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SEND A NURSE TO HAITI BENEFIT FUNDRAISER

January 21st, 2010 by Pattie

JOIN NURSE TALK’s Casey Hobbs and Peter B. Collins for
National Nurses United / California Nurses Foundation
*SEND A NURSE TO HAITI – BENEFIT TELETHON*
January 30th, LIVE at www.nursetalksite.com 6-8 pm PST

The Registered Nurse Response Network, a national network of direct-care RNs, coordinates sending volunteer RNs to disaster stricken areas. Through RNRN, National Nurses United is sending experienced RNs to provide emergency medical support to Haiti.

“We are calling on nurses throughout the U.S. to join us in this critical effort.” said NNU’s Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro. Your charitable contributions will be used to pay for travel/related costs and supplies for volunteer RNs.

SEND A NURSE TO HAITI BENEFIT FUNDRAISER
SATURDAY, JANUARY 30TH, 7PM
National Nurses United / California Nurses Foundation
Dear Friends,

Several weeks ago our friends at the RN Response Network and National Nurses United put out a call to RNs to volunteer to help in Haiti. As of this date over 11,000 nurses have signed up but the challenge remains to get them there safely and in time to meet the critical needs of the Haitian people. They need money to cover the costs of travel, medical supplies and fresh drinking water. Nurse Talk wants to help.

Please help us help people in desperate need. Join us “virtually” from the comfort of your home on Saturday, January 30 @ 6-8PM/PST as we live stream our version of a telethon at www.nursetalksite.com—which will not feature any big named artists—Madonna, George Clooney, Sting, Beyonce—–but Bay Area broadcaster Peter B. Collins will be with us along with Casey Hobbs, RN Host of Nurse Talk…and a few other surprises.

You can call during the telethon at 1.888.573.8372 and you will speak to one of the Nurse Talk celebrities—well, someone will pick up the phone and be very grateful that you called. If you can’t join us, you can still help by going to www.sendanurse.org to make a donation.

This is an opportunity to know your contribution will have a direct impact on those who need it the most. Your donations are tax deductible.

Thank you for your time and support…

Sincerely,

Pattie Lockard
Executive Producer
Nurse Talk
www.nursetalksite.com
pattie@nursetalksite.com

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Other ways you can help:

1) Volunteer: NationalNursesUnited.com
2) Fundraiser: Send a Nurse Fundraiser, January 30th
3) Donate: RNRN/NNU, c/o California Nurses Foundation, 2000 Franklin St.,
Oakland, CA 94612 or online at SendANurse.org

RNRN is a project of the California Nurses Foundation, a 501(c)(3)
nonprofit. Donations are secure, and tax-deductible to the extent of the
law.

Agitating for the Good

October 12th, 2009 by Listener

Dear Maggie and Casey,
…I do love your show. Lots of good information and highlighting of practical health concerns and solutions along with the humor–the effect is to show that nurses are the go-to people in our health care system, that this is where we can get the answers–as well as the true care.

Since nurses aren’t governed by a hyper-stingy bean-counting insurance system, since they are simply paid directly by an employer, they have a whole lot more freedom to actually help patients. And to be integrative–that is, practical (tried and true wisdom is the best thing)–in their approach.

I hear, though, that the paperwork and the pervasive bureaucratic authoritarianism of the health care “system”  now take up more time than actual patient care. So nurses, like doctors, are handcuffed by the same accountability to insurance companies in the end.

So your show is a breath of fresh air for the profession, not only for its status, but as proof of its incredible value for medicine–and for the freedom with which you deal with issues of health…

Thanks for doing a great job. Nurses rule; nurses rock.

Now if we could just get that MediCare for all, what Congress has, a single-payer insurance system, nurses might be able to do again what they do best– educate and care. Meanwhile, do keep agitating for the good.

–Penelope P.


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