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4 News Briefs
San Diego VA nurses unionize 5 | Nurses join
in People's Climate March 6 | New Minnesota
contracts raise bar for staffing, wages, benefits
7 | Conversations with Kay 8 | Northern
Massachusetts RNs unionize; Report confirms
need for hospital in Berkshire County 9 | Michigan
RNs protest tax code changes by treating Affluenza
10 | Hemet nurses ratify new contract; Mount
Desert RNs demand input into hospital technology;
NNU executive director named among healthcare's
100 most influential; El Paso RNs help pass
law preventing city from doing business with
bad employers
11 The Precautionary Principle
Even with Ebola, corporate healthcare refuses
to accept the concept of being better safe than sorry.
By RoseAnn DeMoro
12 Sounding the Alarm
During this Ebola crisis, NNU nurses have been the
clear leaders in advocating for the nation's health
and safety.
Staff Report
16 Like Nothing on Earth
How would the world be different if decisions were
based on nurses' values of caring, compassion, and
community? At CNA/NNOC's 2014 "Planet Nurse"
convention, RNs learn about the way things are and
the way they could, and should, be.
Staff Report
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S E P T E M B E R | O C T O B E R 2 0 1 4 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 A T I O N A L N U R S E 3
ON THE COVER: This fall, National Nurses
United registered nurses have been on the forefront
of demanding optimal Ebola standards, training,
and staffing.
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