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New Burdens on Nurses in Age of Atom
Miss Ethel Johns of Toronto told 5,000 ICN delegates that the Atomic Age demands new nursing knowledge and skills. She warned disasters like Hiroshima and Nagasaki could devastate any country and that ICN and its 32 member organizations must lead nurse preparedness. She urged cooperation with UNESCO and WHO and noted nursing’s universal service to enemies and friends alike. Emilie Sargent of Detroit praised current nurse employment and highlighted limited unemployment protection and evolving prepayment health insurance considerations in medicine.
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Atlantic City
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Ethel Johns
Toronto
Canadian Nurses Association
International Council of Nurses
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Miss Johns
Emilie G. Sargent
Detroit Visiting Nurses Association
United States
Medical Society