Our blog has something for everyone. From healthcare to human-interest stories and from the hospital bedside to the halls of congress—we have it covered. AND did you know workplace bullying was bad for your health? Meet a courageous nurse and oral cancer survivor that understands the power of humor and grace. What are “nurse patient ratios” and why are they so important? All this and more…
A special thank you to all of our listeners, the nurses who save lives and make a huge impact on humanity every day. Thanks too to our sponsors the California Nurses Association, National Nurses United, the Massachusetts Nurses Association, our media partner Laura Flanders and GRITtv and our strategic partner Nurse Together. Without you all we might be driving down Route 66 in our RV waxing about Nurse Talk as something that might have been.
We salute you nurses. Please enjoy this song by San Francisco area singer and songwriter, Colette Washington, Angel By My Side and an encore presentation of Nurse Talk featuring a great nurse memoir and interview with an 82-year-old nurse who is still helping people.
We’ve made some new friends over on Facebook, Americans for Healthcare. They posted this video this morning. Let’s remain vigilant. Please sign every petition, send emails and make phone calls to Congress-Tell them to NOT make cuts to social security, Medicare and Medicaid. Instead, close […]
If you’re right in the middle of a long shift and starting to run out of energy, what should you do? Don’t reach for the sugary beverages or energy drinks. Instead, try these successful energy-building interventions that will keep you going strong until the very […]
COME ON DOWN, NURSES!!! Now’s your chance to be a part of the longest-running and most-beloved game show on television! “The Price is Right” salutes our nation’s nurses! We’re taping a special show on Wednesday, September 7th just for those who dedicate their lives to […]
Berkeley Rep invites CNA members to save $5 on tickets for the final weekend of Anna Deavere Smith’s smash hit Let Me Down Easy! Anna set the Bay Area ablaze with Fires in the Mirror and Twilight: Los Angeles, and in recent years, you’ve seen […]
This just in from our friends and National Nurses United. Pass it on to your friends and colleagues: 10,000 Nurses & Main Street Residents to Converge at 61 Congressional Offices in 21 States on Sept. 1 with 1 Message: Tax Wall Street to Heal America RNs to […]
We visit with Massachusetts Nurses Association‘s president, RN Donna Kelly Williams. Donna brings us up to date on all things Mass including the upcoming Day Of Action, the continued fight for fair and equitable RN-to-patient ratios, The Main Street Campaign, and the Mass Nurses Association’s […]
This week we visit with Massachusetts Nurses Association‘s president, RN Donna Kelly Williams. Donna brings us up to date on all things Mass including the upcoming Day Of Action, the continued fight for fair and equitable RN-to-patient ratios, The Main Street Campaign, (to find out […]
It’s amazing but Labor Day is right around the corner and that means summer vacation is but a distant memory. And speaking of summer vacations, Dan returns from Maui more exhausted than when he left. We thought he was going to relax and do some surfing—drink some beer and maybe go to a few luaus. Not exactly.
This week we visit with Massachusetts Nurses Association’s president, RN Donna Kelly Williams. Donna brings us up to date on all things Mass
We talk with Greg Batte who has started a nurse advocacy organization called—surprise—Nurse Advocate Organization.
As we recently celebrated Nurses Week, I sit here and reflect upon where we have been and where we are going as a profession. We have persevered through good times and bad, periods of war and peace, and financial booms and recessions. Yet through all […]