an American hears the words “American Red Cross”‚ most of them think of big‚ blood drive busses or 1900’s nurses in baby-blue uniforms. A better way to define the Red Cross‚ however‚ would be to say that they are a humanitarian and disaster relief organization that was founded by Clara Barton‚ a self-taught nurse during the American Civil War. Barton started the United States chapter of the Red Cross on May 21st‚ 1881‚ after working with and appreciating the efforts of the International Red Cross
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The Importance of The American Red Cross During World War Two The American Red Cross is an emergency response organization that was founded by a historical-well known woman named‚ Clara Barton in 1881. The American Red Cross were not only care takers but they also delivered personal messages and packages to military families. Sending important urgent information to the loved one’s of American soldiers. Blood donations were taken by the American Red Cross allowing blood and plasma to be given to the
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explanation of how they influence nursing in today’s world. During the Civil War‚ Clara Barton cared for soldiers from both the north and the South. She was also the first president and the founder of the Red Cross Association. Today it is known as the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross has been dedicated to helping those in need since
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The American Red Cross is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton. “For more than 122 years‚ the mission of the American Red Cross (ARC) has been to help people prevent‚ prepare for‚ and respond to emergencies” (FEMA / Ready.gov‚ 2012). The focus of their mission is to assist people who have been affected by disasters with the help of volunteers and the generosity organizations’ and individual’s monetary donations. The assistance the Red Cross provides is through shelter
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first women to be employed in the federal government Red Cross is an organization that helps people in a crisis. They help prevent and help people suffer less when these emergencies happen. They help these people by getting volunteers and getting donations to help the people in need. A couple of examples of people they help are survivors of disasters‚ the family members of military who need support‚ and people who are in the need of blood.Red Cross was founded in Washington‚ D.C It was founded
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The American Red Cross is a non-profit organization supported solely off of financial donations and volunteers (community). Red Cross mission is to “provide relief to victims to victims of disasters and help people prevent‚ prepare for‚ and respond to emergencies. Red Cross was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton. Who was inspired by the Red Cross during the Prussian War. She first implemented what she had experience over in Europe in the U.S. during the Spanish American War in the 1898. The Red Cross
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area supported the American Red Cross in helping our country’s Veterans. I have chosen to write about how the Martha Washington College‚ the Stonewall Jackson College‚ and the Emory and Henry College all contributed to the American Red Cross and the war effort. If I were living in ninteen eighteen‚ World War I would just now be ending. I would not have been able to fight due to my young age‚ but would have held down the home-front along with aiding the American Red Cross. The Colleges in my
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There are many possible ethical issues in the culture of the American Red Cross that created the problems discussed in this case. The American Red Cross failed at delivering organizational transparency. This failure allotted to employee embezzlement‚ unorthodox executive compensation‚ and employee misconduct. The organization experienced a high turnover. With this high turnover rate‚ deemed lavish executive compensation payouts. The organization’s reputation and culture has been further tarnished
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having enough capacity to receive donations. The American Red Cross has questions of ethical issues and of these ethical issues it is present to doubt whether or not the company can be looked at as trustworthy with donations as they are known to lack in the capacity for online donations. The company decided to solicit donations during 9/11‚ but lacked the capacity for online donations. Once hurricane Katrina hit the United States‚ the American Red Cross once again failed in the capacity needed for online
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