Louisiana hospitals grappling with nurse shortage
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BATON ROUGE - The COVID-19 pandemic has shined a new spotlight on the need for more nurses. Demand has grown in nearly every state, and it s no different in Baton Rouge.
Monica Nijoka is the Chief Nursing Officer at Baton Rouge General. She says nursing isn t just a job, but a calling. To go through what we went through this past year, it s definitely a calling for all of us, she said.
On a mission to serve, Nijoka has spent more than 40 years in a profession that s facing a severe shortage.
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Trailblazing Black nurses honored at Baton Rouge General
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Monday, February 01 2021
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BATON ROUGE - Surgeons, doctors, and nurses shape our experiences with medicine. And over the past year, society gained a deeper appreciation for them and all they do for us in difficult times.
In Baton Rouge, a group of African-American nurses have been remembered for shaping the medical experience for black people in the area while they made a way for all black nurses to follow in their footsteps.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, and when looking at picture from the more than 20 years ago Catherine Jackson feels fulfilled.