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4 News Briefs
Minnesota Community EMT proposal endangers
RN scope 5 | Michigan nurses hold successful lobby
day at capital; VA bill would restore collective
bargaining rights 6 | RNs hold national day of
action for Robin Hood Tax 8 | Newton Wellesley
RNs protest unsafe staffing plans 9 | Conversations
with Kay 10 | Nurses stage major strikes across
California 12 | Multiple California hospitals
settle contracts; University of Chicago RNs
win new contract; RNRN volunteers embark
on humanitarian mission; Washington, D.C.
RNs reintroduce safe staffing ratios bill
13 Securing Retirement Security
Pushing back against attacks to pensions and Social
Security.
By RoseAnn DeMoro
14 The New Abnormal
Unable to find jobs and desperate for experience,
new RNs are flocking to an exploding number
of unpaid "internships" and "residency" programs
developed by nursing schools and private third
parties, and hospitals are just fine with that.
Learn why this shift hurts the nursing profession
and how National Nurses United RNs are fighting
back.
By Emily Wilson and Lucia Hwang
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