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Below is the official statement regarding the death of allnurses.com Founder, Brian Short. Some of you may have seen an earlier statement posted here that contained additional information. We have removed that statement because we are committed to protecting the privacy of all concerned. Thank you for your support. We are committed to pursuing the allnurses mission and supporting our community. Thank you for your continued support.

Official Statement Regarding Passing of Brian Short, Founder of allnurses.com, September 12, 2015

We are deeply saddened by the unexpected death of Brian Short, founder of allnurses.com. We respectfully request that you grant the company's employees, friends, families and associates privacy during this difficult time. allnurses will continue to support nursing professionals by providing an unparalleled peer-to-peer online community where they can share experiences and learn from and support one another.

Please use this thread to post your comments of condolence and gratitude for Brian who created this wonderful nursing community that has benefited so many.

Specializes in Telemetry.

I hope Brian knew how much All Nurses means to so many people.

I found knowledge, advice, comfort, humor, and camaraderie here.

I feel like I know a lot of the members and am so glad I found this place.

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Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.
There was an initial post under this same title. Was it posted there? We had a technical glitch and that entire thread disappeared. If it was in that post, it cannot be retrieved. Sorry.

Please everyone re-share your thoughts here if you can, horrible time for a technical glitch, but it happened. As you can imagine, this thread has a lot of views/activity.

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical/Float Pool/Stepdown.

I just cannot believe such a tragedy has happened! God bless, God speed to family and friends with finding peace and closure.

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Again, my prayers go out to his family and loved ones.

He has directly and indirectly been such a huge impact on the nursing community and will be sorely missed.

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Specializes in Peds, Med-Surg, Disaster Nsg, Parish Nsg.
The admin and the rest of the staff is working through this horrible news and attempting to keep all the posts together. There have been some technical glitches, please bear with the staff, as you can imagine, everyone is personally and professionally affected.

Yes it has been a tremendous shock to those of us who have worked alongside Brian for years and considered him a wonderful and dear friend. We are doing our best to keep things running smoothly.

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Specializes in Gerontology.

Again, very sad news. My heart goes out to all the effected families.

Brian will be missed.

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Specializes in critical care.

An ixchel list for Brian:

Why I am thankful for AllNurses

1. Real questions with real answers.

2. I don't have nurse friends IRL. I have you guys.

3. An introduction to nurse culture before becoming a nurse.

4. The opportunity to mentor and be mentored.

5. An understanding of what all of this "nursey stuff" means overall. (A bigger picture, if you will.)

6. An opportunity to learn from starkly contrasting points of view, along with where those points of view come from.

7. Fellowship.

8. A launchpad for research.

9. The ability to gauge my own responses to a situation with responses of others. (Otherwise known as, "am I crazy for thinking this?")

And the biggest reason I am thankful for AllNurses:

10. I found this place as a prenursing student and still am here as an "experienced" nurse. I've gained personal and professional development from the wisdom and experiences of others. I've learned it's okay to cry. I've learned it's okay to be dark. I've learned so, so much and will continue to learn more in the years to come.

Brian gave me this. I'm deeply thankful for that. My condolences to those touched by this unspeakable tragedy.

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Specializes in public health, women's health, reproductive health.

I'm stunned. I love this site and it has helped me in so many ways from the beginning of my inklings of becoming a nurse. I am a nurse now and this site has been an important part of (and companion on) my journey. I have no idea what brought this tragedy to pass. But may those grieving find peace.

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.

Deepest condolences to the Short family, friends and extended family in this most difficult and tragic time. I know Brian was aware of the impact and reach of this site, hence why he never sold despite many offers. May peace and comfort come to those left behind. It's still difficult to process.

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Specializes in NICU, Infection Control.

I found Brian and allnurses way back in 2000. The comraderie, the mentoring, the sharing, the humor and compassion (and the whining) that is nursing is all here. I'm not sure what Brian thought he was starting, but I'm sure it went beyond his initial imagination.

A bright light is gone.

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Specializes in Adult Internal Medicine.

Brian and the community he created took me from a pre-nursing student to a career I love every day.

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Specializes in Education, FP, LNC, Forensics, ED, OB.

Truly a sad day.

Still in shock and words fail me.

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