The Importance of Nurse Activism | Support for California Nurses Strike
Caring for those in need includes standing up for patients against corporate greed and disinterest in the human costs of cuts in staffing and services. There are 23,000 nurses on the street for theCalifornia Kaiser and Sutter Health strike doing just that. We’re with them. We’re rewinding […]
The President’s Debt Reduction Panel | Karen Higgins Segment | Show 310
Guest: Karen Higgins Casey and Dan have a great conversation with our friend RN Karen Higgins about the recommendations that came from the President’s Debt Reduction Panel. What Karen has to say is shocking, at the very least, and should make all of us stand up […]
RN Karen Higgins on What’s Up in DC and RN Karyn Buxman, Speaker. Author.”Freakin’Funny” | Show 310
“Oh my there is so much happening in the news these days Dan,” says Casey. Dan responds with “lets see if we can RAP IT ALL UP Casey.” Well, you have to check it out..they do indeed RAP IT UP. Obamacare, don’t you dare,touch my […]
The Importance of Nurse Activism | Karen Higgins Segment | Show 302
This week Casey and Dan talk with Boston RN Karen Higgins. Karen is also one of National Nurses United co-presidents and is past president of Massachusetts Nurses Association. Karen talks about the importance of local and national activism and organizing. As components of the new […]
Single Payer, Nurse Ratios and Caring for Elders | Oct 2, 2010 | Show 302
Boston RN Karen Higgins joins Casey and Dan to discuss the continuing need for single payer health care in our country, urgency regarding nurse-patient ratios and other important issues that affect all of us. Karen is past president of Massachusetts Nurses Association and one of […]
Single Payer, Nurse Ratios and Caring for Elders | Show 302
Please tell me I am not the only one who knows and loves Denny Crane! I just needed to hear his voice again so ordered an audio clip of the Denster and everyone in the studio looked at me like I was out of my […]
1,000 Nurses Call on Congress to Act Now on Patient Safety
Our friends at the California Nurses Association report that “more than 1,000 registered nurses from across the country rallied in Washington DC Wednesday, raising an unprecedented, unified voice for patient safety reforms and new, national standards for patient care conditions and standards for nurses.Among the legislative solutions are S 1031/HR 2133 that would, among other components, establish minimum ratios of nurses to patients for all U.S. hospitals, modeled after a successful California law, and S 1788/HR 2381 which would also promote nurse retention and reduce patient accidents and injuries by establishing safe patient lifting and handling policies.Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota, author of S 1788, hosted a hearing on the bill Tuesday at which several nurses on hand for the week cited experiences that demonstrated the need for the bill.Speaking Wednesday to an NNU rally across from the Capitol, Franken told the RNs, “You are the ones we look to for advice, comfort, expertise and care. You are tireless advocates for the country’s well-being. You’re the ones we trust to care for our loved ones, that’s what your expertise is, and it’s simply unacceptable that you’re putting your own health on the line to care for patients.” READ MORE
Karen Higgins Segment | Show 216
Guest: Karen Higgins This week in our RN segment we visit with Karen Higgins, RN, President of the Massachusetts Nurses Association. Karen has worked at Boston Medical Center for the past 35 years and has seen and experienced radical changes in the healthcare industry. She shares […]
Karen Higgins and the Kinsey Sicks | Show 216
Is it a bird…a plane…a helicopter..? NO…its Winnie from the Kinsey Sicks, America’s Favorite Beauty Shop Dragapella group. Casey talks to Winnie (peppy and hilarious) during the second half of our show. Coming up this week in our RN segment we’ll visit with Karen Higgins, […]