Adele Poston
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Adele Suyder Poston Sanford (September 7, 1884 – May 15, 1979 ) was a leading psychiatric nurse in the United States and Chief Nurse at Army Base Hospital 117 in La Fauche, France, during World War I. As Chief Nurse of the first and most significant psychiatric hospital to be near the front lines in a war, she (and the nurses she supervised) treated soldiers with shell-shock (now called post-traumatic stress disorder) and "war neurosis". Poston founded the first Psychiatric Nurses Bureau in New York City and led the Adele Poston Agency of New York City until her retirement in her 80s.
Adele Suyder Poston Sanford (September 7, 1884 – May 15, 1979 ) was a leading psychiatric nurse in the United States and Chief Nurse at Army Base Hospital 117 in La Fauche, France, during World War I. As Chief Nurse of the first and most significant psychiatric hospital to be near the front lines in a war, she (and the nurses she supervised) treated soldiers with shell-shock (now called post-traumatic stress disorder) and "war neurosis". Poston founded the first Psychiatric Nurses Bureau in New York City and led the Adele Poston Agency of New York City until her retirement in her 80s.
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