BIBFRAME Work

Title

Michael Harrington interview conducted by Carmen Vaughn-Hewitt, 2022-05-05

Type

• Non Music Audio
• Collection

Contribution

• Occupational Folklife Project (sponsor)
• Vaughn-Hewitt, Carmen L. (interviewer)
• Harrington, Michael David (interviewee)

Subject

• Community health services (LCSH)
• Harrington, Michael David (LCNAF)
• COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023 (LCSH)
• Nurses--Religious life (LCSH)
• Iraq War, 2003-2011--Medical care--United States (LCSH)
• Military nursing--United States (LCSH)
• African American nurses (LCSH)
• Digital photographs--Color--2020-2030 (GMGPC)
• Nurses--Training of (LCSH)
• Homeless persons--Medical care--United States (LCSH)
• Perseverance (Ethics) (LCSH)
• Male nurses (LCSH)
• Operating room nurses (LCSH)
• African American nurses--Societies, etc. (LCSH)
• Chi Eta Phi Sorority (LCNAF)
• Racism in the workplace (LCSH)
• Poverty (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Oral histories (LCGFT)
• Personal narratives (LCGFT)
• Sound recordings (LCGFT)
• Interviews (LCGFT)

Language

• English

Content

• spoken word

Summary

Michael David Harrington candidly discusses what inspired him to become a nurse and the obstacles he had to overcome in the process. He shares about his time in the military and describes what it was like to work as a nurse in Iraq during wartime. He also details the challenges he has faced as a case manager since the COVID pandemic, the role of faith in nursing, and the prejudice faced by male nurses and African American nurses. He concludes by detailing his membership in Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Inc. and giving some words of advice for young men thinking about entering the field of nursing.

Authorized Access Point

Harrington, Michael David. Michael Harrington interview conducted by Carmen Vaughn-Hewitt, 2022-05-05

Capture

Recorded at the Drury Plaza Hotel, San Antonio, Texas, May 5, 2022.

Geographic Coverage

• Texas

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:15:34.095345+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23555322

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc