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Aging in America and the Coming Elder Boom

Behind the Old Face — Aging in America and the Coming Elder Boom is authored by Angil Tarach-Ritchey RN, GCM a National Expert in Eldercare with over  30 years caring and advocating for  seniors.  An experience she had in 1977 as an aide in a […]

Nurse Talk Short | Unions Step Up and Evicting Dad?

National Nurses United, the nations largest nurses union just announced their affiliation with the National Union of Healthcare Workers. RN DeAnn McEwen, Co-President of the California Nurses Association, is here to talk about this latest step to protect patients, uphold standards, fight employer attacks, blast […]

Baby Bump. Mom and Dad. Hospitals. Greed. Nurses Pockets.

Shayne: “Well, Casey already this year there is so much going on in the news. Of course all kinds of political issues such as the “fiscal cliff,” the looming debt ceiling, and a range of other hot topics such as—hospitals working overtime to cut staffing and increase profits, storms like we’ve never seen before, world hunger, poverty, melting of the polar ice caps, unemployment and more. BUT the one bit of news that I find most important Casey and I think you will agree—Kim Kardashian’s pregnancy.”

Casey: “Oh Shayne I couldn’t agree with you more. That poor thing has gone through so much, and now this! I’m sure she and papa-to-be, Kanye West, are ecstatic—but this will be such a pubic 9-months for them. First the paparazzi will be looking to get the best photos of the “baby bump,” and then they may try to catch her on a private beach in her bikini.”

And so starts some good advice for Kim and papa Kanye. We didn’t say good advice, but it is advice.

And a visit with RN DeAnn McEwen, Co-President of the California Nurses Association, about a recent press release announcing the largest nurses union in the U.S., National Nurses United and its affiliation with the National Union of Healthcare Workers. Find out why and why you should be interested.

RN Deann McEwen last year at a rally  to step up the campaign to extend guaranteed healthcare coverage to all Californians RN Deann McEwen last year at a rally to step up the campaign to extend guaranteed healthcare coverage to all Californians

What do nurses find in their pockets? With the help of Scrubs Magazine we find out. Read more…