Nurse’s Week
2021 Reflection from the Northeastern School of Nursing
The COVID-19 crisis has transformed the healthcare system and the nursing profession, shining a light on the integral role nurses play, and their significant contributions to society.
The brave nurses fighting the virus on the front lines are experiencing the extremes of the Pandemic. They are holding patients in their final moments, providing emotional support to families, and shouldering enormous pressures through resilience, thought-leadership, and innovative approaches.
Now more than ever, our healthcare systems need to create new policies and models of care centered on our nurses, who comprise the largest sector of the healthcare profession.
In recognition of these healthcare heroes, we celebrated International Nurses Week by focusing on how the impact of COVID-19 will shape the future of healthcare and the nursing profession in the years to come.
Watch our virtual celebration webinar on The Spirit of Nursing: Innovation, Leadership and Resilience below.
Virtual Celebration
The Spirit of Nursing: Innovation, Leadership, and Resilience
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Kathy Davidson, BSN ‘79, MSN, MBA
Chief Nursing Officer and Chief Operating Officer
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Needham, MA
Who We Are
The mentors and instructors I have had at Northeastern throughout my pre-licensure Nursing Education were phenomenal and instrumental to my current success as a professional Registered Nurse. Thanks to their support and the classroom resources I had at the university, I have secured a position as a Labor and Delivery RN before continuing on with my MSN at Northeastern to become a certified Nurse Practitioner.
— Rashod Blades, BHS’19 , BSN’20, Direct-Entry Masters of Science in Nursing Student
So many of my fellow nursing students began their co-op January 2020, never expecting the pandemic that arrived just a few months later. Despite the immense challenges faced during this time, that even the most seasoned nurses had not experienced, my peers handled working in settings such as Covid ICU’s with perseverance and grace. This is not a situation nursing students expected to find themselves in, yet, we continued to show up and put 110% into our jobs and have come out stronger and so much more experienced.
— Cassie Choi, RN, BSN’13, Co-Founder, Pair Team
So many of my fellow nursing students began their co-op January 2020, never expecting the pandemic that arrived just a few months later. Despite the immense challenges faced during this time, that even the most seasoned nurses had not experienced, my peers handled working in settings such as Covid ICU’s with perseverance and grace. This is not a situation nursing students expected to find themselves in, yet, we continued to show up and put 110% into our jobs and have come out stronger and so much more experienced.
— Cassie Choi, RN, BSN’13, Co-Founder, Pair Team
Not all nursing is about patient care at the bedside
Learn about how our nurse-researchers pivoted from research about serious neurological disorders to focusing on COVID and it’s effects.
Nursing Alumni Rise to the Challenge
Ann Corcoran RN BSN’86, Corporate President AMC Healthcare Solutions Inc. and Rebecca Love, MSN’08, RN, BA, FIEL, Principal Clinical Innovation, OptimizeRX & President SONSIEL, along with two nursing partners created the SHARE Program in March 2020. Through the Society of Nurse Scientists, Innovators Entrepreneurs and Leaders (SONSIEL), Ann and Rebecca coordinated and distributed 250,000 pieces of donated protective equipment and more than 30,000 purchased and sources respirator masks to our fellow nurses at over 30 healthcare facilities in the hardest hit states.
