14
5
Contents
4
13
News Briefs
West Virginia and Ohio RNs unionize 5 | Michigan
RNs work to pass Proposal 2; Menorah RNs in Kansas
win first contract 6 | NNU federal endorsements
7 | RNs at four Texas hospitals win first contracts
8 | Massachusetts nurses win mandatory overtime
ban 9 | Minnesota RNs prepare for November election
10 | Bill to tax Wall Street introduced 11 | Public
health RN Laarni San Juan shares what makes
her proud to be Filipina American; NNU director
makes top 100 influential people in healthcare
12 | Filipino nurses in Central Valley settle language
discrimination suit; Pennsylvania RNs testify for
workplace violence bill; Texas RNs secure sponsor
for ratios bill, also prepare to submit lift legislation
Exposing ���Right to Work��� Laws
How corporate interests promote so-called ���right
to work��� laws and undermine our ability to work
together. By RoseAnn DeMoro
1
1
14
Rotten to the Core
19
Collective Patient
Advocacy Trailblazers:
The Road to Ratios
Oral health is a key factor in overall health, yet
millions more Americans suffer from lack of dental
care than even medical care. Only an improved
Medicare for all would solve our country's dental
crisis. By Heather Boerner
In the first part of this two-part CE homestudy,
learn about the pioneering nurses whose advocacy
laid the foundation for modern nursing practice acts
and safe RN-to-patient staffing ratios. Submitted by
the Joint Nursing Practice Commission, DeAnn McEwen,
RN, and Hedy Dumpel, RN, JD
SEPTEMBER 2012
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
3
