FDA issues recommendations to reduce the risk for Zika virus blood transmission in the United States
As a safety measure against the emerging Zika virus outbreak, today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a new guidance recommending the deferral of individuals from donating blood if they have been to areas with active Zika virus transmission, potentially have been exposed to the virus, or have had a confirmed Zika virus infection.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Nurses Roll On in South Carolina Campaign for Sanders
National Nurses United members continue their campaign swing in South Carolina Tuesday and Wednesday joining a town hall in Charleston for Sen. Bernie Sanders and a youth mock caucus Tuesday
National Nurses United
Feb 16, 2016
#BernieBus Nurses Visit Nevada Capital, Meet With Students in Lead Up to Nevada Caucuses
In the countdown to Saturday's Nevada caucuses, National Nurses United’s #BernieBus is making its way through the Nevada capital, Carson City, on Tuesday morning, and then heading to the University of Nevada Reno to meet with students. Nurses will be passing out Bernie placards and flyers on campus, and explaining how to caucus.
National Nurses United
Feb 16, 2016
Nurses Converge in Nevada To Canvass for Bernie Sanders
This weekend, registered nurses will gather in Henderson, Nevada to canvass for Bernie Sanders, National Nurses United (NNU) announced today.
National Nurses United
Feb 12, 2016
International Nurse News Round-Up
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
Nurses Step up South Carolina Campaign for Sanders
The nation’s largest organization of nurses is continuing its campaign for Sen. Bernie Sanders this weekend in Orangeburg, Columbia, and Myrtle Beach with visits with students, union members, and a community forum and town hall.
National Nurses United
Feb 12, 2016
Sanders says single-payer health care can happen in his first term if ‘people demand it’
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders said that he has no hard timetable for moving to a single-payer health-care system if he wins the White House but that he hopes it’s something he could accomplish in his first term.
John Wagner, The Washington Post
RN DeAnn McEwen talks about the Zika Virus
What you need to know about the Zika Virus. RN and Nurse Practice Safety Specialist for National Nurses United,
De Ann McEwen talks about the Zika Virus.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
Nurses to Get Out the Vote for Sanders in New Hampshire
Registered nurses from New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Maine will gather in Manchester, NH Monday and Tuesday in the final push to get out the vote for Sen. Bernie Sanders in the first in the nation primary Tuesday.
National Nurses United
Feb 9, 2016
West Virginia Nurses Speak Out Against Proposed "Right-to-Work" Law
Registered nurses and other concerned West Virginians will hold a press conference Thursday to support Governor Earl Ray Tomblin's expected veto of the controversial so-called "right-to-work" legislation that will soon be sent to his desk.
National Nurses United
Feb 9, 2016