4 News Briefs
MNA nurse cares for hurricane victims
5 | Community First RNs in Chicago unionize;
St. Louis RNs win new contract 6 | Health
care workers at Methodist Arcadia unionize;
Methodist Hospital RNs win first contract
7 | Research Psychiatric nurses join NNOC; Nurses
again ranked most trusted profession in Gallup
poll 8 | Long Beach RNs win new contract; CNA
RN board member appointed to California Board
of Registered Nursing; RNs and veterans hold
town hall meetings to defend VA health care
9 Virulent Greed
Nurses demand hospitals prioritize infectious
disease protections, not profits.
By Bonnie Castillo, RN
10 Paying Respects
Honoring Guatemala's disappeared with
medical care for the survivors.
By Rachel Berger
14 Making Systemic Change
University of California nurses organize
to win workplace violence prevention measures.
By Chuleenan Svetvilas
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ON THE COVER: Volunteer Monica Ramos,
RN, cares for a mother and child at a clinic
in Guatemala, where she recently traveled
on a medical mission with Registered Nurse
Response Network and also learned about
the country's history—a past that has shaped
the current health status of the patients
she saw.
Photo: Debbi Pacheco.
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