Nurses Applaud Huge Vote for Change in California Democratic Party Elections

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The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today applauded the hundreds of nurses and other progressive activists who appear to have won the majority of Assembly District delegate slots for the 2017 California Democratic Party convention in town hall type meetings over the weekend.
California Nurses Association
Jan 9, 2017

International Nurse News Round-Up

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

NNU Nurses to Testify in DC, Call for National Standard to Prevent Workplace Violence in Healthcare

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(WASHINGTON, D.C.) On Tuesday, January 10, at a public stakeholder meeting convened by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), registered nurse members of National Nurses United (NNU)—from states around the country—will demand that OSHA promptly pass regulations to prevent workplace violence in healthcare settings.
National Nurses United
Jan 9, 2017

Alhambra Hospital RNs Vote to Join CNA

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Resisting heavy-handed pressure by hospital managers, registered nurses at Alhambra Hospital Medical Center in Alhambra, Ca. voted Thursday to join the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, CNA announced today.
California Nurses Association
Jan 6, 2017

International Nurse News Round-Up

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

How important is Public Policy and Protective Legislation for Nurses & Patients?

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During the last two years alone, nurses represented by California Nurses Association and National Nurses United fought to author and pass state and national legislation that includes Safe RN-to Patient Staffing Ratio’s and California’s Ballot Proposition 61, also known as the Drug Price Relief Act.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio

Nurses at Four Verity Health Hospitals in Bay Area and Los Angeles Vote to Approve New Contracts

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After four years of instability and threats of hospital closures or major cuts in patient services, registered nurses voted to approve a new contract covering nearly 1500 RNs at four former Daughters of Charity hospitals that are now owned by Verity Health, the California Nurses Association announced today.
California Nurses Association
Dec 23, 2016