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National Nurse magazine June 2013 update

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A STAFF REPORT IT'SacrossSMALLWORLD A the country and globe convene at the 2013 RNs from Staff Nurse Assembly to discuss their joint struggles and to strategize against the privatization of everything. NATIONAL NURSES UNITED RNS have long known that they cannot be true patient advocates by focusing only on their own units or own hospitals. To make a lasting difference in the health of their patients, they understand that they must act to change larger societal conditions, whether it's a dirty environment; lack of a decent job and educational opportunities; poor access to nutritious food, affordable housing, and healthcare; or the dominance by corporations over every aspect of our lives for the pursuit of profit. And they know these struggles are not isolated to the United States, but, through globalization, are the same fights nurses and working people across the world are waging. All of these issues came together at National Nurses United's 2013 Staff Nurse Assembly under the theme "Our patients. Our planet. Our rights." The assembly, which was held June 19-21 in San Francisco, is an annual conference that gathers the organization's nurse leaders to educate them about the forces working against 12 N AT I O N A L N U R S E 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 JUNE 2013

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