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Contents
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News Briefs
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The Two Americas
Thousands of Bay Area nurses strike 5 | Massachusetts RNs picket for safe staffing 6 | RNs educate
legislators; Michigan RNs plan to build on year���s
work 7 | NNU offering new certi���cate program on
women���s global health leadership 8 | Petaluma RNs
picket in support of striking colleagues; Florida RNs
vote to strike if necessary to win contracts; former
NNU staffer Jill Furillo, RN named as executive
director of New York State Nurses Association
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America has become a nation of ���have everythings���
and ���have nothings.��� How nurses can ���ght poverty
by helping pass the Robin Hood Tax.
By RoseAnn DeMoro
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Eye of the Storm
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The Year in Pictures
Nurses in New York City assess not only patient, but
societal needs after Hurricane Sandy
Our 2012 pictorial review lets us share some
classic shots from the past year, and also a few
extra goodies from our photographers that
we have not had a chance to run yet.
DECEMBER 2012
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2012 Editorial Index
Where did I read that again? Was it a summer
issue? Or maybe earlier, from March? Don���t sift
through stacks of magazines hunting for that one
article. Every December, we publish our handy
index of everything we printed that year.
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
N AT I O N A L N U R S E
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