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FEATURES
10 Falling Down on the Job
Despite laws requiring seismic upgrades, California hospitals for more
than a decade have dragged their feet on construction, instead choosing
to lobby the Legislature to extend their deadlines or downgrade the
danger of their facilities. But who is lobbying for the health and safety
of workers and patients at those hospitals? By Lucia Hwang
14 Nursing Renaissance
CNA/NNOC board member Bonnie Martin, RN NP is making it her
mission to restore and improve RNs' scope of practice. By Erika Larson
16 Editorial Index 2007
Where did I read that again? What we published this past year.
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DEPARTMENTS
4 News Briefs
Sutter RNs strike for second time; Saint Mary's RNs in Reno join
CNA/NNOC; Maine nurses secure third, fourth contract victories;
Appalachian RNs strike over understaffing; Nurses working for
HCA, America's biggest hospital chain, are uniting to solve common
problems; Arizona nurses get ready to push for safe staffing laws;
Chicago nurses fight to restore nursing positions; Whittier RNs
win election; San Bernardino RNs approve contract.
9 CheneyCare For All
Dick Cheney's health history makes the perfect case for why we need
universal, single-payer healthcare. By Rose Ann DeMoro
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o n t h e c o v e r : (From left to right) RNs Brandi
Hayes, Kevin Redner, Michelle Moon, and Tamara
Erickson celebrate their successful vote to unionize at
Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nev.
Photograph by Joseph Newlin.
DECEMBER 2007
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