnished, looking southwest.
07/01/1929

#navymedicine

[The Washington Times @WashTimes]

Navy names next destroyer after pioneering nurse Lenah Sutcliffe Higbee https://t.co/uujEwtnWel

[MCPON John Perryman @NavyMCPON]

On April 7, 1945, Kendeigh became the 1st female @USNavy flight nurse to make wounded evacuation trips to Okinawa and Finch became the first female war correspondent to cover this battle.

https://t.co/Wy7uJMQkLO

[MCPON John Perryman @NavyMCPON]

Brave, Bold, and Fearless Firsts: Wartime Experiences of Two Women at Iwo Jima and Okinawa - Ensign Jane Kendeigh and Barbara Finch

Read the full story here: https://t.co/Wy7uJMQkLO

[U.S. Navy @USNavy]

A wonderful story, a wonderful Sailor. #FridayFeeling

#USNavy Nurse Overcomes Life’s Challenges, Helps Community #SinkCOVID.

READ NOW ➡️ https://t.co/hKTBFYXo7H

[VAMarylandHealthCare @MDVAHCS]

Nurse MeMe Collins joined the Navy at 17, inspired by seeing her cousin complete bootcamp. Her favorite duty station was 32nd Street in San Diego. Now she is the ICU Nurse Manager at VAMarylandHCS where she puts the skills she learned in the Navy in serve to fellow Veterans

[More Than A Headstone @MTAHFtLogan]

Rose Weinberg worked as a hospital social worker and nurse for over ten years. When WWII started, Weinberg joined the Navy and worked as a nurse throughout the duration of the war. Read about the extraordinary life of Rose Weinberg at https://t.co/x5db1aYlsu

[National Museum of the United States Navy @NtlMuseumUSNavy]

On November 1, 1963 Lieutenant Commander Bobbi Hovis, Nurse Corps, was stationed in Saigon during the coup d'etat that overthrew President Ngo Dinh Diem of the Republic of [South] Vietnam.

#WomensHistoryMonth #NavyNurse #VietnamWar #VietnamVeteran #NavyReadiness #NMUSN

[Veterans Affairs @DeptVetAffairs]

Navy Veteran Villa Hovis shared her experience as a nurse with the Vietnam War Commemoration, a project that preserves Vietnam Veterans’ memories. Hovis was one of only seven Navy women nurses in Vietnam at the time of her service. Read more at https://t.co/niQtHqAibn

[DVIDSHub @DVIDSHub]

U.S #Navy Lt. j.g. Bianca de Leon, a nurse with #Okinawa Naval Hospital's labor and delivery section, explains why she strives towards growth in her life … https://t.co/Rl4rOJ3y48 #Nurses #military

[NeighborsTaken @NeighborsTaken]

ONE YEAR AGO TODAY.

JUDY WILSON-GRIFFIN, 60, of St. Louis, Missouri, died of COVID on March 20, 2020.

She was a gifted perinatal clinical nurse, and served on active duty in the Gulf War in the US Navy Reserve Corp.

https://t.co/azOEFZY2Ez

[Navy Medicine @NavyMedicine]

Last of the Navy’s Nurse Warrant Officers retires.

“Remember why you joined the Navy, see the world, and all of the amazing beauty it has to offer and always remember to treat everyone you meet with dignity and respect.”

Read her story here: https://t.co/nBl3ZeJHz9