Contents
FEATURES
10 Natural Adaptation
With just a few accommodations, RNs with disabilities often excel
at nursing. So why are nursing schools and hospitals so reluctant
to give them a chance? By Erin FitzGerald
14 With Might and Maine
Maine RN Maureen Caristi is taking her state's nurses national in the
fight for ratios and single-payer healthcare. By Lucia Hwang
DEPARTMENTS
4 News Briefs
Nearly 800 RNs from 21 states attended the 2008 Staff Nurse
Assembly for education, activism, and inspiration; RNs reveal what
they learned at the 2008 Staff Nurse Assembly; Nurses rally against
CPMC; Long Beach RNs approve new contract; Pennsylvania RNs win
mandatory overtime ban; Learn which candidates have gotten
CNA/NNOC's seal of approval in the 2008 election; Florida RNs talk
advocacy; Chicago RNs protest Wall Street bailout; Maine RNs endorse
two of their own; Las Vegas RNs deliver petitions; Ohio RNs line up
support for ratio bill; Texas RNs rally for single-payer.
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9 Time for a New New Deal
Our simple program for saving U.S. healthcare means expanding
Medicare for everyone, mandating ratios, and protecting RNs' union
rights. By Rose Ann DeMoro
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on the cover: Maine RNs Cokie Giles, Ona McAvoy,
and Rachel Manzo stop for a group hug while marching for single-payer healthcare across the Golden
Gate Bridge.
OCTOBER 2008
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