Michael Lighty on the Keystone XL Pipeline
Try as we might to stay away from polarizing issues on our show, it seems you can’t talk about health and healthcare without touching on these controversial topics. The Keystone XL Pipeline is one of those issues. It could have a significant impact on the health of communities in […]
Nurses to March on Golden Gate Bridge Thursday With Call to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline
Nurses and environmental activists from across the U.S. are joining hands this week to step up the message that there is still time to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline before it stops all of us. Join us for a march across the Golden Bate Bridge […]
7 Ways the Affordable Care Act May Shift Costs to Patients
The burden of cutting costs is on patients, not corporate healthcare profiteering. by Karen Higgins, National Nurses United With the one-year anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling upholding the Affordable Care Act near, it’s time to ask if the decision to put the burden of […]
CNA Nursing Families Fund with Zenei Cortez
Casey and Joanie visit with RN and CNA Presidents Council Member, Zenei Cortez about the “CNA Nursing Angels Family Fund” established by the California Nurses Association for the victims of the horrible limousine fire that occurred on the San Mateo Bridge here in Northern California. The news of the death of […]
Vote for NNU’s RoseAnn DeMoro as the Top 100 Most Influential in Healthcare!
Nurse Talk urges you to vote for National Nurses United’s executive director, RoseAnn DeMoro, the only advocate for nurses or other working people on a list published annually by Modern Healthcare, a prominent national healthcare industry publication. Modern Healthcare’s annual ranking of the 100 Most […]
Hospitals Should Be Care Providers Not Loan Sharks
If there is one problem that symbolizes the ongoing national healthcare emergency, it is the rampant price gouging in the healthcare industry that continues to price too many Americans out of access to care and into financial ruin. Not only is the problem not solved […]
Jeff Breslin on The Safe Patient Care Act
Listen to our guest this week RN Jeff Breslin of the Michigan Nurses Association on The Safe Patient Care Act “Every Michigan resident deserves to receive safe care at every hospital, every time. Michigan’s nurses are simply asking for our leaders’ support to make that happen.” […]
RN Betty Sparks recalls the Boston Marathon
RN Betty Sparks joins us. RN Betty Sparks joins us. Betty is a nurse at Newton Wellesley Hospital and is trained to provide care and treatment in the wake of all types of disasters. Betty, who was on the ground to help victims after Hurricane Katrina […]
RNs Deborah Burger and Jean Ross on Robot Doctors and the Robin Hood Tax
Ahhhh, technology! It’s a very good thing, but when are we going too far? Should ROBOTS replace doctors and nurses? Can they diagnose and treat patients? Well it’s already happening in some hospitals. Get the good, the bad, and the ugly on this emerging trend when Casey […]