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SEIU Nurses in Action
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Montage of SEIU nurses taking action to protect their patients and their profession.
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Why Nurses Get Politically Active
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Cathy Glasson, RN joins us during a "cold night in the state of Iowa" and explains why she--and other RNs--are involved in the political process.
If you're a nurse, plea...
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RNs Speak Out on Frustrations of Mandatory Overtime
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A nurse from Beaver County, Pennsylvania speaks about her experience working mandatory overtime.
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Mandatory Overtime's Impact on Patient Care
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A nurse speaks on why she's coming to Harrisburg to lobby for a ban on mandatory overtime.
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Nurse-to-Nurse: Why You Need to Be Involved
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Value Care RNs speak about why they got involved and why they'd like you to join them in their fight for safe-staffing.
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Rhode Island RNs rally
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Nurses in Rhode Island are lobbying the state legislature to hold a special session to override the governor's veto of a bill to protect nurses and patients against mandato...
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CNN/YouTube Debate: Keeping Experienced RNs at the Bedside
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Question from a Colorado nurse on addressing the nursing shortage and patient care crisis.
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Colorado RNs asks question for CNN/YouTube GOP debate
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Colorado RNs asks question for CNN/YouTube GOP debate
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Nurse in Colorado Asks the Candidates a Question
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Registered nurse in Colorado asks the candidates a question about healthcare
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CNN/YouTube GOP debate Question from Colorado RN
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CNN/YouTube debate question
About Value Care, Value Nurses
Nurses around the country have known for years what study after study is bearing out: when there are not enough nurses, patient care suffers. Medical errors increase. Hospital-acquired infections increase. Respiratory failure is more common. Patients stay in hospitals longer. And, as they are asked to do more with less, more nurses leave the bedside for less demanding jobs. Nearly 500,000 nurses have left the profession already and a 2003 survey by Peter Hart & Associates found that three in five nurses have thought of quitting patient care.
As more nurses leave the profession, the Department of Labor estimates that one million nurses will be needed by 2014 to fill both new and vacant positions in hospitals.
Access to quality, affordable healthcare is the most pressing issue facing American families today. But a healthcare system that is accessible is worthless if there are not enough nurses to staff it.
Nurses around the country have known for years what study after study is bearing out: when there are not enough nurses, patient care suffers. Medical errors increase. Hospital-acquired infections increase. Respiratory failure is more common. ...
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