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National Nurse magazine October-November-December 2022

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O C T O B E R | N O V E M B E R | D E C E M B E R 2 0 2 2 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 A T I O N A L N U R S E 27 Health begins at home. Home health nurses across the country share stories about their demanding but rewarding specialty, including unusual challenges and work during Covid. April/May/June p. 18. Considering home health? April/May/June p. 21. Labor Pains. Hospitals focusing on maximizing profits are cutting labor and delivery units, endangering pregnant patients and entire com- munities. April/May/June p. 24. 15,000 nurses in Minnesota hold historic strike to prioritize patients before profits. July/August/September p. 10. Public-sector nurses and caregivers applaud new meal and break law. July/August/September p. 12. Getting Organized. Nurses are heartened that the rest of the country's workers have started what we've been steadily doing the past three decades: going union. July/August/September p. 15. Into the Mind. The U.S. mental health system was already in crisis, and Covid just intensified its ills. Learn what NNU nurses working in behavioral health across the country have observed, and how they are advocating for their patients. July/August/September p. 18. Nurses condemn closure of nursery unit. RNs at HCA Florida Osceola Hospital protest shutdown. October/November/December p. 9. NYSNA votes to join NNU. This historic affiliation grows the national movement of nurses, advancing interests of patients, RNs. October/November/December p. 14. Caught in a TRAP. Hospitals are increasingly forcing new RNs to sign exploitative training repayment contracts to get hired. NNU is fight- ing back, on behalf of nurses, patients, and the profession. October/November/December p. 16. O OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY HCA's Mission Hospital penalized nearly $30,000. N.C. hospital cited for failing to protect nurses and other health care workers from Covid-19. January/February/March p. 5. Nurses continue fight for OSHA permanent standard on Covid. January/February/March p. 6. ER nurses at Maine Medical Center in Portland speak out against work- place violence. January/February/March p. 10. We're not gonna take it. RNs hold national day of action to protest short staffing crisis, no permanent OSHA standard on Covid. January/February/March p. 16. Nurses applaud introduction of federal Senate bill to prevent work- place violence in health care, social services. April/May/June p. 6. OSHA permanent standard on Covid moves forward another step. October/November/December p. 10. ORGANIZING Union victory in Colorado! RNs at Longmont Hospital vote to form first private-sector union in Colorado for NNU. January/February/March p. 4. Sparrow Home Care workers unanimously organize. Will join Sparrow home care and hospital RNs in union. January/February/March p. 7. Landslide union victory in Texas. Austin RNs vote to form union. July/August/September p. 4. Florida nurses vote to unionize. July/August/September p. 5. Getting Organized. Nurses are heartened that the rest of the country's workers have started what we've been steadily doing the past three decades: going union. July/August/September p. 15. Southern Revival. Nurses at Mission Hospital are leading the way in North Carolina's growing labor movement, showing what solidarity looks like in their state. July/August/September p. 16. Union win in Wichita! RNs at Ascension Via Christi St. Francis Hospital vote to join NNOC. October/November/December p. 7. R RATIOS See Staffing REGISTERED NURSE RESPONSE NETWORK (RNRN) Picking up the pieces. RNRN volunteers practice basic public health nursing and whatever it takes to help victims of Hurricane Ian. October/November/December p. 22. S SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EQUITY Be it resolved. NNU helped pass two crucial pieces of policy on gender and health care justice at the AFL-CIO. April/May/June p. 17. STAFFING Pandemic is fueling Minnesota RNs' ongoing fight for safe staffing. January/February/March p. 9. RNs at Miami's Bruce W. Carter VA Medical Center held action to demand management invest in nurse staffing. Chicago VA nurses protest inadequate leave policies. January/February/March p. 10. Don't try this at home. The national hospital industry is peddling pro- grams to treat acute-care patient sin their residences, instead of in the hospital where they belong. January/February/March p. 12. We're not gonna take it. RNs hold national day of action to protest short staffing crisis, no permanent OSHA standard on Covid. January/February/March p. 16. Health begins at home. Home health nurses across the country share stories about their demanding but rewarding specialty, including unusual challenges and work during Covid. April/May/June p. 18. VA nurses protest across the country. July/August/September p. 9. 15,000 nurses in Minnesota hold historic strike to prioritize patients before profits. July/August/September p. 10. Public-sector nurses and caregivers applaud new meal and break law. July/August/September p. 12. STRIKES See Bargaining W WORKPLACE ISSUES See Occupational Health and Safety 2022 EDITORIAL INDEX

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