Portraits of Compassion: Photographer Shows Voice, Fortitude of American Nurses
Photographer Carolyn Jones spent two years profiling changes in the health care system. Her new book, “The American Nurse,” highlights how the profession of nursing is evolving. Jones and Rhonda Collins of Fresenius Kabi USA join Hari Sreenivasan for a closer look at nurses’ roles […]
National Expert: Nurse Talk’s Electronic Medical Record Segment A Ray of Sunshine.
Nurse Talk’s recent segment with RNs DeAnn McEwen and Michelle Mahon on the problems with electronic medical record implementation caught the ear of Dr. Scot Silverstein, a medical Informatics professional via NIH-sponsored postdoctoral fellowship. Scot’s expertise is in clinical IT design, implementation, refinement to meet […]
Retired RN Kay McVay Honored with 2013 “RAGE for JUSTICE” Award
Kay McVay makes the 2013 Consumer Advocate Hall of Fame Says advocacy group: www.ConsumerWatchDog.org Kay McVay worked as a registered nurse in critical care for nearly four decades before retiring in 1995. She is a tenacious and effective champion of patients’ rights who was elected and served as […]
Global Nurses United is Born
With aim to Step Up Fight against Austerity, Privatization, Attacks on Public Health and Work for Safe Nurse Staffing Ratios and Improved Patient Care for All SAN FRANCISCO – Leaders of the premiere nurses and health care workers unions in 14 nations in the Americas, […]
There is No Other Planet We Can Go To.
“Of all the unions I’m talking to, nobody has a better global vision than nurses,” Brown said to big applause. “If you can link your immediate occupational objectives with the larger sense of what we need to do as human beings, you become a very […]
Nurses to March on Golden Gate Bridge Thursday With Call to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline
Nurses and environmental activists from across the U.S. are joining hands this week to step up the message that there is still time to stop the Keystone XL Pipeline before it stops all of us. Join us for a march across the Golden Bate Bridge […]
Free Webinar on USF Online MSN
Something special is coming up from Nurse Talk and our academic partners. Be the change you want to see in the world and put this on your calendar: Nurse Talk is hosting an informational webinar regarding the online MSN program at the University of San […]
Marin Healthy Palooza | May 11, 2013
Marin Healthy Palooza May 11, 2013, 10 am – 5pm Mill Valley Recreation Center, 180 Camino Alto, Mill Valley, CA 94965 You won’t want to miss this unique health fair and festival! Nurse Talk will be there and our fitness guru, Joanie Greggains, will MC […]
Time to Act Now To Restore Our Ravaged Mental Healthcare System
By Deborah Burger, RN, 12/18/12 Registered nurses across the country mourn the loss of life marked by the shooting of innocents in Connecticut. This should be a clear wake up call for the White House, Congress, and state and local legislators to take action to […]