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National Nurse magazine December 2013

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found shelter in a tree because his house got swept away. Many were as hypertension and diabetes. There are fresh wounds and infected injuries from nails and other typhoon and construction-related acci- crying by the end of the session. Despite their circumstances, the nurses report that the typhoon dents, so dressings and vaccinations are in order. Many children are victims are grateful, patient, and never complain. feverish, dehydrated, malnourished. The nurses have definitely Departing nurses emphasized that the Philippine people need our saved lives, from helping a man complaining of abdominal pain to ongoing help. "This is my first official disaster relief experience and it find a mass in his abdomen, to intervening in the case of a lethargic exceeded my expectations," said Gandessa Orteza, a Washington, D.C. baby whose heart rate was 60. RN. "I felt taken care of, I felt safe, and I really got to do what RNRN Also critical for the patients' health is confronting and coping told me I'd get to do. And that was great. We defiwith the post-traumatic stress brought on by the nitely need more donations, because there are so super typhoon. Stella Auto, a Veterans Affairs RN many people we still need to see, who need from Chicago who normally works with Iraqi war To make your tax-deductible healthcare, whether they were victims of the vets, conducted a trauma debriefing session for donation, please visit typhoon or not. We still need to send more nurses groups of children by telling them to draw where www.sendanurse.org out here, so please donate." they hid during the super typhoon. One boy DECEMBER 2013 W W W. N A T I O N A L N U R S E S U N I T E D . O R G N AT I O N A L N U R S E 11

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