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26 NNOC 101 » The Organization RNS IN MOTION: GET INVOLVED As a member of NNOC and 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. CE COURSES Attend one of NNOC and NNU's innovative CE class series taught by our nursing practice and education and research departments. Course topics have included: X A.I. 101: What to know about A.I. in health care and its effects on patient advocacy X The latest science on long Covid and its impact on nurses, patients, and the public X RN staffing ratios: The necessity of regulated nurse staffing ratios to ensure patient safety and improved outcomes for hospitalized patients X Workplace violence: prevention and advocacy for nurses X Stress on the job: A closer look at root causes, impacts, and solutions X Protecting patients from health care monopolies X PPE and Covid-19: The science, standards, and enforcement X Fighting the monopoly epidemic X Confronting institutional racism in health care X Healing the planet: environmental justice as health justice To learn more and register for classes, visit: www.NationalNursesUnited.org/ce. VOLUNTEER, DONATE TO NNU'S RN RESPONSE NETWORK (RNRN) After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, our union cut through bureaucratic red tape and sent more than 300 RNs to 25 facilities in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. We 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. SOCI@LIZE Follow us on social media by clicking the social icon buttons on the homepage of our website. Easily share content you like with friends by clicking the "share" links on our website at: www.NationalNursesUnited.org. Here's a list of some of our social media accounts: National Nurses United NNUBonnie @NationalNurses @NNUBonnie NationalNurses NNUBonnie @NationalNurses National Nurses United National Nurses United NationalNursesUnited The Organization »