title: Developments in the RN first assistant role during the Korean War.
abstract: During times of war, demand for health care providers has stimulated increased employment of nurses and broadened the dimensions of the scope of nursing practice in the surgical arena. This article examines how the work of army nurses during the Korean War helped develop the role of the RN first assistant.
authors.affiliation: VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: Deborah L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Hallquist
mesh_terms: D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006775:Hospitals, Packaged / Q000266:history; D006801:Humans; D047869:Korean War; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000266:history*; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000266:history*; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000266:history*; D017009:Professional Autonomy; D014481:United States