What’s Up with Washington Hospital Center | Raj Rajini and Peggy Dinkel Segment | Show 405
Guests: Raj Rajini and Peggy Dinkel A case of retaliation against nurses by D.C.’s largest hospital, Washington Hospital Center. In October of 2010 the nurses at the hospital voted to join National Nurses United. Story ends happily ever after? Not yet…this month the RNs staged a […]
Retaliation, Travel Nursing and “Home Remedies” | Show 405
Oh my…the show got away from Casey and Dan (aka the nurses on duty) this week! With comedian Lynn Ruth Miller stopping by it’s ALWAYS fun, a bit on the crazy side and hard to distinguish who’s saying what and/or why they’re saying it at […]
Blue Shield Backs Off Rate Hikes…For Now
So Blue Shield finally blinked. On Wednesday, the health insurer withdrew proposed rate increases of as much as 86.5% on individual policies. This hike would have been on top of increases Blue Shield imposed on its customers in January and October. From the Sacramento Bee: […]
Donna Smith on the Issues and New Grit TV Series | Donna Smith Segment | Show 404
Guest: Donna Smith The “nurses on duty” aka hosts Casey Hobbs and Dan Grady talk with our friend Donna Smith who is a legislative organizer for CNA/NNU. She talks about all things D.C. and the upcoming Grit TV series that updates us on the families […]
The Nurses Station and The Hero Nurse | Show 404
The nurses on duty, a.k.a Casey and Dan, have too much fun with the news…none of which is particularly useful…but good for a laugh nonetheless. A great chat with our favorite health care activist…CNA/NNU’s Donna Smith. As most of you know, Donna is a legislative […]
Courageous Congresswoman | Congresswoman Jackie Speier Segment | Show 403
Guest: Congresswoman Jackie Speier What an honor it is to have California Congresswoman Jackie Speier with us. Some of you may have heard her courageous speech on the house floor when she shared a very personal story about having a surgical procedure that resulted in the […]
The Baby Whisperer Is In the House and News from Wisconsin | Show 403
It finally happened! The Baby Whisperer, RN Marsha Podd, is really on the show this time. Thanks to the genius scheduling of someone who shall remain nameless—we announced that Marsha was going to be on last week. Well, here she comes and as always she […]
10 Greatest Novels for Nurses
Another fun blog post from our new friends over at NursingSchools.Net. We had so much fun with this one we want more suggestions. What books do you think are “must reads” for nurses and why? We’ll add them to our Nurse Talk Amazon Bookstore. 1. […]