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Our blog has something for everyone. From healthcare to human-interest stories and from the hospital bedside to the halls of congress—we have it covered. AND did you know workplace bullying was bad for your health? Meet a courageous nurse and oral cancer survivor that understands the power of humor and grace. What are “nurse patient ratios” and why are they so important? All this and more…


Why Is This The Time for an RN Super-Union?

From the new nurses’ super-union, National Nurses United. A PDF of this flyer can be downloaded to pass along to colleagues.Nurses from coast to coast have yearned for a powerful, national movement of direct-care RNs to strengthen our voice at the bedside and in the […]

Jean Ross Segment | Show 217

Guest: Jean Ross Coming up on the Nurse Talk podcast this week is RN Jean Ross. Jean works at Fairview Hospital in Edina, Minn. and is Secretary Treasurer of the United American Nurses Executive Council and now one of three co-presidents of the just  formed RN […]

San Francisco Chronicle: Nurses unions join together for more clout

“Nurses from three unions, including the powerful California Nurses Association, have founded a new national union to influence national health care policies and try to extend California’s patient ratio law into other states.Organizers said the 150,000-member National Nurses United, the largest professional union for registered […]

Nursing Unions Are About To”Go Hard Or Go Home.”

LaTonia Denise Wright of Nursing-Jurist.com writes about the new nurses super-union, National Nurses United, “the nursing unions are about to ‘go hard or go home.’ Don’t know what this slang means just Google it!… A nursing revolution or the evolution of nursing, maybe? Changes are […]

Unanimous Vote Creates Largest RN Union in U.S. History

For Immediate ReleaseDecember 7, 2009RNs Pledge Major Boost in Organizing, Voice in CongressPHOENIX – To standing cheers, delegates to the founding convention of the National Nurses United (NNU) today unanimously endorsed the creation of the largest union and professional organization of registered nurses in U.S. […]

Have You Hugged Your Nurse Today?

The folks over at the Executive Labor Summary Blog by Constangy Brooks & Smith LLC—management lawyers have noticed that the nurses have been up to something:”The stage is now set for the formation of a new 150,000-member super union for registered nurses at a founding […]

Karen Higgins Segment | Show 216

Guest: Karen Higgins This week in our RN segment we visit with Karen Higgins, RN, President of the Massachusetts Nurses Association. Karen has worked at Boston Medical Center for the past 35 years and has seen and experienced radical changes in the healthcare industry. She shares […]

Karen Higgins and the Kinsey Sicks | Show 216

Is it a bird…a plane…a helicopter..? NO…its Winnie from the Kinsey Sicks, America’s Favorite Beauty Shop Dragapella group. Casey talks to Winnie (peppy and hilarious) during the second half of our show. Coming up this week in our RN segment we’ll visit with Karen Higgins, […]

Cokie Giles Segment | Show 214

Guest: Cokie Giles Casey Hobbs RN Co-Host of Nurse Talk has a casual and informative visit with Cokie Giles. Cokie talks about the importance of organizing and the progress that has been made in her great state of Maine particularly since joining with CNA/NNOC. Cokie graduated […]