Nurses are working to meet “mind-boggling†need among typhoon survivors
As a nurse, Michigan Nurses Association member Tim Launius is used to working holidays. Launius, a critical care RN at the University of Michigan Health System in Ann Arbor, is in the Philippines taking care of typhoon survivors as part of a team of volunteers from National Nurses United’s RNRN (Registered Nurse Response Network).
Michigan Nurses Association
Giving the Nurses’ Gift of Healing to the Philippines this Thanksgiving
Thanks to your donations and willingness to volunteer, RNRN now has mobile medical clinics up and running in the Philippines that hundreds of typhoon victims are lining up to use every day. Nurses have stationed themselves at a ruined chapel, a local gym, and other sites in Roxas City on Panay, one of the islands hard hit by Super Typhoon Haiyan. They are providing much needed medications, wound care, vaccinations for tetanus and other shots, and assessing and treating all kinds of injuries and illnesses.
RN Response Network
UC RNs Ratify New 4-Year Pact Protecting Retirement Security, Stopping Concession Demands
At a time of increasing employer demands for sweeping concessions on retirement security, especially for public workers, registered nurses working at University of California hospitals and student health centers overwhelmingly ratified a pact with University officials on Monday that secures nurses’ retirement as well as achieving important gains.
California Nurses Association
Nov 27, 2013
Feed our children, tax Wall Street
As the grocery bags suddenly become half-empty and too many kids start going hungry, a lot of people are going to ask: "Where can we find the money to feed our children?" Here's one source, probably the biggest untapped revenue source in our nation - Wall Street. By RoseAnn DeMoro, CNA/NNU Executive Director
SFGate.com
The real fix for Obamacare's flaws: Medicare for all
Lost amidst the well-chronicled travails of the Affordable Care Act rollout are the long term effects of people struggling to get the health coverage they need without going bankrupt. If that sounds familiar, it's because that's been the main story line of the US healthcare system for several decades. Sadly, little has changed.
The Guardian
Sierra, Providence nurses in El Paso approve first union contract
Registered nurses at Sierra Medical Center and Providence Memorial Hospital have ratified their first contract since becoming part of a national nurses union, the union announced recently.
El Paso Times
University of Michigan Health System nurse heads to Philippines to provide typhoon relief
A University of Michigan Health System nurse is among aid workers preparing to provide relief to the typhoon-ravaged Philippines. Tim Launius will travel to the Philippines on Saturday with a team of registered nurse volunteers to provide medical support in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan.
MLive.com
Las Vegas nurse volunteers to help typhoon victims in the Philippines
She’s headed back to her homeland to help the hungry and the homeless in the Philippines, which is still reeling from one of the most powerful typhoons in recorded history. Myra Hidalgois, a registered nurse who works at MountainView Hospital, was to leave this morning, which means she was hurriedly packing Friday night for the 16-hour trip, with layovers in Los Angeles and Korea.
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Third National Nurses Group to Deploy to Philippines for Typhoon Haiyan Relief Effort
As many American families prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving this week, a number of registered nurses are offering their own gift of healing for the holidays – by volunteering to deploy to the Philippines to provide medical support for those affected by the Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda.
RN Response Network / NNU
Nov 26, 2013