Topics About 'Hurricane'.

Hello all, so I am located at the very end of south Florida near the keys! My question is simply this, I'm supposed to work weekend during this hurricane which some are saying could be deadly. I have a small child and his safety is my priority. I wan...

On Monday, August 26, 2019, three nurses turned themselves in on arrest warrants for the heat-related deaths of 12 nursing home residents. Eight people died on September 13, 2017, at the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, after power-outages ...

I knew it was coming, but I didn't ever dream it would be this bad. I have been in hurricanes before. Where I live, the wind always is strong, so tropical storm winds are equal to Spring time weather. At work in our hospital, we focused on getting in...

A friend asked me recently, "Why do you do it? Why do you respond to disasters?" Great question! Often I have struggled to share how I feel about disaster relief and my role and what draws me back, time and time again. The question has haunted me sin...

I belong to a level 2 trauma center in florida. I've had my arm twisted into a "disaster relief team". I've been told that I will remain in the hospital for 1-2 days, possibly more. That I am not allowed to go home or leave. That I must stay within t...

Nurses! Right this very second there lives being destroyed in Texas. And, like you, I wish I could go out on the front lines and help the relief efforts. But, I can't up and leave my life. I made a video to help spread the message...

I stole this title from a boarded-up restaurant window that I saw today in our small town in Eastern North Carolina. If any of y'all (see how I did that..y'all) have ever read my articles, you know that I am a nurse and my husband is a doctor. We hav...

Already hearing of Gulf Coast hospitals requesting that nurses bring extra scrubs and supplies when reporting to work this weekend - the thought being that the current pandemic situation combined with a potential major hurricane strike may result in ...

I live in South Florida and I am on Team B for hurricane coverage which means I go in post-storm. I am expected to work Tonight 7pm to 7:30 am and Thursday 7pm-7:30 am for "Post Storm". My dilemma is I'm already scheduled for Fri & Sat nights. Th...