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RN HEROES...
Ordinary nurses do extraordinary things!

Patient with Kathy Readon, RN

Kathy Reardon, RN, Helps Haiti Earthquake Victims

Massachusetts RN Kathy Reardon was stationed at a hospital in Milot, a small town 70 miles from the capital, where she wrote in her diary every day.

Saturday, January 30, 2010
Today was a very long day—we worked from 8:30 a.m. to 12 midnight. We heard choppers overhead all day.

Sunday, January 31, 2010
I’m trying to keep my sense of humor about me. The people are very nice and grateful for whatever you do for them. We supply most of the water. But there’s so many family members and they’re taking it too. More

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Nurses, Fair Elections Advocates to Deliver “Prop. 15 Disinfectant Cleanser” to CA’s Shadow Government: Lobbyists
Press Release 03/09/10

St. Johns Hospital on Trial for Attacking RNs’ Rights
Press Release 03/05/10

RNs Reach Settlement at St. Joseph, Eureka Hospital Cite Gains for Patients, Security for RNs
Press Release 03/04/10

California Nurses Association Cheers Eden District Board for Courageous Action to Overturn Sutter Deal
Press Release 02/28/10

California Insurers Denied Over 26% of All Claims in 2009
Press Release 02/25/10

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Health Information Technology:
Panacea or Trojan Horse?

Many healthcare reform proponents claim that new health information technologies (HIT) are the medicine for what ails us, that they will contain costs by increasing efficiency. Why is this claim so frequently repeated despite contradiction by the Congressional Budget Office? This class will examine the interests that stand to gain from broad adoption of HIT. (Oct. 15, 2009 - Mar. 30, 2010)

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By the Institute for Health & Socio-Economic Policy

Local nurse spends two weeks helping earthquake victims in Haiti
San Francisco Examiner 03/08/10

St. Johns Hospital on Trial
Santa Monica Dispatch 03/08/10

Single payer, here we come
Sacramento News and Review 03/04/10

Health Reform Lessons from Massachusetts, Part X
Columbia Journalism Review 03/03/10

What do we need health insurers for anyway?
Los Angeles Times 02/28/10

The National Nurses Organizing Committee is a new national union and professional organization for Registered Nurses, Advance Practice Nurses, and RN organizations throughout the country who want to pursue a more powerful agenda of patient advocacy that promotes the interests of patients, direct care nurses, and RN professional practice.

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CNA/NNOC 101 - A Guide for Organizing With Us

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H1N1 Updates For RNs

As the H1N1 (swine influenza) pandemic escalates in our facilities and our communities, the CNA/NNOC Board of Directors has adopted a position statement on the role of the RN in combating H1N1 and protecting our patients and ourselves, and a policy statement on whether the H1N1 vaccine should be mandatory for RNs. We also remain very concerned about the ongoing gaps and failures of many hospitals to provide adequate safety precautions for patients, families, nurses, and other healthcare workers. Please read and share links below:

Read the position statement here in PDF

Read the complete press release here

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The economic crisis hits home for RNs!

Facing layoffs, hiring freezes, or budget cuts?

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CNA/NNOC RNs rally for EFCA in front of Sen. Feinstein's SF home.

60 million American workers have expressed interest in belonging to a union. 79 percent of them agree they are likely to be fired for trying to form one. It’s time put the era of union-busting behind us. New legislation can end union-busting. The Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) would make it possible to elect a union by collecting signed union cards from the majority of workers on a job. EFCA will provide a democratic process to workers seeking union representation, without giving management the lead time necessary to coordinate an attack on workers’ rights to freely associate and organize.

National Nursing Shortage Reform and Patient Advocacy Act S 1031 (BOXER) establishes requirements for acute-care facilities to provide registered nurse staff based on the acuity of patients provided that minimum nurse-to-patient ratios for each unit are met at all times.

Nursing Unions Urge Congress To Pass
Nurse-Patient Ratio Legislation
Bureau of National Affairs 05/14/09

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