Nurses Urge Senate Finance Committee to Scrutinize Tom Price

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National Nurses United is calling on members of the Senate Finance Committee to press Rep. Tom Price on critical issues affecting public health and safety as the committee holds a hearing on Price’s nomination Tuesday to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services.
National Nurses United
Jan 23, 2017

Nurses Call on Senate to Reject Steven Mnuchin for Treasury Post

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In a letter to the Senate Committee on Finance, National Nurses United today announced its formal opposition to the confirmation of investment banker Steven Mnuchin as Secretary of the Treasurer.
National Nurses United
Jan 23, 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

‘Access’ to Buying Insurance is Not Health Coverage

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A signature exchange early in the first Senate hearing Wednesday for Rep. Tom Price in his nomination to be the next Health and Human Services Secretary illustrates a lot about our still damaged healthcare system, and how it could now get much worse.
NNU Executive Director, RoseAnn DeMoro, Contributing to Huffington Post

Nurses Announce Opposition to Sen. Sessions for Attorney General

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National Nurses United is joining with civil rights and civil liberties advocates to oppose the confirmation of Sen. Jeff Sessions to be the next U.S. Attorney General, NNU announced today. NNU will urge the Senate to reject Sessions’ nomination.
National Nurses United
Jan 19, 2017

Nurses Face More Violence From Hospital Patients

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Nurses and other health care workers increasingly face verbal abuse, physical assaults and injuries, often from the patients they're trying to help, according to testimony at a Jan. 10 meeting held by the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Capitol Hill.
Lisa Esposito, US News And World Report

International Nurse News Round-Up

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Global Nurses United

As Confirmation Hearing Opens, Nurses Urge Senate to Reject Price

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With the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions scheduled to open a hearing Wednesday on the nomination of Rep. Tom Price as Secretary of Health and Human Services, National Nurses United urged both the committee and the full Senate to reject Price, citing his record of opposition to major healthcare services and advocacy of harmful cuts in in key healthcare programs.
National Nurses United
Jan 18, 2017