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Index:2008 1/7/09 12:24 PM Page 14 Editorial Index 2008 tAq AWARDS Registered nurses top poll for honesty and ethics, again. December p. 5. tBq BARGAINING Trouble mounts for Sutter as RNs strategize next steps. January/ February p. 5. Maine shop stewards meet for first time. March p. 9. Ventura county RNs approve new contract. March p. 9. UC RNs win new contract. April p. 4. Northern California communities rally around Sutter RNs. June p. 5. Modesto RNs win new contract. June p. 8. Pennsylvania nurses avoid strike, ratify new deal. June p. 8. Maine nurses fight for contract improvements. June p. 8 Cook County RNs fight multiple fronts in contract fight. July/August p. 6. Aroostook Medical Center RNs win new contract. July/August p. 8. Cypress-Fairbanks RNs made headway in contract talks. July/August p. 8. Sutter RNs settle most outstanding contracts, but work not over. September p. 4. Reno RNs win first Nevada contract, ratios. September p. 5. Millinocket Regional Hospital RNs win contract. September p. 12. Nurses rally against Sutter's California Pacific Medical Center. October p. 6. Long Beach RNs approve new contract. October p. 6. Sutter RNs work community strategy with CPMC, St. Luke's. December p. 5. Maine RNs at Calais Regional Hospital approve new contract. December p. 8. 14 REGISTERED NURSE BOOK REVIEWS Labor's Untold Story. January/February p. 7. Motivational Interviewing in Health Care. July/August p. 11. Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, PLUS Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God, and Diversity on Steroids. July/August p. 12. Comfortably Numb: How Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation. July/August p. 12. The Caregiver: A Life with Alzheimer's. July/August p. 13. Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative. July/August p. 13. The Corrosion of Medicine: Can the Professional Reclaim Its Moral Legacy? July/August p. 14. Epidemiology of Aging: An Ecological Approach. July/August p. 14. Health Care at Risk: A Critique of the Consumer-Driven Movement. July/August p. 15. Safety in Numbers: Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and the Future of Healthcare. July/August p. 16. Shopping Our Way to Safety: How We Changed from Protecting the Environment to Protecting Ourselves. July/August p. 17. Obama's Challenge: America's Economic Crisis and the Power of a Transformative Presidency. November p. 7. tCq CONTINUING EDUCATION Public Health and Retail Clinics. January/February p. 20. The True Forces Behind Magnetism. May p. 18. tDq DISABILITIES Natural Adaptation. RNs with disabilities often excel at nursing with just a few accommodations, so why aren't more schools and employers willing to give them a chance? October p. 10. W W W. C A L N U R S E S . O R G DISASTER RELIEF National Emergency. Many 9/11 rescue workers still fight to access healthcare. March p. 16. tEq ELECTION 2008 A closer look at the two presidential candidates' proposals for fixing healthcare. July/August p. 4. Help elect a better Congress with Fund for a Healthy America. July/August p. 7. RNs rally single-payer groups at Democratic convention. September p. 6. Passing single-payer means electing good candidates. September p. 8. Our 2008 election endorsements. October p. 7. Maine RNs endorse two of their own. October p. 8. The Real World (of Healthcare). What do you get when you pile a bunch of RNs on a bus to educate swing state voters about healthcare reform? November p. 10. 2008 election winners. November p. 5. Casualty of the day campaign keeps focus on health insurance industry. November p. 6. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COLUMN Lessons Learned. The battle over healthcare reform in California highlighted the difference between health insurance and healthcare. January/February p. 9. The Real Motivations Behind Mandates. How financiers are using individual mandates to worsen the debt crisis and threaten your healthcare benefits. March p. 11. Keeping Ohio in the 21st Century. Note to the Service Employees International Union: nurses and women are not objects of trade. April p. 11. Moment of Opportunity. How California's SB 840 can jumpstart singlepayer healthcare for the country. May p. 9. DECEMBER 2008