During National Nurses Week, we spotlight Black labor and delivery nurses who advocate for patients and work to address racial disparities in maternal healthcare. Nurses like Kiera Wisen and Ashley Harris are dedicated to ensuring that Black women receive respectful, informed, and culturally competent care, empowering them with the knowledge and autonomy to make decisions about their births.
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Beyond the bedside: How nurses stand strong for their patients
Nurses like Malik Shelton and Taneka Walker do far more than administer care—they advocate for patients while also balancing their own personal needs.
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Shirley M. Branch Delly, former nurse at Sinai Hospital, dies at 94
Shirley M. Branch Delly, affectionately known as “Nurse Branch” and one of Baltimore’s first generation of Black nurses to work at Sinai Hospital on W. Belvedere Ave., died peacefully at 94 years old at Westminster Healthcare Center on Thursday, June 29th, 2023. Shirley began working at Sinai Hospital in 1966, after a friend told her […]