Lisa Myers on Nurse-to-Patient Ratios in Nevada | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | July 30-31, 2011 | Show 417
What happens in Vegas doesn’t necessarily stay in Vegas…Casey and Dan talk with RN Lisa Myers from St. Rose Hospital in Las Vegas. Lisa and thousands of fellow nurses have gone through a protracted negotiation process with their hospitals since the nurses voted unanimously to […]
RN Donna Smith on Who’s Your Doctor’s Daddy? | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | July 23-24, 2011 | Show 416
Our friend and Capitol Hill correspondent Donna Smith (legislative organizer for National Nurses United) asks “Who’s Your Doctor’s Daddy?” Healthcare giants buying up hospitals is not new…but they’re also buying up the doctors. Donna tells us the reasons all of this is disturbing, confusing and […]
Best of Nurse Talk | RN-to-Patient Ratio Legislation | Gwen Collins Segment | Show 312
Casey and Dan talk with Florida RN Gwen Collins.Gwen sits on the National Nurses Organizing Committee’s State Leadership Council. She is a tireless advocate for patients and nurses alike and is working hard in he hospital community and he community at large to introduce and […]
Michael Lighty on Main Street vs. Wall Street | NNU Sponsored Segment | Show 415
Michael Lighty joins Nurse Talk for a conversation about Main Street vs. Wall Street. Which side are you on? Michael is the articulate and passionate Director of Public Policy for National Nurses United. Michael recently spoke with Casey at the NNU Staff Assembly in D.C. […]
Tax Wall Street | RN DeAnn McEwen Segment | Show 414
Casey talks with our friend RN and human rights activist DeAnn McEwen. DeAnn just returned (to her home in Southern California) from a trip to NYC where she was joined by hundreds of other nurses and others in a rally on Wall Street. The message […]
Save Social Security and Medicare, Fair Taxes on Wall Street | Donna Smith Segment | Show 413
Discussion about the role nurses are playing in leading the voice of opposition to cuts in Medicare and Social Security and fighting for taxation on wall street transactions. Listen, we are not talking about about persecuting those who do business on Wall Street—we are simply […]
Main Street Not Wall Street | Deborah Burger Segment | Show 412
Our Nation’s capitol just got hit by a big storm this week. One thousand RNs on a mission to remind elected officials they need to listen to those of us on Main Street–not Wall Street. Is our country really broke? Is it really necessary to […]
It’s Time For A Main Street Contract…Heal America/Tax Wall Street | Bonus Podcast
Casey talks with RN and co-president of National Nurses United, Deborah Burger about “The Main Street Contract.” Will we be a “me” society…or a “we” society? It’s time for a main street contract…heal America/tax Wall Street. Find out how you can join the fight to […]
Issues in Massachusetts | RN Donna Kelly-Williams Segment | Show 410
Casey and Dan check in with Boston RN and president of Massachusetts Nurses Association, Donna Kelly-Williams. Every week we take a look at what is happening in health care all around our country and if you have listened to the news and/or—our show—you may have […]