Healing Connecticut: RN Deborah Burger and Songwriter Alex Hobbs
Shayne and Casey welcome RN and Co-President of National Nurses United, Deborah Burger. Deborah is a frequent guest on Nurse Talk. She recently wrote an article about the need to restore our mental health system. In the wake of the tragic shooting in Connecticut and […]
Tribute. Shin Splints. Annoying Driver. Pop Quiz.
Shayne and Casey welcome RN and Co-President of National Nurses United, Deborah Burger. Deborah is a frequent guest on Nurse Talk. She recently wrote an article about the need to restore our mental health system. In the wake of the tragic shooting in Connecticut and […]
RN Donna Kelly Williams on Nurse Victories in Massachusetts
This week we give a salute to the Massachusetts Nurses Association. We are joined by RN and President of Mass. Nurses Association, Donna Kelly Williams. Donna speaks about the recent victories the nurses have had with respect to keeping Taunton State Hospital opened and witnessing […]
Karen Coughlin on the Evaporation of Mental Health Services | Taunton State Hospital Closure | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | April 7, 2012 | Show 443
More on the decline (evaporation) of mental health services. We are joined by RN and Vice President of theMassachusetts Nurses Association, Karen Coughlin. Karen works at Taunton State Hospital which is on the chopping block. Closure would mean no place for the 147 patients they now serve, […]
You Can Never Count The Stars: Shania & Sydney’s True Story of Help & Hope
This from Mental Health America of Texas. “Shania becomes depressed and has thoughts of suicide after being bullied and going off her medication. She gets help from her sister, Sydney, her mother, counseling and love and help from her family. Her true story emphasizes that […]
RN Greg Montes on Mental Health Services Cuts and Hal Isen on Making Your Life a Work of Art | March 31, 2012 | Show 442
How is it possible that 50% of the Nurse Talk staff is “suffering” from shoulder injuries? Well…let’s break that down. It might not be as shocking as it sounds, as there are only four of us to start with (at least in the studio) so […]
Kaiser RNs One-Day Sympathy Strike to Support Other Kaiser Caregivers Today
Rallies Tuesday, 12 Noon, Kaiser Oakland, Kaiser South Sacramento OAKLAND—Registered nurses and nurse practitioners at Kaiser Permanente hospitals and clinics across Northern and Central California will honor the picket lines Tuesday in sympathy and solidarity with other frontline Kaiser staff who will hold a one-day […]
Kaiser Nurses Plan NUHW Sympathy Strike Jan 31 in Protest of Short Staffing of Mental Health Services
Kaiser nurses will be holding the sympathy strike on Jan. 31 to support their co-workers who are members of National Union of Healthcare Workers who charge that Kaiser Permanente, California’s largest HMO, systematically understaffs its mental health services in violation of California state law, leaving some […]