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Edit Index_FINAL 12/22/10 6:18 PM Page 17 When Chicken Soup Isn't Enough: Stories of Nurses Standing Up for Themselves, Their Patients, and Their Profession. July/August p. 22. Can They Do That? Retaking Our Fundamental Rights in the Workplace. December p. 6. [C] CONTINUING EDUCATION HOME STUDIES Influenza Pandemics: The critical advocacy role of the registered nurse. January/February p. 30. Hospital Magnet Status: Impact on RN autonomy and patient advocacy. April p. 22. Nursing, Suffrage, and Social Advocacy: Honoring our heritage, voting our values, protecting our patients and our profession. September p. 16. Scripting and Rounding: Impact of the Corporate Care Model on RN Autonomy and Patient Advocacy, Part I. October p. 12. Scripting and Rounding: Impact of the Corporate Care Model on RN Autonomy and Patient Advocacy, Part II. November p. 20. [G] GLOBAL HEALTH Helping Haiti. When Haiti's earthquake survivors needed medical attention, nurses from across the United States answered the call. January/February p. 22. Aboard the USNS Comfort. NNU members joined a Navy mission to care for the quake's most seriously injured. January/February p. 25. Excerpts from a nurse's journal in Haiti. January/February p. 26. Haiti volunteer ready to go again. March p. 9. South Korean, U.S. nurses build ties of solidarity. March p. 14. The Long Road Home. A Haitian-American nurse returns to the country she left behind. April p. 18. Keeping the Promise. After the TV cameras have moved on, RNRN volunteers continue the hard work of training for disaster relief. December p. 10. Ship of Life. Operating room RN Tim Thomas spent two weeks aboard the Navy hospital ship U.S.S. Comfort treating Haitian earthquake victims. December p. 14. [E] [H] ELECTIONS See Politics EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COLUMN In Haiti Volunteers, the Spirit and Compassion of a Nurse. Thousands of RNs signed up for duty after the earthquake, showing the courage of their profession. January/February p. 13. Diary of Wimpy Healthcare Bill. The new federal law fails to challenge the stranglehold of insurance companies on our health system. March p. 17. A Life-Saving Law, Under Threat. Nurses fought for and won California's staffing ratios. Now we must defend them from corporate politicians. April p. 16. Many Battles for RNs in the Fight for Patient Advocacy. Across the country, nurses are speaking truth to power. May p. 14. Making History, Again. On the 90th anniversary of the women's vote, RNs continue the fight started by nurse suffragists before them. June p. 11. Honoring Life. Nurses who value people over profits understand that their work of healing patients extends way beyond the bedside. July/August p. 11. Not For Sale. This November, vote nurses' values of caring, compassion, and community. September p. 11. An Open Letter to Nicky Diaz. October p. 11. Working Over Time. Wall Street and Beltway insiders want to change Social Security so that nurses and other Americans will have to work until age 69 for far fewer benefits. November p. 11. Leaps and Bounds. National Nurses United's phenomenal organizing wins and growth in 2010 is just the start of something even bigger. December p. 9. DECEMBER 2010 HEALTHCARE REFORM Healthcare reform: What went wrong. January/February p. 4. Single-payer fight moves to states. January/February p. 5. States stepping toward single-payer. Prospects for single-payer in some states improve after November elections. November p. 9. HOSPITAL INDUSTRY Filipino RNs charge Sutter hospital with racial discrimination. September p. 8. [I] INSURANCE Revolt brewing against health insurance industry. March p. 5. [L] LEGISLATION California legislative update about various bills. January/February p. 11. National safe staffing legislation offers hope for improved patient care. March p. 4. Northern Illinois RNs gather to discuss staffing ratio bills. March 15. Bill to partially restore VA nurses' rights advances. July/August p. 5. What's happening with NNU's national bills. July/August p. 7. 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 N AT I O N A L N U R S E 17