July 7.2009, Philadelphia, PA - It's official Hahnemann nurses reject the C.N.A. by a vote of 307 to 267!
April 14, 2009, Houston, TX - It's official C.N.A./N.N.O.C has withdrawn their petition to organize the nurses at both Northwest and Park Plaza Hospitals, two Tenet-owned hospitals in Houston.
March 9, 2009, Fresno, CA - Saint Agnes Medical Center received notification from the NLRB that the California Nurses Association has withdrawn their petition for election! Congratulations to the nurses of St. Agnes for making their voices heard!
NRNPA Founder and President, Geneviève M. Clavreul, RN. Ph.D. awarded Nurse Practitioner Advocate of the Year Award 2008 - 2009 by the California Association of Nurse Practitioners, Greater Pasadena Chapter
July 3, 2008 at 14:11, Los Angeles, CA - SEIU Union Officials Face Federal Prosecution for Illegal Threats against Non-Striking Nurses
Source - National Right to Work Foundation (NRTW): Right to Work attorneys trigger prosecution after union bosses threatened Pomona Valley nurses with jail time for refusing to abandon patients (read more here)
The Nurse Unchained - One nurse's unabashed opinion on all things nursing.
Articles of Interest
Strike! -
A look at a recent nursing strike and its impact on the nursing team, community and hospital.
“Impact of California's Licensed Nurse-Patient Ratios on Unit Level Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes,” online. Nurse
satisfaction in California improved between 2004 and 2006, particularly
with factors that would have been affected by the ratios (abstract
available at no cost, full article available at no cost to subscribers).
Paper on California's Nurse-Patient Ratio Law -- Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice by Spetz Ph.D., Joanne
“Nurse Satisfaction and the
Implementation of Minimum Nurse Staffing Regulations,” online. Nurse
satisfaction in California improved between 2004 and 2006, particularly
with factors that would have been affected by the ratios (abstract
available at no cost, full article available at no cost to subscribers).
“Nurse Satisfaction and the Implementation of Minimum Nurse Staffing Regulations,” online. Nurse satisfaction in California improved between 2004 and 2006, particularly with factors that would have been affected by the ratios (abstract available at no cost, full article available at no cost to subscribers).
State
Representative Jim Hughes sponsored HB 346, which requires each
hospital to create a written nursing services staffing plan that guides
the assignment of nurses in the hospital
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