Dear Mr. Sheridan
Read Response Letters to Daniel Sheridan
In 1981, nurse Daniel Sheridan wrote to the American Journal of Nursing, seeking advice from readers who might be providing nursing care in shelters for women who were battered. Within weeks, Sheridan received several letters from people around the United States. The letters highlighted here demonstrate how nurses and other concerned individuals were on the frontline of providing needed care for women, both in hospitals and shelters.
Daniel Sheridan, May 1981
Letter from Daniel Sheridan to the American Journal of Nursing, May 1981
The American Journal of Nursing published Daniel Sheridan's letter in its May 1981 issue. In his letter, Sheridan explained he was a volunteer at a women's advocacy organization on Chicago's southwest side, which was opening a shelter. He described his effort to establish daily nursing care at the shelter for women who had been battered and their children, and asked journal readers to share experiences with any similar endeavors.
Read Transcript"nursing care for battered women.. " I am a volunteer in an organization that needs the advice of any AJN readers who provide nursing care within shelters for battered women. Southwest Women Working Together and Mujeres Latinas En Accion, on Chicago's southwest side, anticipate opening a battered women's shelter this summer. The registered nurse and allied health volunteers in the shelter project are developing plans to provide daily nursing care for the women and children who enter the shelter, usually in a crisis situation. Our survey of shelters in Illinois and its bordering states indicates that in-shelter nursing care is not usually provided. We are expanding our survey to include shelters in most of the states, and we hope that concerned nurses will share with us their experiences in similar endeavors. Letters should be addressed to me at Southwest Women Working Together, 3201 West 63rd St., Chicago, 111. 60629. Daniel J. Sheridan
