Best Of Nurse Talk: Joanne Jung on the Health Benefits Victory for Nurses
Victory for Nurses in Northern California! …AND a victory for nurses across the country! Last week, a federal administrative law judge with the National Labor Relations Board handed nurses a victory, finding Sutter Bay East Hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area engaged in illegal […]
Best Of: RNs DeAnn McEwen and Michelle Mahon on Electronic Medical Records
RNs DeAnn McEwen and Michelle Mahon tell it like it is. EMR, or Electronic Medical Records, systems are rolling out “live” in hospitals across the country. BUT WAIT! Were nurses at the table when these systems were designed and then implemented? Did these hospitals insure […]
RN Donna Kelly Williams on Safe Nurse-Patient Ratios
Massachusetts Nurses Take “Safe Staffing” to the People! Massachusetts Nurses Association President, Donna Kelly Williams RN talks about a newly sponsored ballot measure campaign to fight for patient safety and protection. As most of you who listen to our show already know, the national fight […]
Rewind… Global Nurses? Yes, It’s Necessary
We mentioned a few weeks ago that we attended the National Nurses United Conference here in San Francisco. We met nurses from most of the states and from over 13 other countries. It’s very interesting to talk to nurses from around the world because even though the healthcare […]
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 […]
Joanne Jung on the Health Benefits Victory for Nurses
Victory for Nurses in Northern California! …AND a victory for nurses across the country! Last week, a federal administrative law judge with the National Labor Relations Board handed nurses a victory, finding Sutter Bay East Hospitals in the San Francisco Bay Area engaged in illegal […]
Best Of Nurse Talk: 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 […]
Global Nurses? Yes, It’s Necessary
We mentioned a few weeks ago that we attended the National Nurses United Conference here in San Francisco. We met nurses from most of the states and from over 13 other countries. It’s very interesting to talk to nurses from around the world because even though the healthcare […]
Pay Equality Among Nurses? – with Karen Higgins
Oh my, what a lively discussion! A recent Census Report shows the average male nurse earns almost $10,000 a year more than the average female nurse. Although 90% of registered nurses in America are women, they don’t think of male nurses as underdogs. But who better […]