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
Healthy California Act Town Halls Kick Off Saturday in Southern California
The first in a series of town hall meetings planned throughout the state, in support of the Healthy California Act SB 562, will be held March 18th and 19th in Fullerton, Pomona, Covina and Riverside, Ca. California state senators have been invited to attend and Sen. Leyva has confirmed she will be participating in the Pomona town Hall.
California Nurses Association
Mar 14, 2017
What are Safe Staffing Ratios and why are they so important to all of us?
Many Americans may be surprised to know that California is the only state in the country with mandatory limits on the number of patients a nurse can be assigned at one time. Now nurses across the country are pushing for national legislation.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
The Republican House of Horrors Offers a Terrifying Healthcare Vision
Halloween arrived early this year featuring the Republican house of horrors seeking to fulfill their long lust for repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
NNU Executive Director, RoseAnn DeMoro writing for Common Dreams
Nurses: GOP Plan Would Abandon Millions of Americans with Less Coverage, Higher Costs
National Nurses United today sharply criticized the Republicans’ proposed healthcare “repeal and replace†bill as a cruel abandonment of the gains made under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), and a betrayal of the promises made by candidate Donald Trump to ensure that “we’re going to have healthcare for everybody†that is “far less expensive and far better.â€
National Nurses United
Mar 7, 2017
As ACA faces repeal, California has a better alternative
In the coming days, we may finally see an unveiling of the details and text of the “replacement†plan pledged by those in Congress who have lusted for years to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
Deborah Burger writing for The Sacramento Bee