In the Media
Press Releases:
- May 21, 2012 Nurses’ Float to Honor Rose Parade President Sally Bixby, RN and all
Nurses at 2013 Rose Parade (pdf) - July 25, 2008: Nurses Promote Role At Tournament of Roses (Word document)
Float Videos
- See the float in a clip from KTTV's parade coverage on YouTube
- See the float in a clip from KTLA's parade coverage on YouTube
- Watch an interview with Floral Designer Lyn Lofthouse: KTLA website
Float Photos
- Advance for Nurses photo gallery "A Healing Place"
- Jean Anderson's Flickr page: "For best effect, watch the slideshow, linked in the gray box on the right screen, then click slideshow, in the upper R screen." Jean took some great photos of the final stages of float decorating and the finished float.
Published Articles About the Nurses' Float:
- 'Planting the Seeds of Nursing': Range of Motion (pdf)
- 'Nurses Coming Up Roses': Indiana Nursing Quarterly
- 'A Healing Place' Award-Winning Rose Parade Float Unites and Embodies Nurses: California Association for Nurse Practitioners
- Nurses Get a Flowery Tribute: The float is featured in MHC's Jan 7 issue in its popular Outliers section
- Check out the first-ever nurses float in the Rose Parade!: scrubsmag.com
- Sketching the Rose Parade Floats: Brenda Swensons' Watercolor Blog
- Nurses Welcome Millions to the New Year at Rose Parade: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
- Nurses' perseverance to be rewarded New Year's Day: Orange County Register
- Hospitals and Health Networks: "Nurses on Parade" (pdf)
- The Leaders' Lounge A nursing blog from Strategiesfornursemanagers.com "Celebrate a nurse through donation of roses for Nurses’ Float"
- advance FOR NURSES website: "'Buy a Rose' to Help Support, Decorate Nurses' Float in Rose Bowl Parade"
- Examiner.com website: "Buy a rose, honor a nurse in the 2013 Rose Parade"
- YAHOO!® FINANCE: "Blossoming Appreciation for Nurses: "Buy a Rose" to Decorate Inaugural "Nurses' Float" at 2013 Tournament of Roses Parade"
- At NurseConnect.com: "Nurse President and Float are Firsts at Tournament of Roses Parade"
- NURSE.com article, June 22, 2012: "Float honoring nursing in Roses parade gets unveiled"
- On the Examiner website you can read several articles about the float complete with photos and videos.
- At scrubsmag.com: Check out the first-ever nurses float in the Rose Parade!
- At NurseConnect.com: Nurse President and Float are Firsts at Tournament of Roses Parade
- NURSE.com article, June 22, 2012: " Float honoring nursing in Roses parade gets unveiled"
- Hollywood Examiner May 11, 2012: 'A Healing Place’ presents the contributions of nurses in the 2013 Rose Parade
- The publication Working Nurse Magazine published an article entitled "Nurses: A Cut Above the Rest" and it is all about the Nurses' Float. (pdf)
- Advance for Nurses: "On Parade"
- NurseWeek November 3: " 2013 Rose Parade Will Celebrate Nursing"
- Article published in Advance for Nurses entitled All For One authored by Luke Cowles (pdf)
- Nurse.com. Volume 3. Issue 1. Full Page Ad Promoting the Float.
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