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In addition to providing patient care, nurses served as community liaisons, media
spokespersons, patient transportation coordinators and emergency care specialists throughout the crisis.
Nurse volunteers helped identify needs, contact community health professionals for supplies and services, and triage residents. At other shelters established during the disaster, nurses helped unpack food from trucks, organize storerooms, serve food and mop the floor. Many even assisted with cleaning up homes following the flooding.