Nurse jones

Nurse I Jones, RN, FRCN, FFEN was a registered nurse and Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing during W.W.2. Iana's parents, Jorge and Hilda moved from Wales to London where she was born.

Ian'a Jones (served in total over 25 years in nursing) held a range of nursing qualifications during this time, as well as creating several innovative field medicine practices still used today including the fields of Assessment and Remote Medical Emergencies (Still used in the Hospital Corpsman training and the Division and Brigade Surgeon's Handbook, Chapter 2.4.1) . She had always been interested in emergency nursing, and was from there commissioned at the start of WW2 with the 2nd Casualty clearing Station.

Captain Jones is survived by her parents, and 2 sisters Christine Page Jones, Iwan Heil Jones who still live in the UK. A memorial service was held on ,August 18 at the London Pride Proving Ground, where she was buried with full honours and still remembered as a valued member of the medical corps who progressed field medicine to where it is today.



Link :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stories/51/a5693051.shtml
 
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