Contents
FEATURES
12 RN Nation
CNA/NNOC joins forces with United American Nurses and
Massachusetts nurses to form super union
13 Keeping Secret Codes
Many are hailing the country's first law banning discrimination
based on a person's genetic code as a breakthrough for medicine
and civil rights, but can the law protect the patients who need
it most? By Heather Boerner
18 Grace Under Fire
As Donna Gerber retires after 16 years with CNA/NNOC, we pause
to review her career and honor her contributions. By Lucia Hwang
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DEPARTMENTS
4 News Briefs
UC RNs address staffing problems in new contract; Cook County
RN activist, Bernice Faulkner, dies at 73; Hospital Corporation of
America is stirring up trouble in communities across the country;
Two flawed ratio studies provide fodder for industry attacks; RNs
lead single-payer fight; New study shows that adopting single-payer
healthcare can help revive U.S. economy; Cook County RNs watchdog
county budget; Florida RNs hold ratio summit; Philadelphia RNs try
to prevent cuts to vital services; Texas RNs gearing up lobbying for
ratio bill.
11 If We Build It, RNs Will Come
CNA/NNOC joins United American Nurses and the Massachusetts
Nurses Association to form country's largest RN union in history.
By Rose Ann DeMoro
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