Highlighted Features

Disaster Management

Helping earthquake survivors cope with stress
01 June 2010
Association focuses on psychosocial needs of Haitians.
Hidden treasures: Four great reasons to sign up for an international mission trip
By Sherylyn M. Watson, 14 May 2010
Looking for a good reason to leave your comfort zone? (open access)
Vermont team responds to crisis in Haiti
By Jane Palmer, 12 May 2010
More than 100 volunteers aid in disaster relief.
Haiti: ‘Once you’ve been there, you are never the same.’
By Jane Palmer, 11 May 2010
Disaster relief leads to new perspective for surgical nurse
Baccalaureate nursing school changing health care in Haiti
By Jane Palmer, 10 May 2010
School prepares nurses for Haiti’s current and future health care needs
Nurses help nurses with Haiti relief
05 February 2010
Nurses at U of Michigan and Johns Hopkins find ways to aid nation in turmoil.
UN agency rushes maternal health supplies to Haiti
14 January 2010
Pregnant women especially vulnerable following earthquake
Nurses demand closure of swine flu safety gaps
06 August 2009
Protest follows first nurse death from H1N1
23 February 2009
Hurricane Ike’s flooding caused massive damage, but the recovery triggered a cooperative spirit and changes in nursing education.
By Shela Akbar Ali Hirani, 21 November 2008
Through knowledge, support and advocacy, nurses empower the powerless.
By Ashante Dobbs, 02 March 2007
Lynda Nauright offered Mardi Gras beads in exchange for nursing textbooks, which were donated to Dillard University to replace some of the textbooks destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.
03 March 2006
Nurses Amy Spurlock and Deidre Blank report on Hurricane Katrina relief efforts in which they participated.
By Rafat Jan Rukanuddin, 03 March 2006
Rafat Jan Rukanuddin, assistant professor and director of BSN and post-RN BSN programs at Aga Khan University School of Nursing in Karachi, Pakistan, reports on efforts by AKU nurses to relieve suffering for survivors of the October 2005 earthquake in Kashmir.
By Thomas Pryor, 02 December 2005
How one family devastated by last year’s tsunami found hope in the midst of despair.
Editor’s blog: Goodbye, comfort!
Meet some of your amazing colleagues. (open access)