Table Of ContentNurses, Moore Launch Campaign to Expose Nurses in the House. The 2007 House of in other countries when they can least
the Real Sickos. A rally and screening Delegates convention is a time to learn, afford to. What’s the solution to the glob-
in Sacramento herald the release of laugh, and lead. July/August p. 9. al crisis of nurse migration? April p. 12.
Michael Moore’s SiCKO. June p. 4. Nurses Gather for National Convention. CNA/NNOC’s Code of Practice for the Interna-
We’re Flippo for SICKO. Review of SiCKO. October p. 9. tional Recruitment of Nurses. April p. 16.
June p. 8. Why Bargaining, Organizing, and Politics Comparing International Health Systems.
On the Road With Michael Moore. The RNs’ Matters. CNA/NNOC Director of Collec- A panel of international RNs discusses
bus tour to promote SiCKO nationwide. tive Bargaining Mike Griffing’s address government health plans with
June p. 9. to the 2007 House of Delegates. the 2007 House of Delegates.
No Turning Back. SiCKO has opened the eyes October p. 10. October p. 13.
oft he public to the ills of the insurance Don’t Mess With Texas. Texas RNs speak The Auctioning of Britain’s Pride. The United
industry and why it’s got to go. to the 2007 House of Delegates Kingdom’s esteemed National Health
June p. 11. about organizing in their facilities. Service is under attack, facing patchwork
Postcard from Colorado: What a Long, Strange October p. 11. privatization by money-hungry
Trip it’s Been. SiCKO’s Donna Smith CNA/NNOC Honors Awards Recipients for politicians and unscrupulous foreign
relates her experiences on the RNs’ 2007. October p. 12. investors. November p. 18.
SiCKO bus tour. June p. 14. Comparing International Health Systems.
Taking the SiCKO Cure to the People. Donna A panel of international RNs discusses
Smith writes a dispatch from the SiCKO government health plans with the 2007
DVD roadshow. November p. 9. House of Delegates. October p. 13.
House of Delegates Resolutions Passed. KATRINA
October p. 14. Stressed Out. Local nurses in New Orleans
The Roads We’v e Taken: Revisiting our still struggle on the front lines of a
successes of the last two years, and looking constant healthcare crisis. June p. 15.
GERIATRICS toward the many challenges ahead. Rose
Coming of Age. Though global and national Ann DeMoro’s address to the 2007 House
demographics show the number of of Delegates. October p. 15.
seniors is about to explode, neither
the medical profession nor society is LESBIAN HEALTH
prepared to care for their health. What Not Seeing Straight. Providers lacking
will it take to ensure patients can live training and research are often insensi-
well as seniors? September p. 10. INSURANCE DENIALS tive to the needs of lesbians, making
The Pain of Rejection. Meet a healthy RN them uncomfortable by treating
who’s suddenly found himself uninsur- them like straight patients. And many
able. January/February p. 13. lesbians, in turn, shun medical
System Failure. Why does the insurance care—falsely assuming they don’t have
HEALTHCARE INDUSTRY industry fear 3-year-old Thomas Wilkes? as many health risks as straights. Learn
New Study Says to Follow the Money in Because he’s proof that they have no busi- the latest on what nurses can do to
Healthcare. July/August p. 7. ness in healthcare. March p. 14. ensure everyone gets the care they
Fighting Two Fronts. It’s tough enough to bat- need. October p. 16.
HOSPITAL CLOSURES tle cancer. But RN Cynthia Campbell
RNs Fight Against Sutter Hospital Closure. found herself also waging war against the
Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa health insurance industry. Is this any way
announces plans to close by 2008. to treat patients? May p. 20.
January/February p. 7. A Life Denied. All Tracy Pierce wanted was to MILITARY HEALTH
be given a chance to fight his cancer. His Walter Reed Scandal Symbolizes a Broader
HOSPITAL SAFETY insurance coverage wouldn’t even give Pattern. April p. 7.
Falling Down on the Job. How hospitals him that. October p. 20.
have procrastinated making needed
see
seismic upgrades to their facilities INTERNATIONAL
and are endangering their workers, Educating Overseas Nursing Students.
patients, and the community. CNA/NNOC Vice President Zenei NATIONAL
December p. 10. Triunfo-Cortez addresses 2,500 nursing CNA/NNOC Joins Forces with AFL-CIO.
students in the Philippines on the July/August p. 6.
HOUSE OF DELEGATES realities of working abroad. March p. 7. Cook County RNs march in the 78th Annual
2007 House of Delegates Convenes in Moving Out. Developing nations are quickly Bud Billiken Parade in Chicago. September
September. July/August p. 6. losing their nurses to higher-paying jobs p. 8.
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A delegaoft CiNAo/NnNO : Saving Prison Nursing. Forming response to the closure of eight Cook Coun-
at the Appalachian Reg CNA/NNOC’s statewide correctional ty community clinics. April p. 6.
picket lines in Kentucky nursing advocacy group. May p. 16. The ongoing campaign to preserve public
Appalachian RNs Strike Ov Hanging onto Life. Pat and Nikki each served health in Cook County helps boost
December p. 6. more than 20 years in California prisons. CNA/NNOC as a defender of nurses in Illi-
With all the suffering, neglect, and fight- nois. June p. 10.
ing they endured to get medical help, Stressed Out. As New Orleans struggles to
they consider themselves alive despite rebuild from Hurricane Katrina, local
the prison medical system, not because nurses are still on the front lines of a con-
ORGANIZING of it. July/August p. 10. stant healthcare crisis. June p. 15.
Bili Makes Unionization Po: How the Plata case jumpstarted California CNA/NNOC takes legal action to block layoffs
Thousands Through Card prison reform. July/August p. 15. in Cook County. July/August p. 8.
S. Make Room in Budget for Public Health, illi-
Don’t Mess With Texas. PROFILES nois Nurses Say. November p. 8.
the 2007 House of | The Pain of Rejection. Meet a healthy RN The Return of Germ Warfare. In August 2006,
organizing in their who’s suddenly found himself uninsur- Registered Nurse reported on the rise of
October p. 11. able. January/February p. 13. antibiotic-resistant super bugs. Today,
Texas Nurse Leaders Mec! Change for the Better. Relie Dema-ala, RN. tragic and unnecessary deaths continue
November p. 5. January/February p. 14. to unfold and attract mainstream media
St. Louis-area RNs form a w imittee System Failure. Why does the insurance attention. November p. 12.
to hold their employe: dards industry fear 3-year-old Thomas Wilkes? Cook County RNs fight to restore nursing posi-
of care. Novembe: Because he’s proof that they have no tions and put public health system in
Reno RNs RejoicOveer Ele: business in healthcare. March p. 14. trusteeship. December p. 8.
December p. 5. FightinTwgo Fronts. It’s tough enough to
Uniting Nurses at HCA, Ar t Hos- battle cancer. But RN Cynthia Campbell
<i
pital Chain. Decen found herself also waging war against the
WhiRtNst votee tro j oin © health insurance industry. Is this any way
December p. 8 to treat patients? May p. 20. RATIOS
Piece of the Action. Robert Marth, RN. Maine State Nurses Association/NNOC nurses
June p. 18. introduce the Maine Hospital Patient Pro-
Marathon Man. David Welch, RN. tection Act of 2007 to state legislature.
July/August p. 22. January/February p. 8.
POLITICS A Life Denied. All Tracy Pierce wanted was Texas Ratio Bill introduced. March p. 4.
Bill Makes Unionization § to be given a chance to fight his cancer. The Illinois House Health Care and Availability
sands Through Card Chec) His insurance coverage wouldn’t even Access Committee votes to move forward
California Legislative Upc give him that. October p. 20. with a CNA/NNOC-sponsored staffing ratio
RNs Weigh in Before Con; Hail to the Chiefs. Meet the four members of bill. March p. 8.
Bankruptcy. Sept CNA/NNOC’s new Council of Presidents. MNOC members in Maine lobby legislature in
IWinois lawmakers fai! to atient October p. 22. support of the Act to Increase Safety of
ratiosi n the siate Born to Nurse. Genel Morgan, RN. Hospital Patients. March p. 8.
Schwarzenegger vetoes C November p. 22. Rallying for Ratios in Texas. Texas RNs march
legislatiofno r the fourt Nursing Renaissance. Bonnie Martin, RN NP. to the state capitol in Austin to demand
October p. 14. December p. 14. nurse-to-patient ratios. April p. 4.
2007 Legislative Update Maine RNs Learn from Ratio Fight. The Maine
PUBLIC HEALTH Legislature declined to approve nurse-to-
PRISON HEALTH Cook County RNs brave cold weather to patient ratios. May p. 5.
inside Job. Many day protest 17 percent cuts to public health. The 2007 Texas legislative session ends with-
can do to keep hx January/February p. 8. out acting on HB 1707, the Texas Patient
her 33-year careet Mending the Net. As the uninsured crisis Protection Act. May p. 7.
How and why do worsens, publicly owned health facilities Texas RNs testify in support of ratios.
mitted to fixing th are treading rough water. Nurses prepare July/August p. 8.
from within pris: to do battle to keep public hospitals and Texas Panel Recommends Ratio Laws, Protec-
radical reforms ui clinics available as many patients’ last tions for Patients and RNs. September p. 7.
inmate care in Cali! and only option. March p. 10. iilinois lawmakers fail to pass nurse-to-patient
Medical Time Bomb Tick’: the Fight Over Cook County Health Bureau Cuts ratios in the state. October p. 14.
California Depart: Boils Over. March p. 12. Safe Staffing Legislation Comes to Arizona.
under receivershi| Community members stage a funeral in December p. 8.
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Health Insurance is Good Medicine. The Fremont-Rideout Health Group RNs go on a
national coordinator for Physicians for a one-day strike. September p. 8.
National Health Program (PNHP) speaks Strike Against Sutter. 5,000 RNs go out ona
SEISMIC SAFETY about single-payer. April p. 5. two-day strike against Sutter Health.
Falling Down on the Job. How hospitals have For America’s Sake. Bill Moyers implores us October p. 4.
procrastinated making needed seismic to spread the vision of a country that Fremont-Rideout RNs Stage Second Strike.
upgrades to their facilities and are endan- leaves no one out. April p. 18. October p. 6.
gering their workers, patients, and the RNs Host Historic Rally for Guaranteed Health- A delegation of NNOC nurses visits RNs at the
community. December p. 10. care. May p. 4. Appalachian Regional Healthcare picket
Illinois’ first single payer bill, HB 31, becomes lines in Kentucky. November p. 10.
SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE an attached bill. May p. 7. Sutter RNs Strike Again. December p. 4.
The Simple Solution of a Single-Payer System. Comparing International Health Systems. A Appalachian RNs Strike Over Understaffing.
January/February p. 4. panel of international RNs discusses gov- December p. 6.
Single-Payer Bill HR 676 Up Again. ernment health plans with the 2007
January/Febuary p. 8. House of Delegates. October p. 13.
Unions for Single-Payer. Labor organizations
in support of HR 676. March p. 5. STRIKES
Single-Payer Plan Reintroduced in California. Sutter Nurses Ready to Strike Back in Contract TECHNOLOGY
March p. 5. Talks. July/August p. 5. Tech-tonic Disaster. New health information
Rachel Moehimann, a St. Louis RN, raises Fremont-Rideout Health Group RNs authorize technology systems are supposed to save
money for a 10-year-old cancer patient and a strike in the face of stalled negotiations. time and improve patient care. But RNs
rallies other area nurses to support HR 676. July/August p. 8. are finding these systems pose huge
March p. 8. Sutter RNs Fed Up, Authorize Strikes. dangers to patients, and to nursing.
Dr. Quentin Young Explains why National September p. 6. January/February p. 10.
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