The Sounds of Desperation

Sept. 20, 2010 - PRLog -- A lasting impression after reading Nursing in the Storm: Voices from Hurricane Katrina by Denise Danna, DNS, RN, and Sandra E. Cordray, MA, MJ, is the description of sounds. The scraping sound of a rescue boat skimming over the tops of submerged cars in New Orleans immediately post-Katrina. The sounds of people begging for help and rescue as they cling to treetops! The sounds of hoodlums and thugs in the Superdome joy riding in the stadium’s golf carts, while so many are in need of food and water. And the absence of all sound, as hospital after hospital is evacuated and abandoned, many to never open again.

Nursing in the Storm tells the stories of 25 nurses who worked through the storm and the flooding in New Orleans. Join the discussion for the online ADVANCE Book Club for Nurses (http://nursing.advanceweb.com, scroll down to Calling All Book Worms) Sept. 1 and hear podcasted interviews with several of the nurses featured in the book. The discussion continues until Nov. 2, when the book group launches into the next read The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot beginning Nov. 3.

About the ADVANCE for Nurses Online Book Club for Nurses
The ADVANCE for Nurses online book club discusses six books annually, covering a different book every 2 months. After reading Nursing in the Storm and The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, join the club in 2011 with a new lineup of books. So far the club will read: After the Fire: A True Story of Friendship and Survival by Robin Gaby Fisher in January; The Fatal Strain: On the Trail of Avian Flu and the Coming Pandemic by Alan Sipress in March; and What is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng by Dave Eggers in May.
Similar to a traditional face-to-face book group, ADVANCE Book Club for Nurses members read the book and join in the online conversation, complemented by a podcasted interview or video with the author or a related expert.

About ADVANCE for Nurses
ADVANCE for Nurses addresses the needs and interests of RNs across the country with nine regional print newsmagazines reaching more than 800,000 nurses, 16 regional Web sites, live and virtual events, and social networks.

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Merion Publications Inc. is the company behind the popular ADVANCE Newsmagazines, publisher of 35 magazines, Web sites and host of regional job fairs.