26 CNA/NNU 101 » The Organization
RNS IN MOTION: GET INVOLVED
As a member of CNA/NNU, there are many exciting
opportunities for involvement at the facility level as a
member of your nurse negotiating team, in the legislative
process as a local spokesperson, in your community as an
educator and public speaker, and throughout the nation
with our disaster relief efforts and campaign for Medicare
for All.
ORGANIZE YOUR FACILITY
Organizing your facility is the cornerstone of RN power.
See page 16 for more details.
STAY INFORMED
The NNU Nurse Advocacy Network (NAN) is a commu-
nity of nurses and activists who mobilize to ensure that
nurses and other frontline health care workers have the
protections and safety standards they need to care for
patients. NAN works to hold elected officials and other
decision-makers accountable through collective action,
and provides nurses and activists with the resources
and training to be successful. Sign up at https://bit.ly/
joinNAN.
Additionally, you can stay in the loop through
CNA/NNU's social media accounts.
Get CNA/NNU news in your social media feeds:
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Facebook: facebook.com/calnurses and
facebook.com/nationalnurses
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Twitter: @CalNurses and @NationalNurses
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Instagram: @CalNurses and @NationalNurses
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Our Vimeo and YouTube channels: vimeo.
com/nationalnursesunited and youtube.com/
nationalnursesunited
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All our latest photos on Flickr: flickr.com/califor-
nianurses and flickr.com/nationalnursesunited
CE COURSES
Attend one of CNA/NNU's innovative CE class series
taught by our nursing practice and education and
research departments.
Course topics have included:
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Preserving Holistic Care: Protecting the science
and art of nursing during Covid
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Public Health, a History
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RN Staffing Ratios: The necessity of regulated nurse
staffing ratios to ensure patient safety and improved
outcomes for hospitalized patients
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Workplace Violence: Prevention and advocacy
for nurses
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Stress on the Job: A closer look at root causes,
impacts, and solutions
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PPE and Covid-19: The science, standards,
and enforcement
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Fighting the Monopoly Epidemic
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Confronting Institutional Racism in Health Care
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Healing the Planet: Environmental justice
as health justice
To learn more and register for classes, visit:
www.nationalnursesunited.org/ce.
VOLUNTEER, DONATE TO CNA/NNU'S
RN RESPONSE NETWORK (RNRN)
After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast in
2005, CNA/NNU cut through bureaucratic red tape and
sent more than 300 RNs to 25 facilities in Texas, Louisiana,
and Mississippi. CNA/NNU then officially established
the first disaster relief organization by and for RNs, the
Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) in response
to the massive showing of RNs wanting to volunteer
their help.
Since its formation, RNRN has sent teams of nurses to
help following disasters in locations across the United
States and around the world, including California, Florida,
New York, Texas, Haiti, the Philippines, and the Bahamas.
RNRN has also provided basic humanitarian aid and
medical support to underserved communities within the
United States as well as in Central and South America and
the Caribbean.
RNs can sign up to join RNRN's list of interested volun-
teers or donate to support sending nurses to where they
are needed most at: www.RNResponseNetwork.org.
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