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Answering call for volunteer nurses aides. Volunteer nurses aides assist graudate nurses by making and changing beds. Photo taken in women's surgical ward of Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D.C., showing volunteer nurses aide, Miss Romay Johnson (left) and Mrs. Dora Boston (right) changing bedsheet
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Credit lineAnswering call for volunteer nurses aides. Volunteer nurses aides assist graudate nurses by making and changing beds. Photo taken in women's surgical ward of Freedmen's Hospital, Washington, D.C., sho. 1943-01-01. Smith, Roger, United States. Office Of War Information. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Collection, Library of Congress. Public domain.
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