Since we were unable to host our Annual Conference in Chester this year, we hope you will join us for a virtual conference on October 3, 2020 from 10:00 am - 12:30 pm EST.

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AGENDA

10:00 am | Welcome and Introductions

10:15 am | Keynote Address: From Blitzkrieg to an Enduring Crisis: War Nursing on the Home Front
Presented by Dr. Jane Brooks, RN SHFEA
1 CE credit
For the six years of World War II with ever depleting resources, to the final throws of Hitler’s campaign against Britain with the deathly V1 and V2 pilotless bombs, the nation’s nurses not only faced danger themselves, but worked to support the dying, the bereaved, the injured, and the needy. This talk will examine the work of those young women, on whose shoulders were placed great expectations and huge burdens, and explore the manner in which they supported a nation at home and at war. 

This nursing continuing professional development activity was approved by the Ohio Nurses Association, an accredited approved by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation (OBN-001-91)

11:15 am - Annual Membership Meeting
Presented by Arlene Keeling, AAHN President
Join our annual meeting where we will discuss important association updates, review board reports, conduct the awards presentation, and introduce our exciting new virtual series, Talking History 2.0: A Nursing History, coming next year.

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This event is free for members to attend, but registration is required. In lieu of a registration fee, we are asking for donations to the association.

Attendees who participate in the full meeting will be entered to win one (1) complimentary registration to the Talking History 2.0 Series coming in 2021.

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Keynote Speaker

Dr. Jane Brooks, RN SHFEA
'From Blitzkreig to an enduring crisis: War nursing on the Home Front'
Mary Thompson started her nurse training at Hackney hospital in London just before the Blitz which commenced eighty years ago, on 7 September 1940. In her oral history she recalled being on night duty as a junior student: ‘I had a sinking feeling when I heard the sirens go, but somehow we kept going.’ Whilst those nurses who were off duty could go to the shelters during an air-raid, that was not an option for those working on the wards, who could not leave their patients.

From the fall of France in the spring of 1940, when the hospitals of Britain felt the true onslaught of returning embattled soldiers from Dunkirk. Through the ten months of the Blitz, when nurses themselves joined the lists of those killed by the bombs. For the six years of war, with ever depleting resources, to the final throws of Hitler’s campaign against Britain with the deathly V1 and V2 pilotless bombs, the nation’s nurses not only faced danger themselves, but worked to support the dying, the bereaved, the injured and the needy.

The purpose of my talk is to examine the work of those young women, on whose shoulders were placed great expectations and huge burdens and to explore the manner in which they supported a nation at home and at war.