Call For Nurses to Volunteer in Haiti

An Oakland based organization of registered nurses is calling for nurse volunteers to assist residents of earthquake devastated Haiti.

In a statement Tuesday, National Nurses United Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro said the organization is calling on nurses throughout the U.S. to join in this critical effort. Through the Registered Nurse Response Network, the organization says it hopes to send nurses to provide emergency short term and long term medical support as it has in previous major disasters.

The organization says details are still being worked out, but nurses can sign up at the NNU Web site, www.nationalnursesunited.org. The 7.0-magnitude quake struck Haiti's capital on Tuesday.