Roxana Chicas
@NurseChicas
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Assistant Professor | 2024-2026 American Academy of Nursing Fellow at the National Academy of Medicine
Georgia
Joined October 2017
🌡️Deadly Heat tells the heartbreaking story of a worker who tragically died of heat stroke. His family shares their experience to raise awareness about this critical issue. Let's honor their story and advocate for safer working conditions #EmoryNursing #PreventHeatDeaths
In the #US, the watchdog group Public Citizen says up to 2,000 workers are dying every year from heat exposure. We traveled to #Florida to examine why lawmakers are blocking heat protections for outdoor workers. Out now:
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RT @kjnursingdean: Life-saving work from @NurseChicas & colleagues @EmoryNursing continues w @NIEHS $2.46 mil grant. Researchers develop…
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@techsexed @ANACnurses @EmoryNursing @EmoryONR @LmccaulMcCauley @kjnursingdean That’s so cool! Thanks for sharing. I was like 8 months pregnant 🤰🏻 in that picture 🤪
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RT @aspenglobal: TONIGHT! Join us for a free talk by Dr. Roxana Chicas (@NurseChicas ) on strategies to protect outdoor workers from extrem…
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RT @aspenglobal: Protegiendo los que trabajen al aire libre del calor extremo salva vidas. Una charla gratuita de la Dra. Roxana Chicas (@N…
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RT @aspenglobal: Protecting outdoor workers from #ExtremeHeat saves lives. Free talk by Dr. Roxana Chicas (@nursechicas) on strategies to p…
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Feeling incredibly honored to have the best mentors in the world: @LmccaulMcCauley and @PennNursingDean Here’s to making more good trouble! #MentorshipMagic
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Farmworkers have been excluded from keystone labor laws for centuries — including the right to unionize. It’s time for the real “union” candidate to change that. An op-ed by two Emory students: Leslie Trejo (nursing) and Emilly Perez-Gomez (pre-med)
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RT @docsforclimate: We need OSHA to swiftly finalize and implement its heat protection standard to protect workers like José Delgado, a 75-…
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This Florida Farmworker Is 75 and Still Toiling in the Heat. Please submit a comment to support federal heat protection standards. Heat-related illness and deaths are PREVENTABLE!!
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RT @kjnursingdean: .@EmoryNursing scientist @NurseChicas interviewed about Deadly Heat via @AJEnglish
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🚨 Urge action now! Submit your comments to push for the finalization of federal heat protection standards. No one should suffer or die from heat stroke. Let's protect our communities! #HeatProtection #ClimateAction
🚨Action Alert🚨 - Extreme heat is a deadly threat to workers. @OSHA_DOL’s new heat standard can save lives. Submit a comment by December 30th to urge swift finalization and help strengthen worker protections! Add your voice to protect those most at risk:
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RT @docsforclimate: 🚨Action Alert🚨 - Extreme heat is a deadly threat to workers. @OSHA_DOL’s new heat standard can save lives. Submit a com…
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#EmoryStrong at the @theNAMedicine annual meeting @DeborahWBruner1 @DeanDaniFallin @WilburLam @CarlosdelRio7 …where are you @LmccaulMcCauley? 💥💥
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Just had the honor of sitting next to Sir @McCallSmith at breakfast. What a lovely conversation! He’s so kind, humble, and funny. Truly a memorable experience! Thank you!! 😊
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RT @UFWupdates: Workers spent their morning harvesting strawberries in the rain near Moss Landing CA. When they got a late morning lunch b…
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RT @LKaligotla: So proud of my amazing @EmoryNursing colleague, @NurseChicas for being recognized for her community engaged scholarship wit…
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@donghai_liang @EmoryRollins @EmoryUniversity So happy for you! Congratulations! Emory is so lucky to have you 💥💥
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RT @UFWupdates: “Two weeks after six guest workers died in a car crash while driving a work van elsewhere in Idaho — [Idaho AG] Labrador si…
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