Which Side Do You Stand On? | Elizabeth Warren at Mass Nurses Convention
Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren spoke at the Massachusetts Nurses Association convention this week. “Washington right now works for those who have already made it. . . . It doesn’t work for ordinary families. It doesn’t work for small businesses,” she says. “We have a choice […]
Kathryn Kuhlman. Walmart Greeter. Tragedy at Sutter Hospital. Whiz Kid Cameron Harris. HP Printers | Show 424
If any of you remember the late great televangelist Katheryn Kuhlman then your just about as old as we are! We couldn’t help ourselves so we open the show with some words of wisdom from Ms. Kuhlman.
And we check in on what is happening at Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, California. As many of you know, over 23000 nurses went on a one-day strike against Sutter Health here in Northern California. At issue are cuts that impact patient safety. As planned, the nurses were only out one day then Sutter Health announced they would be locked out for an additional 4 days. During that lock out a patient died from what is described as a “medical error,” while under the care of a 23-year old replacement nurse. We’ll have an update on this unfortunate tragedy.
And whiz kid Cameron Harris joins us. Cameron is our resident expert on Type 1 diabetes and has his own podcast show called In Range. On the show Cameron gives great tips and information on how to live a healthy life with Type 1.
Top Ten Things Retired Nurses Can’t Let Go Of
http://youtu.be/YEC2GzXCC44 I am selling my home. I just know that the anonymous buyers who will soon be parading through my bedroom will think that a peep at my clothes closet is fair game. Being a congenitally poor closet organizer, I decided that the best thing […]
Nurses Strike. The Comfort Garden. A Drunk Swedish Moose. A Fake Bomb Threat | Show 423
There was big news last week with the nurses strike in Northern California. Over 23,000 nurses took part in the one day strike against Sutter and Kaiser hospitals.
Tragically as we spoke with RN and co-president of National Nurses United Deborah Burger, a patient at Sutter’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center died due to a medical error while under the care of a replacement nurse.
And in studio Casey and Dan welcome RN Laurie Barkin. Laurie is a psychiatric nurse consultant at San Francisco General and has written a fascinatingly vivid account about her twenty years as an elite psychiatric trauma nurse treating San Francisco’s most complicated cases and how treating the trauma of others affects caregivers.
For more about the drunk Swedish moose and fake bomb threat, you have to tune in to the show…
Should You Pray for Your Patients? This Nurse Says Yes! 5 Evidence-Based Reasons
Since we nurses are proud to deliver evidence-based care, we cannot neglect the proven benefits of prayer in healing our patients. Gallup polls show that 95% of Americans believe in God. 90% pray. With these statistics, how can we not offer prayer as an adjunct […]
The Importance of Nurse Activism | Support for California Nurses Strike
Caring for those in need includes standing up for patients against corporate greed and disinterest in the human costs of cuts in staffing and services. There are 23,000 nurses on the street for theCalifornia Kaiser and Sutter Health strike doing just that. We’re with them. We’re rewinding […]
23,000 California Nurses in the Street TODAY | LIVE Video
Strike against Sutter Health and Kaiser. Read the latest details at nationalnursesunited.org and watch live video stream right here at 10 am and 12 noon Pacific time. Live video from your Android device on Ustream
Kaiser Mental Health Caregivers Speak Up for Patients | CNA/NNU Sympathy Strike
Mental health professionals at Kaiser Permanente speak out about understaffing at Kaiser and its impact on patient care, in advance of a statewide strike. Fighting the good fight. We applaud you for your sympathy strike support California Nurses Association and National Nurses United. This is […]
Nurses in Comfort Shoes
As nurses living busy lives, I think we can all agree that we need to “keep it simple” when it comes to our work attire. In the business world, the term “dress for success” is a given. In our world, we hear “Nurses are angels […]