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Contents
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News Briefs
Michigan RNs score major staffing victories in
contracts 5 | Baystate nurses authorize a strike
6 | RNs push for strong lift team regulations
7 | Minnesota RNs picket Essentia Health for
fair contract 8 | Orlando Health RNs show
meaning of union 9 | RNs battle Kaiser's shift
away from hospital care 10 | John Muir Mt. Diablo
RNs approve new contract; DC RNs win hearing
on ratios bill after picket of councilmember
fundraiser; VA nurses file grievance over major
problems with new timekeeping system
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Reality Check
MTV's new series is a setback for media's portrayal
of nurses. By RoseAnn DeMoro
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Ratios, Then and Now
California RNs review a decade of ratios, how
they've transformed nursing practice, and what
must still improve.
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(From left) Washington, D.C. RN
Chrissy Cunningham and Massachusetts RNs
(L-R) Karen Higgins, Kathy Metzger, and Patty
Healey are among thousands of NNU nurses across
the country working to win safe, mandated
RN-to-patient staffing ratios. D.C. photo by Jay Mallin
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