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“Nursing And The Media” examines the way nurses are portrayed in the media and offers ideas that can shape and guide future depictions.

Recently, Barco’s Nightingales Foundation sponsored a medical mission trip for nurses Erin Marlin and Alana Baron to a remote village in the Dominican Republic. Here, Erin recounts their first day. Today we went to a remote village WAY up in the mountains called Santa Elena. There is super sad poverty there….kids without shoes, wearing dirty clothes, […]

We are filled with gratitude and relief that the tensions in Haiti have eased enough to enable the drilling team to safely arrive at the village of Bois-D’orme.  This means that, for the time being our friends and all of the villagers in Haiti that we work with and those we have yet to meet, […]

We are thrilled to share this inspiring story of a recent surgical trip in Phan Rang, Vietnam completed by ReSurge and its team of volunteer medical professionals.  To see a more photos, visit their blog here. The group provided surgical treatment for 65 children and adults over two weeks. Most of the surgeries were for […]

I am so proud to share this heartwarming story from one of our most ardent supporters, Denisse Casales. In my 1st trip to Haiti last year (right around this time), I met this little girl- Joidline at only 4 years old, she was running around with no clothes, I asked Rafael why she was not […]

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This is an inspiring and touching story from our friends at Camp Ronald McDonald for Good Times. It exemplifies the importance of Camp in the lives of entire families who are facing the fight of their lives. “Looking at 7-year-old Ryan Compton, one would never imagine that this energetic little boy with an eagerness to […]

Our support  of ReSurge International has opened our eyes to the global healthcare and socioeconomic problems stemming from burns, a completely preventable public health challenge.  We wanted to learn more about this crisis and to share some of the reasons why we support their work. This information was excerpted from the World Health Organization. Burns […]

At Barco’s Nightingales Foundation, we have seen first hand the miracles that nurses who are working with children fighting cancer make happen every day.

The Penn Nursing Science School published an article in its magazine called “Future of Nursing: Innovation and Global Perspectives in the Current Healthcare Environment,” in which it discuss these five areas that will be critical in 2015 and beyond: 1. Thought leadership for global healthcare 2. Impacting cost, quality and access in healthcare 3. Modeling […]