Nurses! Let's stand up and help the victims of Hurricane Harvey!

Nicely done. I am in Fort Worth and the scope of this event is just unbelievable. I plan to donate money and blood and hopefully help in any way I can.

3 shelters open in Dallas and preparing a 4th in the convention center to take in 5,000 people starting tomorrow.

They are going to have to evacuate Ben Taub hospital with 350 patients they are saying.

Just unreal. All these people are going to need homes and jobs. Not sure how you even do that. Thankful for all the dedicated people and professionals that are giving their all to help and for efforts like yours.

I'm donating blood today, but I guess I was thinking more about Labor Day Weekend and the extra need for blood related to car accidents. Thank you for pointing out that the various disaster relief organizations need money!

Thank you all so much. I don't want to say where I grew up for fear of outing myself but I just want to say thank you for everyone's help & support. It really means a lot. I don't have much money to donate but I am trying to help in any way possible. It was gut wrenching watching my town get torn to bits.

When I gave blood today, the Red Cross nurse said the need for blood in the areas affected by Harvey is critical because they can't have their own blood drives, and the need for blood is constant. In addition, we have Labor Day weekend coming up. This nurse also told me that the Red Cross has struggled - in our area, at least - to keep up with the need for blood since spring.

The need for dollar donations is huge right now, too, so take your pick. There are lots of ways to help.

Is there a way to help out for those of us who can? I am an LVN in California and also in school for my Bachelor's but having difficulty finding info on volunteering.

Got this email from Fastaff today if anyone was thinking about going down to help:

Fastaff nurses are known as the first to serve in urgent and crucial situations. If you are available immediately to react and care for victims of Hurricane Harvey in Texas and affected states, please apply today.

The Texas Board of Nursing is offering expedited temporary licenses to nurses responding to Hurricane Harvey, and Fastaff will reimburse the cost. If you need help procuring a Texas state license, please apply today to be contacted by a Fastaff recruiter.

Lycoriselaine said:

Is there a way to help out for those of us who can? I am an LVN in California and also in school for my Bachelor's but having difficulty finding info on volunteering.

I don't think LVNs can travel into different states, I know RNs can. If you are interested you can try contacting Fastaff to see if you can. But LVNs have different scopes of practice from state to state, whereas RNs don't.

I live in Houston. It is terrible here not going to lie about that. But we will prevail.

LVNS can travel. They do have a lot of needs. Favorite healthcare staffing has needs

https://bon.texas.gov/hurricaneharvey.asp

I live in southeast Texas and if we wanted to help, there is no way on the freeways that we can commute. They are all flooded.

Kyrshamarks said:

I live in Houston. It is terrible here not going to lie about that. But we will prevail.

All of the Texas coast will rebuild. I'm sorry for your loss. So many of my friends came home to nothing. I am just devastated for them. My heart breaks for everyone. I just want to win the lottery to help everyone. Watching my home town get demolished was just so painful.