A lush picnic setting of gold, ivory and blush pink is set up at Samuel Myers Park in Racine on Sunday. Diana Panuncial RACINE — Please be seated. Ciara Ready, a Racine native, may have revolutionized sitting on the grass and sharing a meal together along Lake Michigan with her […]
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Swedish nurse wins a week of isolation, films amid pandemic
“During this pandemic, so many people have turned to cinema when in isolation,” he said. “But the pandemic has also changed how we experience films.” Like most events, the film festival has moved online as COVID-19 restrictions banned public gatherings, but organizers have set-up a real-time streaming platform accessible to […]
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‘It just didn’t make sense to us’: Nurse, daughter of 85-year-old calls for more accessibility in KCHD vaccine sign-ups
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A nurse in Florida and her sister, got online to get their 85-year-old mother an appointment for a vaccine in Knox County in early January, they didn’t get a spot. Upset, and feeling like she failed, Susan Day Richards’ sister called her in tears. “She said […]
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Mother of 4 overcomes COVID-19, other obstacles to become a nurse
CLOSE Here are 5 tips to stay safe at college during the pandemic. USA TODAY NEW YORK — As she struggled through yet another difficult class, Marleny Hernandez felt her dream of becoming a nurse slipping away — again. She was halfway through a two-year associate degree program at Borough of […]
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A nurse’s plea: An intensive care unit nurse details COVID-19’s realities [column] | Columnists
What is it going to take? When will people get the message? When will people understand and listen? I’ve stopped posting on social media about COVID-19 because it feels like so many people aren’t listening, and it is like banging your head on a wall. But I see so many […]
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Retired nurse arrested after trying to ‘rescue’ 97-year-old mother from care home
“One of the police officers was almost crying. They didn’t find it easy. To be honest I think my nan was enjoying the change of scenery, but eventually the police took her back. Then they de-arrested my mum, so we went home and had a strong cup of tea.” More […]
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Nurse Mom
Do you get what I’m saying? My parents left for the U.S. in the ’90s to escape a civil war that took almost 100,000 lives and displaced over 2 million people. They talked about the country all the time, but it’s one thing to hear about what life was like […]