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Des Peres Hospital RNs in Missouri win first contract. November p. 10. St. Mary's Regional Medical Center RNs in Nevada approve new contract. November p. 10. Texas RNs at two hospitals, Providence Memorial and Sierra Medical Center, win first contracts. November p. 10. Community Health Systems RNs hold strikes, national day of action. December p. 4. Minnesota RNs present unified front to Allina Health. December p. 7. BOOK REVIEWS Beyond the Checklist: What Else Health Care Can Learn From Aviation Teamwork and Safety. July/August p. 12. Drugs for Life: How Pharmaceutical Companies Define Our Health. July/August p. 13. Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease. July/August p. 14. Foodopoly: The Battle Over the Future of Food and Farming in America. July/August p. 15. God's Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Health of Medicine. July/August p. 16. I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse. July/August p. 17. Vaccine: The Debate in Modern America. July/August p. 18. With God On Our Side: The Struggle for Workers' Rights in a Catholic Hospital. July/August p. 19. C CONTINUING EDUCATION Narrative Documentation: Protecting your patients, practice, and license in the information age, Part 1. May p. 21. Narrative Documentation: Protecting your patients, practice, and license in the information age, Part 2. June p. 20. D DISASTER RELIEF Answering the Call. RN response to Typhoon Haiyan reminds us how lucky the world is to have nurses. November p. 11. To the Rescue. Bonnie Castillo, an RN with roots in public health, heads up unique disaster relief program. November p. 12. Aftermath. Though Typhoon Haiyan is already fading from the headlines, the nurses' work through RNRN is now kicking into high gear. December p. 10. E ELECTIONS See Politics ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH NNU RNs rally to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline. March p. 12. DECEMBER 2013 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S COLUMN Not Enough. Any public policy solution to gun violence must also prioritize full access to mental healthcare for all. January/February p. 13. The Doctor is Not In. The slippery slope for patients, nurses, and doctors posed by robots in healthcare. March p. 14. Ratios Go to Washington. RNs in the nation's capital are determined to pass ratios, and that's just the beginning. April p. 13. No Tiers for Nurses. NNU RNs refuse to accept lower standards for future generations. May p. 13. No Longer A Dream. National Nurses United joins with international nurses in united front against global attacks on nursing, patients, and public health. June p. 11. Morally Bankrupt. The government's abandonment of Detroit's retirees speaks volumes about our nation's corporate priorities. July/August p. 4. Heroes of Our Time. Sutter nurses took a stand for the ages. September p. 15. Reality Check. MTV's new series is a setback for media's portrayal of nurses. October p. 11. Answering the Call. RN response to Typhoon Haiyan reminds us how lucky the world is to have nurses. November p. 11. Brave New World, Again. How the ACA is restructuring care and nursing itself. December p. 9. H HEALTHCARE REFORM Bad Medicine. On closer look, the biggest health reform of our lifetime does little to rein in healthcare corporations and insurers. Instead, it shifts even more in costs onto workers who can't afford it and, at the same time, threatens the practice of registered nurses. June p. 16. Shifting the Burden. Wellness programs are all the rage these days and seem harmless enough. But a closer look reveals how they allow employers and society to off-load healthcare costs and blame onto individual employees instead of addressing the root causes of illness. September p. 16. HOSPITAL INDUSTRY Hospital charges jump, again. May p. 7. RNs battle Kaiser's shift away from hospital care. October p. 9. I INTERNATIONAL NURSING Look Out, World! Nurse leaders from 14 countries announce new global nursing organization, Global Nurses United. June p. 15. All the World's a Stage. Under the banner of Global Nurses United, RNs around the world rallied on Sept. 17 to demand their governments put people over profits. September p. 4. My Walkabout. Comparing the American and Australian healthcare systems, how privatization hurts both, and why nurses must fight back. December p. 12. W W W. N A T 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 17