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In 2001, California enacted phlebotomy licensure following a public health outcry about an on-the-job trained phlebotomist that re-used needles. [15] [16] California has two levels of phlebotomy licensure: Certified Phlebotomy Technician I (CPT I) – authorized to perform skin puncture and venipuncture blood collection. [17]
Virginia Proctor Powell Florence (October 1, 1897 – April 3, 1991) was a trailblazer in both African-American history and the history of librarianship. In 1923 she became the first black woman in the United States to earn a degree in library science. [ 1 ]
Charles Richard Drew (June 3, 1904 – April 1, 1950) was an American surgeon and medical researcher. He researched in the field of blood transfusions, developing improved techniques for blood storage, and applied his expert knowledge to developing large-scale blood banks early in World War II.
The battalion was led by Charity Adams, the first Black woman to be commissioned into the WAC. She received her mission order to deploy to Europe in late 1944, and the 6888th’s 855 members were ...
Virginia Avenel Henderson (November 30, 1897 – March 19, 1996) was an American nurse, researcher, theorist, and writer. [1]Henderson is famous for a definition of nursing: "The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the ...
Richard Henry Greene (1833–1877) was the first African American to graduate from Yale University. After a brief stint as a schoolteacher, he worked mainly as a physician in Hoosick, New York . During the American Civil War , he received an MD from Dartmouth and served as an acting assistant surgeon in the United States Navy .
House Democratic Caucus says Scott’s personal story is of resilience, second chances and historic firsts RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia’s […] The post Virginia to have its first Black House ...
Virginia Estelle Randolph (May 1870 – March 16, 1958) was an American educator in Henrico County, Virginia. [1] She was named the United States' first "Jeanes Supervising Industrial Teacher" by her Superintendent of Schools, Jackson Davis, [2] and she led a program funded by the Jeanes Foundation to upgrade vocational training throughout the U.S. South as her career progressed.