Californians Could Be The First To Pass Single Payer Legislation
Here's a statistic for you. The CEO of United Healthcare Stephen Hemsley, makes 10,597.00 an hour or 177.00 a minute. In 2015 his compensation was 66 million but that did not include the sale of stock...
5 Apr 201712min
Hospice Nurse and Playwright Elaine Magree is "Holding The Edge"
In her one woman show (playing at the Marsh Theater in San Francisco), Elaine Magree first takes audiences to January 28, 1986 where as a hospice nurse---she finds herself in the chaotic socio-politic...
29 Mar 20178min
Post Mortem Conversation About Failed Healthcare Bill. Donna Smith Executive Director of PD America
While the GOP "replacement" plan failed--don't get complacent! Now is the time to organize, educate and take action to improve and expand Medicare for All. Our current system is not sustainable. Nurse...
29 Mar 20174min
What are Safe Staffing Ratios and why are they so important to all of us?
Many Americans may be surprised to know that California is the only state in the country with mandatory limits on the number of patients a nurse can be assigned at one time. The regulations were enact...
7 Mar 20175min
Too bad..we found the "replace" document and it's not good!
Healthcare Advocate and Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America Donna Smith talks about what we know and what we don't know about the ACA replacement from the GOP. What we know--the ins...
7 Mar 201714min
Part 3-From The Other Side Of The Nurse/Patient Divide
Words matter! Casey Hobbs RN & Host of Nurse Talk talks about the distinction between saying she "has cancer" and saying she is cancer free but undergoing Chemo Therapy so that the cancer does not re...
1 Mar 20172min
Part 4- From The Other Side Of The Nurse/Patient Divide
RN and Co-Host of Nurse Talk, Casey Hobbs continues her short commentary about the arduous journey of Chemo Therapy and the "mind games" she fights. "It's much different being on the patient side of ...
1 Mar 20172min
RN & Co-President of NNU Deborah Burger talks about the importance of Kaiser/L.A. tentative pact.
A few weeks ago R's reached tentative pact, affecting 1,300 RNs, with Kaiser L.A. Medical Center. RN and NNU Co-President Deborah Burger talks about why now more than any time before, this agreement i...
23 Feb 20179min
