The CWS credential displays to patients, employers and peers a dedication to the highest standards and achievement in wound care. Achieve board certification, a formal recognition of a master level knowledge and specialty practice in wound management.
U.S. enters World War I. On April 6, 1917, two days after the U.S. Senate votes 82 to 6 to declare war against Germany, the U.S. House of Representatives endorses the decision by a vote of 373 to 50, and the United States formally enters the First World War.
The United States entered World War I for numerous reasons. A German victory would have upset the established balance of power. Should England and her fleet fall into the hands of Germany, the United States would have been in extreme peril to further German expansion.