4 News Briefs
RNs at HCA-affiliated hospitals celebrate new
contracts 5 | RNs at two Tucson hospitals win
unions 6 | Minnesota RNs' election work pays
off 7 | Iowa RNs pull together for patients after
tornado 8 | Nurses' advocacy has impact on
merger 9 | VA nurses fight back against recent
attacks 10 | Additional University of Chicago
Medical Center RNs unionize 11 | University
of California RNs win new contract 12 | RNRN
volunteers help Camp Fire victims 13 | Arcadia
Methodist RNs join CNA; Remaining Stanford
ValleyCare RNs unionize 14 | Alhambra RNs
celebrate first contract; Contra Costa County nurses
approve new pact; Hi-Desert RNs win first
contract; San Joaquin RNs renew agreement
15 A Year of Power in Review
Nobody rises to a challenge like nurses.
By Bonnie Castillo, RN
16 Higher Calling
To try and save her east D.C. hospital, RN Elissa
Curry stretched her comfort zone to advocate for
her patients. By Rachel Berger
18 Building a Legacy
Mother and son RNs Julie and Alex Laslett are
unionizing Johns Hopkins Hospital for themselves
and future generations. By Lucia Hwang
20 High Stakes
At 2018 NNU convention, RN leaders chart course
for the future. By Kari Jones
22 Bearing Witness
Documenting our 2018 advocacy through photos.
29 Editorial Index 2018
You know you read something in the magazine that
you'd like to recall, but can't quite place in which
issue you read it. Use our handy 2018 editorial index
to locate content from this past year.
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ON THE COVER: From left: Registered Nurse
Response Network (RNRN) volunteers Trish
Gonzalez, RN, Rebecca Blecker, RN, Jennifer
Mattox, NP, and April Ancheta, RN provided
medical aid in November to victims of the dead-
liest wildfire in California history, the Butte
County Camp Fire. Photo: Jaclyn Higgs
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