4 News Briefs
Nurses fight to defend patient care in New York's
rural North Country 5 | Kalamazoo nurses approve
new contract 6 | Duluth nurses celebrate first
contracts, and more 7 | Nurses ranked most trusted
profession for 24th year in a row 8 | Maine Medical
Center RNs win new contract 9 | Nurses condemn
escalating attacks on trans patients and their health
care providers; NNU celebrates reinstatement of
NIOSH staff 10 | CalCare legislation reintroduced;
Florida HSA nurses win new contracts 11 | ARH
nurses ratify new three-year pacts; Sutter nurses
win historic union vote 12 | California nurses speak
out to protect RN-to-patient ratios, win strong
psych ratios 13 | Monterey nurses vote to join union
14 | Santa Monica nurses ratify new contract;
Bangor RNs rally for better conditions; St. Louis
nurses protest unsafe staffing; New York VA nurses
denounce staffing cuts; D.C. nurses win new
contract.
15 The Power of the ADO
Documenting unsafe conditions protects
your license and your patients.
By Chuleenan Svetvilas
17
Raising Our Voices
Silence in the face of harm is not neutrality.
That's why RNs get political for our patients.
By Puneet Maharaj
18 We Keep Us Safe
Nurses nationwide mobilize to protect patients,
coworkers, and our communities against ICE,
with a special look at the work of Minnesota
nurses.
By Lucia Hwang
22 Driven
Nurses launch Red Alert tour to save our
hospitals and protect our most vulnerable
patients.
By Kari Jones
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ON THE COVER: Nurses in the Washington, D.C.
area held a vigil to honor and remember Alex
Pretti, an ICU RN for the Veterans Health Admin-
istration who was publicly executed on Jan. 24 by
border patrol agents in Minneapolis, as well as
many others killed by federal immigration agents.
Their vigil was one of dozens that NNU RN
members held around the country the week that
followed, demanding that Congress stop funding
ICE and move to dismantle the agency.
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