Contents
FEATURES
10 Holding All the Cards
Why is the current organizing process broken and how can EFCA fix it?
12 Making Her Own Luck
RN and board member Mirthia Kaufman educates and advocates for
her Spanish-speaking patients as only a fellow immigrant can.
By Lucia Hwang
14 Editorial Index 2008
Want to find that article you read? What we published in 2008.
DEPARTMENTS
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4 News Briefs
Judge rules unlicensed staff cannot give insulin injections to
California schoolchildren; Sutter RNs work community strategy
with CPMC, St. Luke's; Registered nurses polled as most honest,
trusted, again; RNs protest UC Irvine Medical Center's plans to close
33 pediatric beds; Chicago RNs support sit-in workers; Cook County
RNs challenge budget staffing games, Ohio RNs critique staffing
plans and collect data, Maine's Calais Regional Hospital RNs win
new contract.
9 Health Insurance Giants Don't
Need a Bailout
The health insurance industry wasted no time in seeking its bailout.
By Rose Ann DeMoro
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DECEMBER 2008
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