When Jeanette Ives Erickson received a phone call in the spring of 2020, asking if she would come out of retirement in the midst of the pandemic to run Boston Hope, a field hospital for COVID-19 patients affiliated with Massachusetts General Hospital, she didn't hesitate. That was in late March 2020. Ives Erickson, now the interim CEO at Nantucket Cottage Hospital, was this week named a "Nursing Hero" by the Massachusetts chapter of the American Red Cross for her work during the pandemic.
In a social media landscape shaped by hashtags, algorithms, and viral posts, nurse leaders must decide: Will they let the narrative spiral, or can they adapt and join the conversation?
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