National Nurses United

National Nurse magazine October 2013

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12 4 Contents 4 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 11 7 Reality Check MTV's new series is a setback for media's portrayal of nurses. By RoseAnn DeMoro 12 Ratios, Then and Now California RNs review a decade of ratios, how they've transformed nursing practice, and what must still improve. O C TO B E R 2 01 3 (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 ON THE COVER: W W W. N AT I O N A L N U R S E S U N I T E D . O R G N AT I O N A L N U R S E 3

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