RNRN volunteers board Navy jet in Jacksonville this week
heading to US Navy ship Comfort off Haiti coast.
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Operating Room Nurses Deploy to Haiti
A team of operating room nurses packed their bags Monday for assignment Wednesday aboard the U.S. hospital Naval ship USNS Comfort, the first in what is expected to be a series of continual deployments with the Navy disaster relief effort in Haiti for volunteers with the NNU's Registered Nurse Response Network. Read more >
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Actor James Gandolfini narrates new TV and radio ads to help send nurses to Haiti. National Nurses United has over 12,000 nurse volunteers ready to go. There’s just one problem: the cost of sending them. Every dollar goes directly to RN transportation and supplies. Listen to the 60 second radio ad and please share this information.
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Critical Condition Part 5, Dateline MSNBC
The CNA/NNOC help the Sarkisyan's battle CIGNA for their daughter Nataline's life...
Mother Hilda Sarkisyan, takes her fight for her daughter Nataline to recieve a liver transplant to the executive headquarters of health insurance giant CIGNA. Her battle inspires top executive Wendell Potter to resign and become a leading advocate for reform. Watch Part 6.
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Many healthcare reform proponents claim that new health information technologies (HIT) are the medicine for what ails us, that they will contain costs by increasing efficiency. Why is this claim so frequently repeated despite contradiction by the Congressional Budget Office? This class will examine the interests that stand to gain from broad adoption of HIT. (Oct. 15, 2009 - Mar. 30, 2010)
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H1N1 Updates For RNs
 As the H1N1 (swine influenza) pandemic escalates in our facilities and our communities, the CNA/NNOC Board of Directors has adopted a position statement on the role of the RN in combating H1N1 and protecting our patients and ourselves, and a policy statement on whether the H1N1 vaccine should be mandatory for RNs. We also remain very concerned about the ongoing gaps and failures of many hospitals to provide adequate safety precautions for patients, families, nurses, and other healthcare workers. Please read and share links below:
The economic crisis hits home for RNs!
Facing layoffs, hiring freezes, or budget cuts?
An RN program for troubled times:
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