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FEATURES
10 Tech-tonic Disaster
New health information technology systems are supposed to save time
and improve patient care. But RNs are finding these systems pose huge
dangers to patients, and to nursing. By Miranda Everitt and Lucia Hwang
13 The Pain of Rejection
Meet a healthy RN who's suddenly found himself uninsurable.
By Lucia Hwang
14 Change for the Better
RN Board Member Relie Dela-ama has never been afraid of change,
whether in organizing her hospital or moving to the U.S. to work.
By Bonnie Ho
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DEPARTMENTS
4 News Briefs
We lay out why a universal, single-payer system makes sense,
and the story of one RN who gradually became convinced
to support it; A new book, Cult of Pharmacology: How America
Became the World's Most Troubled Drug Culture, examines and
questions the myths our country has crafted around drugs; RNs are
fighting against closure of Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa;
Single-payer bill, HR 676, reintroduced; MSN names CNA/NNOC
executive director one of year's top 10 influential women; Wrap-up
of the fight against Chicago public health cuts and patient advocacy
legislation in Maine.
9 Insuring Profits, Not Health
Most of the healthcare reform proposals currently debated wrongly
penalize the uninsured and ensure more profits for the insurance
industry. Only one, single-payer, can provide the high standard of care
we all deserve. By Rose Ann DeMoro
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on the cover: CNA/NNOC President Deborah
Burger, RN braves freezing Chicago weather to help
local RNs defend the Cook County Bureau of Health
Services against drastic 17 percent budget cuts.
Photograph by Paul Merideth.
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