A STAFF REPORT
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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
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