RNRN Launches Fundraising Drive for Healthcare Workers in Ebola-Stricken Nations
The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a project of National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest professional organization of RNs, has initiated a national fundraising campaign to provide desperately needed personal protective equipment for frontline healthcare workers caring for patients stricken by the Ebola virus.
RNRN
Sep 3, 2014
National Nurses Endorses Call for Policing Practices Reform In Wake of Michael Brown Shooting
National Nurses United, the largest U.S. organization of nurses, has endorsed the call by dozens of Congressional, faith based, and community leaders for reform of policing practices in the wake of the Ferguson, Mo. shooting death of Michael Brown.
National Nurses United
Sep 3, 2014
Nurses and Union Activists Throughout California Celebrate Labor Day
Nurses joined union activists throughout California for Labor Day activities on Monday.
California Nurses Association
Nurses Go On Strike, Demanding Protective Equipment in Ebola-hit Liberia
Monrovia (AFP) - Nurses at Liberia's largest hospital went on strike on Monday, demanding better pay and equipment to protect them against a deadly Ebola epidemic which has killed hundreds in the west African nation.
http://www.afp.com/
RNRN is Working to Save Lives in West Africa
The Ebola outbreak has now killed at least 1,552 people in West Africa and is spiraling out of control, with international healthcare providers saying that they are not able to handle the crisis.
RNRN
Climate Crisis a Public-Health Emergency Too: Why Nurses Will Join Climate March Sept. 21
For registered nurses the climate crisis is a clear and present public-health emergency as well as a creeping bomb for our planet -- and they draw a direct link between extreme forms of energy extraction and the horrific impacts they see on human health.
Deborah Burger, RN via The Huffington Post
RNs Hail New State Rules for Safe Patient Lifting
The California Nurses Association today enthusiastically welcomed new state regulations by the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to assure improved safety for patients, registered nurses, and other staff in lifting and other handling of hospitalized patients.
California Nurses Association
Aug 26, 2014
National Nurses United Director, RoseAnn DeMoro, Named to 100 Most Influential in Healthcare
On a list dominated by top executives of the hospital, insurance, pharmaceutical, and other healthcare industry corporations, National Nurses United Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro has been named as one of the 100 most influential people in healthcare in the U.S, for the 13th year.
National Nurses United
Aug 25, 2014
Maria Navarro: El Paso must crack down on wage theft
I've noticed that the minimum wage has not kept pace with the cost of life here. That's why as a nurse leader of National Nurses Organizing Committee El Paso I am joining the new Lift Up El Paso Alliance, to fight for a living wage and put an end to wage theft. We've decided to act on this now because El Paso County is one of the poorest in the entire United States.
RN Maria Navarro, El Paso Times
About 30.1M Patients Affected by Health Data Breaches Since 2009
The personal data of about 30.1 million people have been affected by the 944 recorded major health data breaches since federal reporting requirements under the 2009 economic stimulus package went into effect.
California HealthCare Foundation