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Index:3 12/28/07 11:17 AM Page 18 A delegation of CNA/NNOC nurses visits RNs at the Appalachian Regional Healthcare picket lines in Kentucky. November p. 10. Appalachian RNs Strike Over Understaffing. Saving Prison Nursing. Forming ORGANIZING CNA/NNOC's statewide correctional nursing advocacy group. May p. 16. Hanging onto Life. Pat and Nikki each served more than 20 years in California prisons. With all the suffering, neglect, and fighting they endured to get medical help, they consider themselves alive despite the prison medical system, not because of it. July/August p. 10. Bill Makes Unionization Possible for Thousands Through Card Check. March p. How the Plata case jumpstarted California prison reform. July/August p. 15. December p. 6. tOq 5. Don't Mess With Texas. Texas RNs speak to the 2007 House of Delegates about organizing in their facilities. October p. 11. Texas Nurse Leaders Meet in Houston. November p. 5. St. Louis-area RNs form a watchdog committee to hold their employers to high standards of care. November p. 10. Reno RNs Rejoice Over Election Win. December p. 5. Uniting Nurses at HCA, America's Biggest Hospital Chain. December p. 7. Whitter RNs vote to join CNA/NNOC again. December p. 8. tPq POLITICS Bill Makes Unionization Possible for Thousands Through Card Check. March p. 5. California Legislative Update. May p. 6. RNs Weigh in Before Congress on Medical Bankruptcy. September p. 7. Illinois lawmakers fail to pass nurse-to-patient ratios in the state. October p. 14. Schwarzenegger vetoes California zero-lift legislation for the fourth straight year. October p. 14. PROFILES The Pain of Rejection. Meet a healthy RN who's suddenly found himself uninsurable. January/February p. 13. Change for the Better. Relie Dema-ala, RN. January/February p. 14. System Failure. Why does the insurance industry fear 3-year-old Thomas Wilkes? Because he's proof that they have no business in healthcare. March p. 14. Fighting Two Fronts. It's tough enough to battle cancer. But RN Cynthia Campbell found herself also waging war against the health insurance industry. Is this any way to treat patients? May p. 20. Piece of the Action. Robert Marth, RN. June p. 18. Marathon Man. David Welch, RN. July/August p. 22. A Life Denied. All Tracy Pierce wanted was to be given a chance to fight his cancer. His insurance coverage wouldn't even give him that. October p. 20. Hail to the Chiefs. Meet the four members of CNA/NNOC's new Council of Presidents. October p. 22. Born to Nurse. Genel Morgan, RN. November p. 22. Nursing Renaissance. Bonnie Martin, RN NP. December p. 14. 2007 Legislative Update. November p. 7. PUBLIC HEALTH PRISON HEALTH Inside Job. Many days, it's all Joey Upland can do to keep herself from abandoning her 33-year career as a correctional nurse. How and why do RNs like her stay committed to fixing the healthcare system from within prison walls, and what do radical reforms under way now mean for inmate care in California? May p. 10. Medical Time Bomb Ticking. A timeline of the California Department of Corrections under receivership. May p. 14. 18 REGISTERED NURSE Cook County RNs brave cold weather to protest 17 percent cuts to public health. January/February p. 8. Mending the Net. As the uninsured crisis worsens, publicly owned health facilities are treading rough water. Nurses prepare to do battle to keep public hospitals and clinics available as many patients' last and only option. March p. 10. Fight Over Cook County Health Bureau Cuts Boils Over. March p. 12. Community members stage a funeral in W W W. C A L N U R S E S . O R G response to the closure of eight Cook County community clinics. April p. 6. The ongoing campaign to preserve public health in Cook County helps boost CNA/NNOC as a defender of nurses in Illinois. June p. 10. Stressed Out. As New Orleans struggles to rebuild from Hurricane Katrina, local nurses are still on the front lines of a constant healthcare crisis. June p. 15. CNA/NNOC takes legal action to block layoffs in Cook County. July/August p. 8. Make Room in Budget for Public Health, Illinois Nurses Say. November p. 8. The Return of Germ Warfare. In August 2006, Registered Nurse reported on the rise of antibiotic-resistant super bugs. Today, tragic and unnecessary deaths continue to unfold and attract mainstream media attention. November p. 12. Cook County RNs fight to restore nursing positions and put public health system in trusteeship. December p. 8. tRq RATIOS Maine State Nurses Association/NNOC nurses introduce the Maine Hospital Patient Protection Act of 2007 to state legislature. January/February p. 8. Texas Ratio Bill Introduced. March p. 4. The Illinois House Health Care and Availability Access Committee votes to move forward with a CNA/NNOC-sponsored staffing ratio bill. March p. 8. NNOC members in Maine lobby legislature in support of the Act to Increase Safety of Hospital Patients. March p. 8. Rallying for Ratios in Texas. Texas RNs march to the state capitol in Austin to demand nurse-to-patient ratios. April p. 4. Maine RNs Learn from Ratio Fight. The Maine Legislature declined to approve nurse-topatient ratios. May p. 5. The 2007 Texas legislative session ends without acting on HB 1707, the Texas Patient Protection Act. May p. 7. Texas RNs testify in support of ratios. July/August p. 8. Texas Panel Recommends Ratio Laws, Protections for Patients and RNs. September p. 7. Illinois lawmakers fail to pass nurse-to-patient ratios in the state. October p. 14. Safe Staffing Legislation Comes to Arizona. December p. 8. DECEMBER 2007