Mercy Medical Center Implosion
Mercy scientific Center’s Environmental Services employee Mike Lane (right) and his son, Chris Lane, (left) detonate the charges imploding Mercy Hospital’s college of Nursing, 610 8th St. SE in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, Feb. 28, 2009. (Jonathan D. Woods/The Gazette)
thefilmarchived.blogspot.com The United States military Nurse Corps was formally established by the Congress in 1901. The nursing provider for the United States Army and provides qualified nursing staff in support of the Department of Defense medical plans. This corps is composed only of registered nurses (RN). AR 135-100, AR 135-101, AR 601-100, and applicable Army Nurse Corps circulars in the DA circular 601-FY-X series list qualifications for access. The US Army Nurse Corps (AN) consists entirely of commissioned officials. Nurses who wish to serve as an Army Nurse are required to hold an unrestricted Registered Nurse (RN) license prior to receiving a fee. For the Active Army, a Bachelor of technological know-how in Nursing (BSN) level is required. Reserve component nurses may commission with a BSN, Associate of Science in Nursing degree (ADN), or a Diploma in Nursing but they will have to obtain their BSN in order to be eligible for promotion to the rank of Major. The US Army is evaluating this standard and may determine that entry level for Reserve Component officers will be a BSN. At this time the decision has not been made and nurses remain in high demand. The degree conferring school must furthermore be National League for Nursing (NLN) accredited in order for a nurse to be eligible for commissioning. At the start of the war in Dec. 1941, there had been fewer than 1000 nurses in the Army Nurse Corps and 700 in the Navy Nurse Corps. All were women. Colonel Flikke’s small headquarters in 1942 …
