A hard days work institutional nursing in the post-world war II era

Nursing History Review

Volumn 8, Issue , 2000, Pages 169-184

  Grando, Victoria T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SALARY AND FRINGE BENEFIT; UNITED STATES; WAR; WORKLOAD;

HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; SALARIES AND FRINGE BENEFITS; UNITED STATES; WAR; WOMEN, WORKING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033630664     PISSN: 10628061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1062-8061.8.1.169     Document Type: Article

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3. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Economic Status of Registered Professional Nurses, BLS bulletin 931 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947), 4;
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6. U.S. Department of Labor, Economic Status, 4;
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