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The California Nurses Association/National
Nurses Organizing Committee and National
Nurses United conventions will be held from
September 14 to 17, 2011 in San Francisco,
Calif. at the San Francisco Marriott.
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News Briefs
Nurses brought the Main Street Contract campaign
to Washington, D.C. during their 2011 Staff Nurse
Assembly 6 | University of Chicago RNs win new
contract 7 | Nurses protest Wall Street 8 | USC
RNs settle new contract; Wilkes-Barre General
Hospital RNs win great contract after long struggle;
Texas nurses come to support of fired ICU RNs; VA
nurses start bargaining master contract.
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Stay connected with
National Nurses United
Making Wall Street Pay
FACEBOOK:
Nurses are on a campaign to make Wall Street
pay for the damage it's done to Main Street.
TWITTER:
www.facebook.com/NationalNurses
@RNmagazine, @NationalNurses
YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/NationalNursesUnited
By RoseAnn DeMoro
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Cutting to the Bone
Unprofitable units are on the chopping block as
hospitals across the country use the poor economy
as a reason to downsize. How nurses can fight back.
A Life of Service
Bunny Engeldorf, RN has worked tirelessly to
expand the power of registered nurses to take
charge of patient care. By Lucia Hwang
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CE HOME STUDY
Rapid Response Teams:
Another "Safety" Scheme?
Hospitals everywhere are rapidly adopting Rapid
Response Teams to bring critical care expertise to
patients' bedsides, but do they really work? Take
this home study CE to learn what the research says
about Rapid Response Teams and their relationship
to safe staffing levels. Submitted by the Joint Nursing
Practice Commission, DeAnn McEwen, RN,
and Hedy Dumpel, RN, JD
JUNE 2011
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