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9/27/2008 — Red Cross Nurses Provide Medical Care and Compassion to Hurricane Evacuees
Nurses have always been a cornerstone for the provision of services by the Red Cross. Tammy Moss and Jane Carlsen, both RNs, provide medical care to residents forced from their homes by Hurricane Ike.
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12/7/2007 — Four U.S. Nurses Receive Red Cross Medal
Nursing’s highest honor from the International Committee of the Red Cross goes to four U.S. nurses for their advancements to the profession.
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5/9/2007 — American Red Cross Celebrates National Nurses Week
National Nurses Week, which honors the many contributions of nurses and the nursing profession, ends each year on May 12 to coincide with the birthday of Florence Nightingale, considered by many to be the founder of modern nursing. But a nurse who was her contemporary, Clara Barton, helped make nursing popular in the United States, and a later nurse, Jane Delano, made nursing a cornerstone of the American Red Cross.
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12/6/2006 — Volunteer Brings Disaster Skills to Thousands of Arkansans
Cheryl K. Schmidt is one of those incredible Red Cross volunteers. By profession, Dr. Schmidt teaches at the University of Arkansas Medical Sciences College of Nursing in Little Rock, Ark. By avocation, she serves as the Arkansas State Nurse Liaison for the American Red Cross.
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5/3/2005 — Student Nurse Brings Flu Shots to African American Parishioners
Nicole Collins demonstrates her commitment to nursing and to her community by serving in the American Red Cross Influenza Program.
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4/22/2005 — Longtime Red Cross Volunteer Is Honored at National Event
Betty Jo Harvey, a mother of five and longtime registered nurse, remembers her subtle induction into the American Red Cross. “I found out that the local Red Cross chapter was looking for someone to teach babysitting courses,” she recollected. “So I offered to help.”
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12/10/2004 — Red Cross and Nursing Spectrum Honor Nurse Heroes
Every day, throughout the country, nurses devote their lives to helping others, and the recent Nurse Heroes awards saluted nurses who have saved lives under extraordinary circumstances and paid tribute to the entire nursing profession.
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