Bonnie Castillo Appears on The Joy Reid Show
Watch Bonnie Castillo, Director of NNU's Registered Nurse Response Network discuss Ebola preparedness in U.S. hospitals.
The Joy Reid Show, MSNBC
Are American hospitals ready to fight Ebola?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is assuring the public that the nation's hospitals stand ready to handle cases of Ebola, but in a survey, nurses across the country say they fear their hospitals are not ready.
John Blackstone, CBS News
San Diego Veterans Administration Nurses Vote by 78% to Join Largest RN Union
In a 78 percent landslide, registered nurses who work in the large Veterans Administration hospital in San Diego have voted to join the nation’s largest organization of nurses, National Nurses United. 349-97
National Nurses United
Oct 10, 2014
RNs: New Accord Would Keep Open Daughters of Charity Hospitals, Preserve Vital Services
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United has reached an agreement with Prime Healthcare that nurses say features a commitment to preserve hospital services and labor standards at four California hospitals currently operated by the Daughters of Charity Health System in the event those hospitals are acquired by Prime.
California Nurses Association
Oct 10, 2014
Nurses Welcome Richmond City Council Decision to Reallocate Chevron Funds to Support Future of DMC
At Tuesday's Richmond City Council meeting, Registered Nurses, hospital staff and community members prevailed on Council members to reallocate $15 million of a $90 million community benefit agreement with Chevron USA, to Doctors Medical Center San Pablo (DMC).
California Nurses Association
Oct 8, 2014
Op-Ed - Why California needs Prop. 45
If you believe the advertising on television, health insurance in California is now the best deal since sliced bread. Four health insurance companies, which control 84% of the California market, are spending tens of millions of dollars to convince voters they have it so good that the state doesn't need Proposition 45. The November ballot measure would simply give the insurance commissioner the right to reject excessive health insurance rates.
Jamie Court of Consumer Watchdog, via Los Angeles Times
Death of First Ebola Patient Heightens Concern - Latest Survey Results from 1,700 RNs in 35 States
One week after the confirmation of the first patient in the U.S. infected with the Ebola virus, registered nurses who would be among the first to respond and interact with patients possibly infected still say their hospitals are lagging, according to survey responses from more than 1,700 registered nurses across the U.S.
National Nurses United
Oct 8, 2014
Nurses Demand Chevron, City Council Act Tonight and Allocate Funds to Doctors Medical Center
At tonight's Richmond City Council meeting Registered Nurses and community residents are calling on the Council to take action immediately to allocate Chevron funds to restore and maintain Doctors Medical Center as a full service acute care hospital.
California Nurses Association
Oct 7, 2014
UPDATE -- Even After Dallas, Hospitals Still Lagging in Preparation for U.S. Ebola Patients
News of the first confirmed patient in the U.S. infected with the Ebola virus still has not led to effective communication with registered nurses who would be among the first to respond and interact with patients possibly infected, according to survey responses from at least 1,400 registered nurses across the U.S.
National Nurses United
Oct 6, 2014
RN Response Network Director Bonnie Castillo Speaks on CNN
RNs and survey results were featured on national media from coast to coast, including an interview with RN Response Network director Bonnie Castillo, RN on CN.
CNN