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2012 Editorial Index O Still SiCKO. Five years after the release of the seminal documentary, the ���lm���s subjects reunite to discuss how little has improved in our healthcare system. June p. 18. INTERNATIONAL NURSING NNU leaders travel to Haiti for global labor conference and tour relief program. June p. 10. Ratios Around the World. Nurses everywhere understand minimum staf���ng ratios are a critical safety standards. November p. 11. L LEGISLATION Minnesota RNs defeat union-busting bill. March p. 5. PASNAP sponsors CE and legislation to address workplace violence. March p. 8. Michigan nurses key to vote on constitutional amendment. June p. 9. Massachusetts nurses win mandatory overtime ban. September p. 8. Robin Hood Tax bill introduced in Congress. September p. 10. Pennsylvania RNs testify about need to pass workplace violence legislation, HB 1992. September p. 12. Texas RNs successfully secure a sponsor for safe staffing ratios legislation. September p. 12. Massachusetts ban against forced overtime takes effect. November p. 5. OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH PASNAP sponsors CE and legislation to address workplace violence. March p. 8. Pennsylvania RNs testify about need to pass workplace violence legislation, HB 1992. September p. 12. ORGANIZING Tracy Sutter Community Hospital nurses vote in union. March p. 6. RNs at Barstow Community Hospital and Fallbrook Hospital in Southern California unionize. April/May p. 10. Missouri RNs at St. Louis University Hospital and Des Peres Hospital vote to join the union. June p. 8. 600 RNs at three hospitals in West Virginia and Ohio unionize. September p. 4. Texas RNs at Providence Memorial Hospital in El Paso unionize. October p. 4. ORGANIZATION Member action teams keep Minnesota RNs ready for anything. June p. 6. Listing of NNU national officers for 2012-2015 term. July/August p. 9. Former NNU senior staffer Jill Furillo, RN, named executive director of New York State Nurses Association. December p. 8. The Year in Pictures. A pictorial review of 2012. December p. 12. M P MENTAL HEALTH Massachusetts RNs oppose proposed closure of state mental hospital and cuts. January/February p. 5. Massachusetts RNs rally to block closure of state mental hospital, call for study of system. March p. 4. Massachusetts RNs keep key mental hospital open. July/August p. 8. N NURSING PRACTICE VA nurses ���ght directive allowing unlicensed personnel to give medications. March p. 7. Two CNA RN leaders, Trande Phillips and Michael Jackson, are appointed to the California Board of Registered Nursing. June p. 10. Minnesota RNs ���ght weakening of state nurse practice act that would expand LPN scope to encroach on RN scope. July/August p. 11. 18 N AT I O N A L N U R S E POLITICS Michigan nurses key to vote on constitutional amendment. June p. 9. California RNs urge yes on 30, no on 32. July/August p. 6. Michigan RNs publicly shame Congressman for anti-Medicare vote. July/August p. 10. RNs on offense to protect Michigan bargaining rights. September p. 5. California RNs say ���Yes��� to Prop. 30 and ���No, no, no!��� to Prop. 32. September p. 6. Federal candidates with NNU���s seal of approval. September p. 6. Key issues at stake for Minnesota RNs this November. September p. 9. Michigan RNs celebrate year of rise in political power. October p. 8. 2012 election postmortem. November p. 6. Nurses use forums to educate Minnesota lawmakers. December p. 6. Michigan RNs mobilize for 2013 challenges. December p. 6. PROFILES A purposeful life. An obituary of former CNA/NNOC board member Relie Dema-ala, RN. January/February p. 6. W W W. N A T I O N A L N U R S E S U N I T E D . O R G DECEMBER 2012