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Minnesota Nurses Strike Update

As the Minnesota Nurses Strike against Allina Health Systems continues, issues concerning Allina's financial dealings and a recent power grab to seek sole control of Unity Hospital are disturbing.

Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio

I Was a Sudanese Refugee, Now Im an American Nurse

When patients wake up in the recovery room at Keck Hospital, University of Southern California, Tveen Kirkpatrick, RN, will be by their side, monitoring their transition from anesthesia back into clarity. Its a new role for Kirkpatrick, who previously spent 10 years in the Neuro Intensive Care United but navigating transitions is perhaps a natural fit for this nurse.

National Nurses United

Help Us Stop The Dangerous Attempt to Eliminate T.B. Testing in California!

RNs are on the front lines of the struggle for healthcare as a human right; Part and parcel of that is fighting for and enforcing pro-active public health like tuberculosis (TB) testing!

California Nurses Association

Single Payer Supporters Rally at State Capitol with Message to Legislators: Stop Wasting Time With Sham Committee Hearings!

The California Nurses Association and the campaign for the Healthy California Act held high-energy, well-attended rallies at the state Capitol for two days, Oct. 23 and 24, in support of SB 562, legislation that would guarantee health coverage to all Californians.

California Nurses Association

A Conversation with Michael Lighty - A Labor-Based Movement For Medicare for All

Join us for this special edition podcast with Director of Public Policy for National Nurses United, Michael Lighty. In Michael’s article he notes, the labor movement exists to stop money from being the metric of value and power. Healthcare is exhibit A for money as the metric (see Elizabeth Rosenthal’s book, “American Sickness”).

Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio

Nurses Say Yes on I-1631, Building a Cleaner Future for Washington State

Registered nurses are very familiar with the negative health impacts of carbon pollution from fossil fuel burning.

National Nurses United

Global Nurses United Press Clips

See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.

Global Nurses United

CA Seizes Health Reform Initiative--Single-Payer Passes Senate

Congress may not have the political courage to move forward with a national health reform agenda...but in California the drive to pass guaranteed healthcare reform is back on track, with the Senate today passing legislation by a 22 to 14 vote to enact Medicare for all, single-payer reforms.

DailyKOS.com

Small Press with Big Ideas

Among the vast daily news sources bidding for our readership, I find four little-heralded publications representing major causes worthy of attention.

In The Public Interest

A Nation Worried Sick

Why did thousands of working nurses and supporters converge on scores of Congressional offices from Maine to California last week? How is it that nurses working long shifts at demanding jobs took time away from rest and family to appear before their representatives?

The Nation