Today — Get Healthy! Get Checked!
Today, Registered Nurses from the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) will offer a free health screening to community members, including glucose and blood pressure checks, at the Dorothy Height/Benning Library.
National Nurses United
Jul 31, 2014
Kaiser RNs to Press Patient Care Concerns As Talks on New Contract Open Thursday
Representing 18,000 registered nurses and nurse practitioners, the Kaiser RN nurse negotiating team will open talks Thursday with Kaiser Permanente on a new collective bargaining agreement affecting 21 Kaiser hospitals and 66 clinics throughout Northern and Central California.
National Nurses United
Jul 30, 2014
Report: Health premiums rose significantly in 2014
SACRAMENTO - State Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones says the cost of health care premiums increased significantly this year, as he pushes for more authority to regulate increases. The report released by Jones, a Democrat, says California's four largest insurers raised premiums from 22 percent to 88 percent, depending on factors such as age and location.
Fenit Nirappil, Associated Press, as posted in the Fresno Bee
On Medicare's 49th Birthday Statewide Actions Call to: Protect, Improve, and Expand Medicare for All
On Medicare's 49th birthday, Wednesday, July 30, the Campaign for a Healthy California plans actions in 14 cities throughout California to celebrate Medicare's successful provision of guaranteed health care to millions of elderly senior and disabled Americans for nearly half a century.
National Nurses United
Jul 29, 2014
Medicare trust fund will stretch until 2030, new projections say
Slow health cost growth has improved Medicare's financial outlook, extending the program's trust fund to last until 2030. If absolutely nothing changes, the trust fund that pays for most of seniors' hospital visits will now last an additional four years beyond the 2013 forecast.
Sarah Kliff, Vox.com
The Nurses’ Solution to Save DMC—County Must Run DMC and Chevron Must Pay its Fair Share
SAN PABLO—Registered nurses from throughout Contra Costa County will be joined by a broad and expanding number of organizations and individuals in a march and rally Wednesday calling for Chevron and the County to step in to keep Doctors Medical Center open.
National Nurses United
Jul 28, 2014
RNs, Veterans Held Speak Out at San Diego VA with Call for Action to Improve Patient Care
Registered nurses at the Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC) in San Diego, joined and supported by veteran service members, held a public speak out on Wednesday, July 23 to outline immediate steps the medical center should take to improve patient care at the VA hospital.
National Nurses United
A New Sign And Fresh Paint Isn’t Enough
Nurses at Verdugo Hills Hospital will rally tomorrow in protest the University of Southern California’s failure to sufficiently improve patient care and labor standards since acquiring the hospital one year ago.
National Nurses United
Jul 24, 2014
Kaiser RNs Set to Open Contract Talks -Voice Concern About Erosion of Patient Care Standards
With contract talks affecting more than 18,000 Kaiser Permanente registered nurses who work in 86 Kaiser hospitals and clinics throughout Northern and Central California set to open next week, RNs today renewed their call to press the HMO/hospital giant to put the breaks on the growing erosion of care standards nurses say put patients at risk.
National Nurses United
Jul 24, 2014
San Diego RN speaks out for dignity of migrant children
San Diego RN and California Nurses Association/National Nurses United member Lisa Rainford joined with area civil rights and human rights activists July 22 in calling on Escondido, Ca. city officials to reverse a decision to block the opening of a closed nursing home as a shelter to temporarily house refugee migrant children.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United