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Contents
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Tension Builds in Twin Cities Contract Fight
6 | Study: Sta∞ng Ratios Save Lives 7 | Temple
Strike Leads to Victory 8 | Massachusetts Passes
Bill Punishing Perpetrators of Workplace Violence
9 | Patient Care Rally Hits Home for Borgess
Medical Center RNs 10 | Ready, Set, Organize!
11 | Veterans Affairs Nurses Seek New Policy
to Protect Needle Stick Victims 12 | California
Elections Pit People Power Against Corporate Cash
14 | Wrap-Up Report
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Jerry Brown: The Nurses'
Choice for California
Governor
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A Life-Saving Law,
Under Threat
Nurses fought for and won California's staffing
ratios. Now we must defend them from corporate
politicians. By Rose Ann DeMoro
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APRIL 2010
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News Briefs
Are You Listening?
It's hard to bond with patients when your eyes are
glued to the computer screen. By Helen Greenspan, RN
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The Long Road Home
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Rock Solid
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Hospital Magnet Status:
Impact on RN Autonomy
and Patient Advocacy
A Haitian-American nurse returns to the country
she left behind. By Erin Fitzgerald
Even the toughest of obstacles couldn't keep
Orsburn Stone, RN from standing up for nurses'
rights at his Nevada hospital. He'd seen much
worse. By Felicia Mello
What exactly are magnet hospitals, and how does
magnet hospital status affect RNs and patients?
Submitted by the Joint Nursing Practice Commission
and Hedy Dumpel, RN, JD
Hundreds of nurses rally in
Minnesota in support of contract negotiations
affecting 12,000 RNs. Photo by Ben Garvin
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