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News Briefs
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If President Obama
Were a Nurse
Massachusetts RNs introduce ratios bill 6 | WilkesBarre nurses strike; Insurance companies profit
from Medicaid reform 7 | Despite recession, Kaiser
RNs win stellar contract 8 | Nurses picket Blue
Shield over rate hikes, increases delayed; Texas RNs
push for ratios in contract talks as well as state bills;
VA nurses hold quarterly meeting and win first
national grievance
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Healthcare reform would have focused on patients,
not corporations. By Rose Ann DeMoro
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Taking Media into
Our Own Hands
Why don't we ever see
direct-care registered
nurses on television or
radio? Learn how NNU
is creating its own nurse
media to inform, educate,
and entertain.
FINALLY!
The whole country
is protesting attacks on
the working people of
America. Get updates at
protestintheusa.org
and through our
@protestintheusa
Rising to the Occasion
Michigan RN Diane Goddeeris takes her
responsibility as a nurse seriously, whether it's
helping lead the national nurses' movement or
serving on her city council. By Lucia Hwang
Kaiser Permanente RNs celebrate ratification of a new three-year contract.
Photo by Lauren Reid.
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JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2011
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