Nurse Talk Short | RN Staffing, Acuity and Victoria Sweet’s God’s Hotel
Nurse-to-patient ratios? What’s acuity got to do with it? On this show we visit with RN Tracy Pelletier, a med surg nurse from the Aroostook County Medical Center in Presque Isle, Maine. As Maine goes so goes the nation. Tracy says staffing levels and acuity […]
Dr. Victoria Sweet on God’s Hotel and RN Tracy Pelletier on Staffing and Acuity
ow! Do we have a great show this week! A couple of months ago Casey read a book called God’s Hotel, A Doctor, A Hospital, and A Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine. The book was written by San Francisco physician Dr. Victoria Sweet about […]
Donna Smith on All Things Washington
This show was originally broadcast June 2, 2012. Donna Smith, our National Nurses United D.C. correspondent brings us up to speed on all things Washington. Donna also shares a bit of personal news about her own health. Donna Smith is best known as one of […]
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Donna Smith on the Medicare for All Bus Tour | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | June 30, 2012 | Show 452
Our good friend and D.C. Healthcare correspondent Donna Smith joins us from the road—on the National Nurses United Medicare For All bus tour. The bus pulled out of San Diego, CA last week with 22 stops along the way. The nurses are providing mobile blood […]
RN Donna Kelly Williams on Mandatory Overtime and Author Eileen Kaplan on Laughter vs. Breast Cancer | June 23, 2012 | Show 451
“Well don’t you know that’s the sound of the men..workin’ on the chain…gaaang, that’s the sound of the men workin’ on the chain…gang…” http://youtu.be/oq9afubyHgA Well, that’s really the sound of the nurses in Massachusetts working harder and faster—but not if the state legislature has anything […]
RN Donna Kelly Williams on Banning Mandatory Overtime in Massachusetts | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | June 23, 2012 | Show 451
“Well don’t you know that’s the sound of the men..workin’ on the chain…gaaang, that’s the sound of the men workin’ on the chain…gang…” http://youtu.be/oq9afubyHgA Well, that’s really the sound of the nurses in Massachusetts working harder and faster—but not if the state legislature has anything […]
RN DeAnn McEwen on Jobs and Dr. Francine Shapiro on Getting Past Your Past | June 16, 2012 | Show 450
On the Show this week…Graduation! You’ve made it to the finish line—now what’s next? The song “Pomp and Circumstance” by English Composer Sir Edward Elgar plays on as graduates march on that glorious day. You’ve worked hard, spent lots of money to get a good […]