Nurses Release New Report, Speak Out on Ethical, Patient Care Concerns at St. Joseph Health System

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(EUREKA) Registered nurses from St. Joseph Health system (SJH) will gather at St. Joseph Hospital, Eureka Thursday to hand out summaries of a new report on serious concerns that have arisen as SJH has shifted from the values of its founding Sisters—to corporate management concerned, nurses say, with maximizing revenue at the expense of patients, RNs, taxpayers, and its own stated principles.
California Nurses Association
Aug 20, 2015

Nurses Release New Report, Speak Out on Ethical, Patient Care Concerns at St. Joseph Health System

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(APPLE VALLEY) Registered nurses from St. Joseph Health system (SJH) will gather at St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley Thursday to hand out summaries of a new report on serious concerns that have arisen as SJH has shifted from the values of its founding Sisters—to corporate management concerned, nurses say, with maximizing revenue at the expense of patients, RNs, taxpayers, and its own stated principles.
California Nurses Association
Aug 20, 2015

Stockton: RNs to Picket St. Joseph’s Medical Center Friday

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Registered nurses from St. Joseph’s Medical Center (SJMC) will stage an informational picket on Friday, Aug. 21 over concerns about safe staffing issues at the hospital, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today.
California Nurses Association
Aug 19, 2015

RNs Call on AG Harris, FTC to Assure Protection for Patients and Nurses in Merger

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The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) today called on California Attorney General Kamala Harris, the Federal Trade Commission, and other elected leaders and regulatory agencies to carefully review the proposed merger between Providence Health & Services and St. Joseph Health to assure patient protections and nurses’ rights are not infringed.
California Nurses Association
Aug 19, 2015

Nurses Release New Report, Speak Out on Ethical, Patient Care Concerns at St. Joseph Health System

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(NAPA) Registered nurses from St. Joseph Health system (SJH) hospitals will gather in Napa Wednesday to officially release a new report on the serious concerns that have arisen as SJH has shifted from the values of its founding Sisters—to corporate management concerned, nurses say, with maximizing revenue at the expense of patients, RNs, taxpayers, and its own stated principles.
California Nurses Association
Aug 18, 2015

Nurses Invite Pope Francis to Meet on U.S. Visit to Discuss Health Effects of Climate Crisis

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Leaders of unions representing leading nurses and other healthcare workers in 18 countries from every major continent are requesting a meeting with Pope Francis during his upcoming visit to the U.S. to discuss ways to work together to combat the alarming health effects of the climate crisis and other environmental degradation.
Global Nurses United
Aug 15, 2015

Infectious Diseases Like It Hot: How Climate Change Helps Cholera and Salmonella Outbreaks

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Every year, about one million Americans and tens of millions of people worldwide suffer the debilitating effects of salmonella poisoning, episodes sometimes serious enough for hospitalization. Cholera, while rare in the United States, has been increasing steadily in other countries for the last decade, with up to 5 million cases annually, and poses a real threat after natural disasters.
Marlene Cimons, Thingprogress.org

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