Nurses, Arturo Carmona to Discuss Key Congressional Race, Impact of Affordable Care Act Repeal Vote
Registered nurse members of the CNA/NNU will join with Congressional candidate Arturo Carmona Wednesday for a press conference on the pending vote in the House on the bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the impact on Californians, and the way favored by Carmona and nurses to guarantee health care for all, a Medicare for all type system.
California Nurses Association
Mar 21, 2017
Ohio Bill Seeking Safety Limits on Number of Patients Assigned to RNs Gets First Hearing
On Tues. March 21, S.B. 55, the Ohio Patient Protection Act—a bill by National Nurses Organizing Committee-Ohio/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) which sets specific limits on how many patients Ohio nurses can care for at once—will get its first hearing, with testimony by sponsor Senator Michael Skindell.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United - Ohio
Mar 20, 2017
Perspective: Why now is the time for California to embrace single-payer healthcare
Here we go again with national health care reform. But given the large gap between policies favored by Californians and those of the GOP in Washington, D.C., there is every reason for the Golden State to chart it's own health care course.
Michael Lighty writing for Center of Health Journalism
Nurses Endorse Arturo Carmona in Los Angeles Congressional Race
National Nurses United, which includes the California Nurses Association, today announced its support for Arturo Carmona for Congress in the 34th Congressional district special election April 4.
California Nurses Association
Mar 17, 2017
Nurses: Proposed Budget Latest Attack on the Public Protections and the Most Vulnerable People
National Nurses United today sharply criticized President Trump’s proposed federal budget as a broad attack on public protections that also targets some of the nation’s most vulnerable people while shifting resources to the least needed areas.
National Nurses United
Mar 16, 2017
Sticker Shock Forces Thousands Of Cancer Patients To Skip Drugs, Skimp On Treatment
John Krahne received alarming news from his doctor last December. His brain tumors were stable, but his lung tumors had grown noticeably larger.
Liz Szab, Kaiser Health News
Inhaling Toxic Smoke From Surgical Procedures Threatens Everyone in the Room
Would you prefer to have surgery in an environment with sterile air, or in a room with air that may contain dangerous chemicals, cellular material, viruses, or bacteria?
Bonnie Castillo, RN, Director of RN Response Network and Health & Safety at NNU
Council Nurses Urge San Francisco To Divest from DAPL
Nurses from the San Francisco Metro Council attended an San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting to urge the city to divest from any banks and financial institutions who have investments in the Dakota Access Pipeline.
California Nurses Association
Nurses Applaud San Luis Obispo County Vote to Uphold Rejection of Phillips 66 Train Project
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United welcomed the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors vote to uphold the Planning Commission's rejection of a controversial proposal by Phillip 66 to transport millions of gallons of crude tar sands oil through the county by rail every week.
California Nurses Association
Mar 15, 2017
Next Steps to Ban Fracking in Maryland
Yesterday was an amazing sight to see: over 1,000 people from all across Maryland marched through the streets of Annapolis to demand a ban on fracking in our state.
Food & Water Watch