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Kathy Reardon, RN, Helps Haiti Earthquake Victims

Massachusetts RN Kathy Reardon was stationed at a hospital in Milot, a small town 70 miles from the capital, where she wrote in her diary every day.

Saturday, January 30, 2010
Today was a very long day—we worked from 8:30 a.m. to 12 midnight. We heard choppers overhead all day.

Sunday, January 31, 2010
I’m trying to keep my sense of humor about me. The people are very nice and grateful for whatever you do for them. We supply most of the water. But there’s so many family members and they’re taking it too. More

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Nurses from coast to coast have yearned for a powerful, national movement of direct-care RNs to strengthen our voice at the bedside and in the corridors of Congress and our state capitols, to transform our healthcare system, and to protect our patients, our colleagues, and our profession. Until now, direct-care RNs have been fragmented in separate unions or poorly represented by non-RN unions that fail to prioritize the unique needs of RNs and patients.

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