The HS/HSL wishes to show our thanks to UMB nurses past and present with a fitting poem from the 1905 “Bones, Molars, and Briefs” yearbook.
As COVID-19 confines thousands to hospitals around the country, nurses are in high demand. The UMB School of Nursing has answered this call by offering qualifying May 2020 graduates an “early exit” opportunity.
The early exit was announced April 27, 2020 and allows newly minted BSN and CNL nurses to join the workforce and help fight COVID-19 in Baltimore-area hospitals. While it may not be the commencement celebration these nurses had in mind when they started their education, many are answering the call and jumping headfirst into the COVID-19 fight.
We know nurses on the front lines of this illness are all experiencing “endless, sleepless nights,” soothing your “fever racked” patients through “fitful dreams” and “throbbing brain,” and blissfully cheering on all those lucky enough to have “health and strength return.”
For so many patients today, you are their sole cheerleader and adopted loved one, so for “as long as gratitude shall live,” we thank you.