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in Baton Rouge; a special needs shel-
ter in Lake Charles, La.; Ochsner Clin-
ic Foundation Hospital in New Orleans;
the Houston Astrodome shelter; South
Cameron Memorial Hospital in Cam-
eron, La.; and Common Ground Com-
munity Clinic in New Orleans.
On the Scene
VOLUNTEER RNS RETURNING
FROM THE GULF COAST
REFLECT ON THE HIGHS AND
LOWS OF WHAT THEY SAW.
By Katrina RN Volunteers
As quickly as CNA started sending volunteers RNs to the Gulf Coast
after Hurricane Katrina, we just as quickly started receiving amaz-
ing reports of care and survival back. Many volunteer nurses who
journeyed there felt compelled to document their trip as a way of
remembering and coping with not only the intense emotions their
patients were sharing with them daily, but with their own response
to what they were experiencing. What follows is an assortment of
first-person stories from some of the
various locations where CNA placed
RNs: Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital
