Situation these nurses became pioneers in engineering and preventive medicine. The history of the Army Nurse Core in overseas fears is a story of patriotism and devotion to duty, a story that is usually lost in discussions of military maneuvers and spectacular victories. I suppose it is a quiet story, quiet. But it illustrates Human Capacity for nobility. In world war i, it grew from a meager 400 to a force of more than 21,000 nurses. They served with valor in new and dangerous situations, saving lives and bringing comfort to the sick and wounded. Gentlemen pushing bestowsed the recognition of the country on these soldiers of mercy who do their jobs so well. But some of them never saw the results of their devoted efforts. Between 1917 and 1918, 296 nurses lost their lives in the service of their country. The tradition cometed in world war ii when lit grew to 50,000. Eagerly they came to offer their services in what was to become the most savage struggle in history. They served with dis
Support that employee needs, whether its emotional support, whether they need attention in the Emergency Department or any kind of physical or behavioral support they need. So its quite a lot that we do to respond. Supervisor stefani i just want to make sure, too, because if a violent incident is occurring, like say someone is under meth induced psychosis and in that moment a nurses life is threatened, how quickly i know there is the deputy sheriff. I just want to make sure the Response Time is quick and thats what im trying to get at. Its not just verbal assault from what i heard, especially with p. S. And what were experiencing on the street with methamphetamine and what that can do to people and what that can do to the nurses. I didnt mention the sheriffs department. We have a multimillion dollar contract with the sheriffs department. We have posted positions. We have roefg positions. Our Security Director oversees that contract. We have a captain and many others throughout the heal
Good afternoon, and thank you everyone for joining us here today. I am london breed. I am the mayor of San Francisco. I am joined by the president of the board of supervisors, norman yee along with other members of the board of supervisors. The director of the department of Public Health, our police chief, bill scott, and the department of Emergency Management director mary ellen care ron. I want to thank everyone for joining us today. As you know. The city has been working to prepare for what we know would be a significant Public Health challenge here in the city, and we are seeing it play it out all over the bay area and all over the world. As the city prepared its response, we explained to the public we would be year every step of the way what the challenges are and the steps we need to take to protect Public Health. Some of the challenges we have, of course, faced from an economic standpoint as well. Every step of the way i want be to thank not only members of puckly for your under
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Haney, and supervisor aaron peskin will be joining us shortly, as well as supervisor sandra lee fewer. Thank you to this committees clerk, john carroll, and id like to thank sfgovtv. Mr. Clerk, do you have any announcements . Clerk yes. Please silence your cell phones and electronic devices. Completed speaker cards and copies of any documents should be provided to the clerk. Items acted on today will appear on the march 10 board of supervisors agenda. [agenda item read]. Chair mar supervisor fewer, thank you for joining us this morning as the sponsor of this hearing. The floor is yours. Supervisor fewer thank you, committee. I call this hearing today after discussions with ifpte local 21 because i am concerned about the use of Civil Service exclusions and the impact it has on our Civil Service industry. I realize that discussions have been ongoing between the department of Public Health and local 21 regarding a process of conversion for these positions since the last hearing that we ca