As most nurses certainly are aware, this year’s flu season is exceptional. It has surged earlier than in previous years and as of mid-January is widespread across all 50 states. There has been a significant wave of flu cases in […]
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Nurses work every day to give compassionate care to their patients. But when a natural disaster strikes, the duties of a nurse are expanded beyond the workplace. Nurses often heed the call to help, whether the catastrophe is at home
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In October 2012, Rebecca Lee, RN, was working at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Hurricane Sandy hit, and it hit hard. Lee recalls that all the subways, highways, tunnels, and bridges were closed. Streetlights were out. Robberies and looting
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The American Nurses Association (ANA) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have recently partnered to create the Nursing Infection Control Education (NICE) Network. NICE Network members come from 20 specialty nursing organizations holding memberships with ANA in collaboration
