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This week on Nurse Talk, Dr. Julia Greenstein, V.P. of Discovery Research for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation talks about the groundbreaking therapy called Encapsulation. The therapy is showing great promise for persons living with Type 1 Diabetes. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation is the […]
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A virus transmitted by a specific mosquito species (Aedes genus), similar to dengue fever and chikungunya. Transmission can also happen through sexual contact, blood transfusion, and from mother to baby during pregnancy and birth. No vaccine exists. Diagnostic testing is limited. (read more) Zika is […]
National Nurses United, a significant presence across Iowa in the lead up to the Iowa caucuses, and who have been campaigning for Sen. Bernie Sanders across the U.S. for months, Monday night celebrated Sanders’ dramatic finish in Iowa, and said the nurses are stepping up […]
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, a worker in health care and social assistance is nearly five times more likely to be the victim of a nonfatal assault or violent act by another person, than the average worker in all other major industries […]
Now ten years after Hurricane Katrina’s destruction along the Gulf Coast, registered nurse volunteers with the disaster relief program, Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), which sent hundreds of RN volunteers to provide disaster relief to the region in the wake of the deadly storm, say that […]
Executive Director Of Minnesota Nurses Association, Rose Roach gives the best explanation of what a Single Payer Healthcare System is. It starts with “people over profits”. Listen to this short, powerful, achievable solution.
“Will you still need me when I’m 64”? Nurse Talk’s Healthcare In America Reporter, Donna Smith gives us the basics about how and when to sign up for Medicare. Fun fact: every day there are 10,000 ‘baby boomers’ turning 65! You know who you are!! […]
Caring, compassion, and community. These are the values at the heart of registered nursing. This is true at the bedside, as nurses advocate for patients and families—and also beyond the walls of the hospital, as RNs call for environmental, racial, and economic justice in the name of public health. National Nurses United, which represents some 190,000 nurses nationwide, seeks to uphold that positive vision for the health of this country by endorsing Senator Bernie Sanders for president. #nurses4bernie http://www.nationalnursesunited.org/site/entry/vote-nurses-values
Over the past few days, more than 700 people from all over the country came together for the annual single-payer strategy conference. This year, we were in Chicago, my hometown, Of course we shared ideas, successes, concerns, and knowledge about the kind of healthcare reform that might truly give us the best healthcare system in the world through an improved Medicare for all for life model. Read all of Donna Smith’s blog click here http://donnasicko.blogspot.com/2015/11/our-nation-needs-this-balm-as-single.html
