By Imani RandolphABC (Channel 15) PHOENIX–About 200 RNs representing every state in the union are marching on the Offices of the Arizona Hospital Association, fresh from the founding convention of… Read more »
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Nearly 200 nurses march for reform in Arizona
National Nurses United: Is it the largest professional association of nurses now?
By LaTonia Denise WrightNursing Law & Order What does this mean for the American Nurses Association here and internationally if another nursing union and professional association is saying "its the… Read more »
Brand-New Nurses Union Aims to Ramp Up Organizing, Push for Single-Payer
By David MobergIn These Times
Three Nurses Groups Ratify Super Union
By John ComminsHealthLeaders Media After months of negotiations, representatives from the nation’s three largest registered nurses unions voted unanimously Monday to merge and create a 150,000-member, coast-to-coast "super union" with… Read more »
New Nurses Union Vows To Fight For Progressive Health-Care Reform
By Susie MadrakCrooks and Liars
Delegates to Founding NNU Convention Adopt Constitution, Elect Union’s Officers
By Michelle AmberBureau of National Affairs PHOENIX—The first national union of direct care registered nurses became a reality Dec. 7 as delegates to the founding convention of National Nurses United… Read more »
Nurses rally for national law mandating ratios for patient care in hospitals
By Iain WoessnerArizona Capital Times PHOENIX – Hospital care suffers because overworked nurses are assigned too many patients and are unable to voice their concerns out of fear of reprisals… Read more »
New National Nurses Union Forms — But What’s It Mean to You?
By Peggy McDaniel, BSN, RNOff the Charts – AJN Blog Yesterday a new and powerful union was formed. The National Nurses United brings over 150,000 nurses together by combining the… Read more »
Dispatch #2 From NNU Convention by MNA Delegate Sandy Eaton
PHOENIX – Following impassioned speeches by Stewart Acuff, special assistant to AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka, and Linda Silas, president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, Monday morning’s business meeting… Read more »
H1N1 virus attacks deep into the lungs
By Stephanie Smith, CNN Medical Producer December 8, 2009 4:18 p.m. EST Damaged lung tissue is seen as light gray and healthy lung tissue is seen as dark gray in… Read more »