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26 N A T 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 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 Twin Cities and Twin Ports nurses win historic contracts. 15,000 nurses in 15 hospitals ratify new agreements. October/November/ December p. 4. Kalamazoo nurses win battle for new contract. Ascension Borgess RNs avert strike and ratify new pact. October/November/December p. 5. In historic vote, U.S. House passes legislation to grant VA nurses full collective bargaining rights. October/November/December p. 6. Sutter RNs held two strikes. Nurses in Berkeley and Oakland demand safe working conditions. October/November/December p. 7. RNs at three Steward hospitals ratify new pacts. Coral Gables nurses win first contract. October/November/December p. 8. With new master contract, Kaiser nurses set highest standards for the nation. October/November/December p. 11. RNs in Monterey County's health system voted 96 percent in favor of ratifying their very first collective bargaining agreement. October/November/December p. 12. Nurses at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding ratified a new pact. October/November/December p. 12. RNs at Providence Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica ratified a new contract. October/November/December p. 12. Millinocket Regional Hospital RNs ratify a new contract. October/November/December p. 12. C COVID-19 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. Pandemic is fueling Minnesota RNs' ongoing fight for safe staffing. January/February/March p. 9. 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 release latest staffing report. Minnesota Nurses Association. April/May/June p. 5. 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. 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. OSHA permanent standard on Covid moves forward another step. October/November/December p. 10. E EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COLUMN New Normal. Nurses know that any return to previous routines must incorporate the multiple measures of infection control that work. January/February/March p. 11. 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. 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. Not without a fight. The hospital industry will never do the right thing. It's up to us to organize ourselves to win what we need to care for our patients. October/November/December p. 13. H HOSPITAL INDUSTRY Don't try this at home. The national hospital industry is peddling pro- grams to treat acute-care patients in their residences, instead of in the hospital where they belong. January/February/March p. 12. Homecoming. Nurses organize to save and reclaim Watsonville hospital for the local community. January/February/March p. 18. 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. L LEGISLATION Nurses applaud introduction of federal Senate bill to prevent work- place violence in health care, social services. April/May/June p. 6. RNs applaud reintroduction of Medical for All legislation. April/May/June p. 9. Public-sector nurses and caregivers applaud new meal and break law. July/August/September p. 12. In historic vote, U.S. House passes legislation to grant VA nurses full collective bargaining rights. October/November/December p. 6. N NURSING PRACTICE AND PROFESSION 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. Michigan Nurses Association designs new implicit bias training. January/February/March p. 5. Nurses continue fight for OSHA permanent standard on Covid. January/February/March p. 6. Pandemic is fueling Minnesota RNs' ongoing fight for safe staffing. January/February/March p. 9. ER nurses at Maine Medical Center in Portland speak out against work- place violence. 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. Homecoming. Nurses organize to save and reclaim Watsonville hospital for the local community. January/February/March p. 18. Nurses release latest staffing report. Minnesota Nurses Association. April/May/June p. 5.