title: FEMA nurses face "Mission Impossible": remembering Katrina.
abstract: Dowd, a faculty member, is a strong proponent for nurses sharing their stories. Miller's story about her volunteer experience was so compelling that Dowd challenged her to share it with the nursing community. This story is a demonstration of how a nurse can bring leadership, sensitive interpersonal skills, and a sense of humor to help forge a cohesive and outward looking temporary community. Nurses naturally interact from a paradigm of care and comfort. Miller makes this interaction explicit. The outcome of the journey was a memorable lived experience that brought caring, healing, and comfort to a situation of devastation. It is hoped this nursing story will inspire the reader to try a similar new role or to tell their story.
authors.affiliation: The University of Akron, Akron, OH 44325, USA. findmjm@yahoo.com
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Thérèse
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dowd
mesh_terms: D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004190:Disasters; D004645:Empathy; D006694:Holistic Health; D006801:Humans; D007857:Leadership; D024802:Nurse's Role; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff