Registered Nurse Response Network Sends Nurse Volunteers to Assist With First Aid at Standing Rock

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National Nurses United (NNU)’s Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a national network of volunteer direct-care RNs, will deploy nurse volunteers to help existing medical volunteers at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation meet first aid needs for thousands of land and water protectors as winter approaches, NNU announced today.
National Nurses United
Oct 10, 2016

Global Nurses United of Nurse, Healthcare Worker Unions, Born

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Leaders of the premiere nurses and health care workers unions in 14 nations in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe have announced plans to form a new international organization to step up the fight against the harmful effects of austerity measures, privatization, and cuts in health care services that they say are putting people and communities at risk across the planet.
Global Nurses United

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 to Cut Drug Prices? California Can Set a Model With Prop. 61

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Despite all the disgust with pharmaceutical price gouging and the public shaming of CEOs like Heather Bresch of EpiPen infamy and “pharma bro” Martin Shkreli, we’ve yet to see any concrete steps to actually cut drug prices.
Deborah Burger, RN writing for Common Dreams

Commentary: EpiPen why we need Prop. 61

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Prop. 61 uses the common-sense approach of directing the state to pay no more than the same prices paid by the VA. That could cut prices by up to 40 percent, and produce billions in savings for California taxpayers.
Zenei Cortez, writing in the East Bay Times