The nurse is caring for a nurse who provided care to soldiers during the Vietnam War. What information in this patient's history should the nurse use to understand the patient's nursing career?
1. The patient was still a student when serving in the war.
2. The patient's first patient care experiences were during a time of war.
3. The patient decided to leave the profession after serving in the war.
4. The patient contracted long-term illnesses from being overseas in a war.
Correct Answer: 2
Rationale 1: During the Vietnam War, approximately 11,000 American military women stationed in Vietnam were nurses. Most of them volunteered to go to Vietnam right after they graduated from nursing school, making them the youngest group of medical personnel ever to serve in wartime.
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