Nursing

It was the strongest earthquake on record in Japan—and it devastated Tohoku. In observance of the United Nations’ International Day for Disaster Reduction, we tell the stories of survivors-turned-students of the Tomodachi J&J Disaster Nursing Training Program, who are transforming personal tragedy into hope for the future.

Johnson & Johnson knows all about the great impact nurses can have—like Roxana Reyna. Recently, for National Nurses Week, she shared the innovative ways she cares for the tiniest patients.

Some 50 million people would succumb to the Spanish influenza outbreak of 1918. And this Johnson & Johnson employee went out of her way to be at the very front lines of caring for the sick.

Since 2001, Johnson & Johnson has helped support the Aga Khan University’s School of Nursing and Midwifery. As its latest group of students starts class this week, we sat down with a trio of alumni who are now giving back to their local communities in major ways.