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Volunteer Melody Belloff, a nurse, wraps up Kairi to keep her warm at a Red Cross shelter in Wickenburg, Arizona,
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Celebrating Red Cross Nurses This National Nurses Week

by American Red Cross May 10, 2018May 9, 2018Leave a Comment on Celebrating Red Cross Nurses This National Nurses Week

This National Nurses Week, we’d like to recognize nurses who work with the Red Cross to serve individuals in communities across the globe. Our nurses provide critical services, such as giving relief …

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National Nurses Week – From the Red Cross Archives

by Nicholas Lemesh May 13, 2015December 1, 20172 Comments on National Nurses Week – From the Red Cross Archives

National Nurses Week celebrates nurses and their role in society. Nurses Week begins each year on May 6 and ends May 12, Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Nightingale, a nurse who treated wounded …

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Spotlight on National Nurses Week

by Sarah Layton May 13, 2014December 1, 2017Leave a Comment on Spotlight on National Nurses Week

Across the United States and even across the world, American Red Cross volunteer nurses are an integral and celebrated component of Red Cross operations. National Nurses Week is a perfect …

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