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What do you do after spending 30 years as a nurse? Buy a motor home and take it easy? Volunteer for the Peace Corps or spend more time at Curves? Hell no---you start a radio show because you're passionate about helping others and terrifically funny! "Cause laughter is the Best Medicine! Nurse Talk with Casey Hobbs & Dan Grady sponsored by National Nurses United, the California Nurses Association and the Massachusetts Nurses Association.
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CleanKaren Higgins | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | February 11-12, 2012 | Show 436 | We share a recent interview (from our friends at Labour Radio) with RN Karen Higgins. Karen addresses questions about the proposed Financial Transaction Tax. .50 per $100 ? Wow, so little could raise billions of dollars for vital healthcare, education and other services. Why is this so hard? Check it out. | 2/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDonna Kelly Williams on Patient Ratios | National Nurses United Sponsored Segement | February 4-5, 2012 | Show 435 | Nurses keep up the fight for RN to patient ratios...we should all be very glad they do! We thought we’d check in with our friends in Massachusetts who are working on legislation—so Casey and Dan visit with RN and president of Massachusetts Nurses Association, Donna Kelly Williams. Donna brings us up to speed on current issues---with a central focus on staffing ratios. | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRN Mary Morrison on Public Sector Health Care Cuts in Fresno | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | January 28-29, 2012 | | The assault on public healthcare workers continues—things are heating up in Fresno, California with major cuts proposed by that county’s Board of Supervisors. RN Mary Morrison joins us to talk about the proposed cuts and the potentially devastating impact on yet another community. | 1/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRN Dorothy Ahmad on Chicago’s Landslide Vote to Join NNU | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | January 21-22, 2012 | S | Joining Casey (Dan was excused to go to Chuck E. Cheese with seven 8-year olds) is RN Dorothy Ahmad. Dorothy is a CCU nurse at Stroger Hospital in Chicago. Recently registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center on Chicago’s South Side voted by 85 percent to join National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union and professional association of RNs. The Jackson Park RNs voted 94 to 16 to join NNU. | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKaren Higgins on the Gallup Ethics and Honesty Survey | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | January 14-15, 2012 | Show 4 | Moving on---Lost for many observers in last month’s end-of-the-year hullabaloo was the annual Gallup Honesty and Ethics Survey which by a wide margin again ranked nursing as the most honest and ethical profession.The survey found that 84% of Americans believe that nurses have “very high” or “high” honesty and ethical standards. RN and co-president of National Nurses United Karen Higgins is with us to talk more about the survey and what it means for the nurses, health care and social activism. | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDonna Smith with a 2011 Nurse Activism Year in Review | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | January 7-8, 2012 | Show 431 | She has been hailed as the "Meryl Streep of nurse activism", our great friend and D.C. correspondent Donna Smith adds color commentary and perspective to our 2011 year in review. So much happened this past year: nurses joined the protests in Madison, Wisconsin; went on to the nation's capitol to march outside the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; hit Wall Street to demand a transaction tax---before Occupy even pitched a tent; announced the Main Street Contract; fought for RN-patient ratios; joined world leaders at the G-20 summit in Cannes; and 20,000 RNs staged a one-day walk-out against Sutter Health Corp. in Northern California...whew! And all the while spending 40+ hours a week caring for their patients. | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRN Jean Ross on Solidarity with Britain’s Nurses | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | Dec. 10-11, 2011 | Show 430 | RN Jean Ross, Co-President of National Nurses United, is a frequent guest on Nurse Talk. On this show she updates us on recent U.S. rallies organized by nurses to support their counterparts in Great Britain. On Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011, over two million British workers joined the biggest strike in the United Kingdom in a generation. National Nurses United organized six rallies in cities around the U.S. in a show of support. | 12/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDeborah Burger on the Financial Transaction Tax and #Occupy | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | Dec 3-4, 2011 | Show 4 | Our friend RN Deborah Burger updates us on all things "Occupy," progress on the financial transaction tax, the invisible SUPER COMMITTEE AND MORE…Deborah was one of many nurses from around the world that gathered at the recent G-20 summit in Cannes. | 11/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRN Karen Higgins: Yes on Robin Hood Tax | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | Nov 19-20, 2011 | Show 428 | Massachusettes RN Karen Higgins joins us. Karen is a good friend of ours and she always takes time out of her busy schedule to talk with us. As a matter of fact we want to make it perfectly clear that Karen was on her BREAK when speaking with Dan and Casey. Karen weighed in on the Financial Transaction Tax, a.k.a. the Robin Hood tax that nurses and others all around the world asked the G-20 leaders to adopt. The tax would be .005 on stocks and other financial transactions. The money raised COULD dramatically change and add to funding for healthcare, education, infrastructure and more. Karen is the past president of Massachusettes Nurses Association and is currently one of three co-presidents for National Nurses United. | 11/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLiz Jacobs and Colette Washington on ‘Payback’ Mobile App | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | Nov 5-6, 2011 | Show | We visited with two of our friends from CNA/NNU (California Nurses Association, National Nurses United) RN/Communications Specialist Liz Jacobs, and Colette Washington, On-Line Communication Specialist. Colette shared about a new mobile app that NNU has created that makes it possible to be involved in shaping national and international policy and politics without leaving the comfort of your own home. The app provides information about the day's most vital issues such as the Main Street Contract and Occupy Wall Street. Plus tells you how to help support nurses fighting to keep their patients safe. You can make your voice heard to help pass a Wall Street transaction tax to support healthcare and more. You can get points for being an activist! Not like weight watchers but what you do makes a difference. Check it out by texting the word "payback" to 53000 from your mobile phone. You will receive instructions and a link to download. | 11/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDonna Smith on #Occupy Wall Street | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | October 29-30, 2011 | Show 426 | Casey and Dan check in with our friend and NNU Legislative Organizer Donna Smith. They talk with Donna about the Occupy movement, the nurses' participation, the upcoming Day Of Action on November 3rd, the G-20 Summit and the nurses demands for a Wall Street Transaction Tax and continuing movement on the state by state single payer healthcare efforts. The segment starts out with a clip of Jean Ross on the Thom Hartmann show. | 10/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRN Jill Furillo on Occupy Wall Street | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | October 15-16, 2011 | Show 425 | This week on Nurse Talk Casey and Dan talk to RN Jill Furillo. Jill spent several days last week with Occupy Wall Street and will give us a firsthand account of her experience and what the Occupy movement is all about. Learn how nurses are taking action at www.nursetalksite.com/Nov3. | 10/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSutter Lock Out | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | Show 424 | We check in on what is happening at Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, California. Over 23,000 nurses went on a one-day strike against Sutter Health here in Northern California. At issue are cuts that impact patient safety. As planned the nurses were only out one day and were ready to go back to work when Sutter Health announced they would be locked out for an additional 4 days. During that lock out a patient died from what is described as a "medical error," while under the care of a 23-year old replacement nurse. This is an update on this unfortunate tragedy. | 10/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDeborah Burger on California Nurses’ Strike at Sutter and Kaiser | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | Show 423 | When Nurses are on the Outside There's Something Wrong Inside There was big news last week with the nurses strike in Northern California. Over 23,000 nurses took part in the one day strike against Sutter and Kaiser hospitals. Tragically as we spoke with RN and co-president of National Nurses United Deborah Burger, a patient at Sutter's Alta Bates Summit Medical Center died due to a medical error while under the care of a replacement nurse. Though this was a one-day strike, Sutter refused to let the nurses come back to work for another four days, putting patients in further jeopardy. | 9/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDonna Kelly Williams with a Mass Update and Endorsement of Elizabeth Warren for Senate | National Nurses United Sponsored Segme | This week we visit with Massachusetts Nurses Association's president, RN Donna Kelly Williams. Donna brings us up to date on all things Mass including the upcoming Day Of Action, the continued fight for fair and equitable RN-to-patient ratios, The Main Street Campaign, (to find out about the Main Street Campaign go to National Nurses United's website) and the Mass Nurses Association's recent endorsement of Elizabeth Warren for Senator. Oh if we could only find enough Elizabeth Warrens to fill the halls of Congress! | 8/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDay of Action | Rose Ann DeMoro Segment | Show 420 | Rose Ann DeMoro, Executive Director National Nurses United "I always knew women would lead a revolution in this country." We share an interview that our media partner Laura Flanders of GRITtv did with Executive Director of Nationl Nurses United, Rose Ann DeMoro. It's a great opportunity to hear from Rose Ann, why the nurses are on the front lines of so many issues that affect ordinary Americans like Medicare, Social Security, access to affordable healthcare and patient safety. Labor Day is coming up and the nurses of National Nurses United have declared it a Day Of Action. Everyone has the power to make change...but do they have the will? http://youtu.be/cXwc7WOLXLE | 8/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDay of Action | Deborah Burger RN Segment | Show 419 | This week on Nurse Talk Casey and Dan visit with RN and National Nurses United Co-President, Deborah Burger. It isn't unusual that we found Deborah on her way home from an important nurses' rally in Michigan--because that's what Deborah does when she isn't working her full time job at a hospital in Northern California. Deborah chats with us about the upcoming Day Of Action on September 1st. The purpose of the Day Of Action is to bring awareness to the growing divide in our country between the rich and the poor. It sounds simplistic but it's not--and as our politicians work toward more cuts in basic services and education, access to affordable healthcare gets further and further out of reach, our jobs are being shipped offshore and Medicare and Social Security are being threatened--something must be done. Who better to lead the charge than nurses? Find out how you can get involved at nationalnursesunited.org. | 8/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMichigan RN Katie Oppenheim Segment | Show 418 | Michigan RN Katie Oppenheim talks about serious concerns for patients of the University of Michigan Health System (UMHS). Four-thousand registered nurses at the UMHS, represented by the Michigan Nurses Association/National Nurses United, held a press conference Tuesday at the University of Michigan about the future of quality patient care at one of the nation’s leading medical facilities. Nurses announced they are prepared to picket the hospital on August 13 should management refuse to withdraw demands that the nurses say will erode nursing standards at the facility. Katie also talks about the recent "No Soup for You" Soup Kitchen on the Capitol lawn sponsored by Michigan Nurses Association protesting budget cuts in social programs. http://youtu.be/HqC0B5Hoxuw | 8/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNurses Stand Up for Nurse-to-Patient Ratios in Nevada | Lisa Myers Segment | Show 417 | What happens in Vegas doesn’t necessarily stay in Vegas...Casey and Dan talk with RN Lisa Myers from St. Rose Hospital in Las Vegas. Lisa and thousands of fellow nurses have gone through a protracted negotiation process with their hospitals since the nurses voted unanimously to join National Nurse United over 15 months ago. Although Lisa's hospital has settled their new contract some of the others have not. At issue? Safe nurse-to-patient ratios. Studies prove that having fewer patients during shifts saves lives. Listen to our discussion...One of those patients may one day be you! | 7/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWho’s Your Doctor’s Daddy? | Donna Smith Segment | Show 416 | Our friend and Capitol Hill correspondent Donna Smith (legislative organizer for National Nurses United) talks about "Who's Your Doctor's Daddy?" Healthcare giants buying up hospitals is not new...but they're also buying up the doctors. Now this in and of itself doesn't seem to surprising...but Donna tells us the reasons all of this is disturbing, confusing and something everyone should know about. Do you know who owns the medical facility you have or will be treated in? Do you understand the paperwork you sign when you are admitted to a hospital or clinic? Check it out. | 7/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBest of Nurse Talk | RN-to-Patient Ratio Legislation | Gwen Collins Segment | Show 312 | Casey and Dan talk with Florida RN Gwen Collins.Gwen sits on the National Nurses Organizing Committee's State Leadership Council. She is a tireless advocate for patients and nurses alike and is working hard in he hospital community and he community at large to introduce and pass RN Patient Ratio legislation. Don't miss the upbeat chat about how we can all effect change. | 7/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMichael Lighty on Main Street vs. Wall Street | NNU Sponsored Segment | Show 415 | Michael Lighty joins Nurse Talk for a conversation about Main Street vs. Wall Street. Which side are you on? Michael is the articulate and passionate Director of Public Policy for National Nurses United. Michael recently spoke with Casey at the NNU Staff Assembly in D.C. You won't want to miss what he has to say. | 7/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTax Wall Street | RN DeAnn McEwen Segment | Show 414 | Casey talks with our friend RN and human rights activist DeAnn McEwen. DeAnn just returned (to her home in Southern California) from a trip to NYC where she was joined by hundreds of other nurses and others in a rally on Wall Street. The message was simple, Wall Street---pay your fair share! It's not radical...it is a simple 1/2 penny transaction tax. That alone would raise an estimated 38 billion dollars...that's with a B! www.nationalnursesunited.org. | 6/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSave Social Security and Medicare, Fair Taxes on Wall Street | Donna Smith Segment | Show 413 | Discussion about the role nurses are playing in leading the voice of opposition to cuts in Medicare and Social Security and fighting for taxation on wall street transactions. Listen, we are not talking about about persecuting those who do business on Wall Street---we are simply calling for a fair transaction tax in the amount of a half a penny per. Our D.C. friend and expert on all things Capitol Hill, RN Donna Smith is with us to make sense out of the sometimes senseless. | 6/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMain Street Not Wall Street | Deborah Burger Segment | Show 412 | Our Nation's capitol just got hit by a big storm this week. One thousand RNs on a mission to remind elected officials they need to listen to those of us on Main Street--not Wall Street. http://youtu.be/z8AkJZ-epms Is our country really broke? Is it really necessary to cut Medicare and Social Security? Why are nurses taking the lead in the fight to return to values such as caring, compassion and community? We'll talk about that and more on the Main Street Contract for America from our friend, and National Nurses United Co-President RN Deborah Burger. And more discussion in the coming weeks on Nurse Talk. | 6/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIt’s Time For A Main Street Contract…Heal America/Tax Wall Street | Bonus Podcast | Casey talks with RN and co-president of National Nurses United, Deborah Burger about "The Main Street Contract." Will we be a "me" society...or a "we" society? It's time for a main street contract...heal America/tax Wall Street. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O53I4LlOhI Find out how you can join the fight to raise standards for America’s working people! With the erosion of living standards for many, and new attacks almost daily from Wall Street-funded politicians, all Americans need a new contract, a binding relationship for their security, for their families, and for future generations. | 6/1/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanIssues in Massachusetts | RN Donna Kelly-Williams Segment | Show 410 | Casey and Dan check in with Boston RN and president of Massachusetts Nurses Association, Donna Kelly-Williams. Every week we take a look at what is happening in health care all around our country and if you have listened to the news and/or---our show---you may have come to the conclusion that things are spinning out of control a bit. Donna will share with us about some very important issues in her state including cutbacks in services and hospital staffing, nurses benefits being reduced, and in some cases eliminated, and retaliation for nurses organizing in support of patient safety and care. | 5/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Assault on the Public Sector | RN Dennis Kosuth | Bonus Podcast | Once public employees who serve their communities as teachers, fire fighters, police and public health care nurses---were thought of as heroes. Now they are being vilified as the cause of these real and in some cases, perceived fiscal crises. Casey and Dan talk with ER RN Dennis Kosuth. Dennis works at Chicago's John Stroger (Cook County) Hospital and shares with us the damage that is mounting in county hospitals all over the country. He specifically shares his experience as an ER nurse at Stroger---one of the busiest county hospital in Chicago. | 5/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe State of Maine’s Health Care | RN Judy Brown Segment | Show 409 | RN Judy Brown calls in to play “Wheel of Misfortune” with us. Of course that is the game where you spin the wheel and land on one of the country’s ten worst governors. Right now Arizona governor Jan Brewer is ahead by one spin! Judy lives and works in Bangor, Maine and has been a nurse at the Eastern Maine Medical Center since 1982. She has been on the board of the Maine State Nurses Association for 15 years. Judy will give us a “state of healthcare” update for her state and talk about her governor’s proposed legislation and how it will impact patient care. | 5/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAll Things Capitol Hill | Donna Smith Segment | Show 408 | Let's play Wheel Of Misfortune! Find out if you live in one of ten states with the worst governor. It's easy...just spin the wheel and a governor will pop up---complete with the list of why he/she is in the running! Listen this week as our friend Donna Smith helps us inaugurate the game! Who did the wheel land on this week? And Dan and Casey have a conversation with Donna about all things Capitol Hill and beyond. How about cuts to social security, vouchers for medicare, patient safety and more. Donna Smith as most of you know, is a legislative advocate for National Nurses United. | 4/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNational Nurse Politics | RN Jean Ross Segment | Show 311 Best of Nurse Talk | And...Rewind that show! So good we're playing it again, Sam. Joining us is Minnesota RN Jean Ross. Jean is one of three co-presidents for National Nurses United and has been an RN for over 30 years. Checking in about national issues from single-payer healthcare to the proposed Medicaid and Social Security cuts. With over 160k members National Nurses United is a powerful political force on the national political scene. | 4/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanFraud Hurts Everyone | RN Susan Wittstock | Bonus Segment | California Insurance Commissioner, Dave Jones joins in the lawsuit against Sutter Health. Sutter is being sued for “alleged” fraudulent billing to the tune of $millions of dollars since 2009. Why does this affect all of us? So many reasons—fraud carries a heavy price for patients, healthcare providers and insurance companies—and contributes to the rising cost of healthcare for everyone. Casey talks with RN Susan Wittstock about this and other issues that are impacting us all. Susan has been an RN at Sutter Medical Center (formerly Alta Bates) since 1987 and has seen a myriad of changes over the years. Check it out on www.nursetalksite.com! | 4/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWe’ll Show You An Emergency Gov. Snyder | Katie Oppenheim and Bonnie Nesbit Segment | Show 407 | Casey and Dan—talk with Michigan RNs Katie Oppenheim and Bonnie Nesbit. Katie and Bonnie give us an inside perspective on Michigan Governor Rick Snyder’s proposed emergency financial law. The law, put forth by Governor Snyder gives emergency financial managers the authority to cancel union contracts and fire current city or municipal workers without cause. Emergency financial managers can be appointed by the sitting governor. How does this affect nurses and patients? Find out… | 4/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhy You Should Care About the Budget | Deborah Burger Segment | Show 406 | Casey and Dan have a great discussion with our friend RN Deborah Burger. Deborah is one of three co-presidents for National Nurses United and shares details of an open letter she wrote for CommonDreams.org. The letter: Want to cut the federal deficit? Restore fair taxes on Corporations and the Wealthy? Why does this affect nurses you say? Find out as Deborah puts forth the details of what is being cut from the budget and why---and why no one is talking about raising revenue--NOT just cutting spending. Yes this does affect nurses and all of the rest of us. To read Deborah's letter go to nationalnursesunited.org. | 4/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWhat’s Up with Washington Hospital Center | Raj Rajini and Peggy Dinkel Segment | Show 405 | Guests: Raj Rajini and Peggy Dinkel A case of retaliation against nurses by D.C.'s largest hospital, Washington Hospital Center. In October of 2010 the nurses at the hospital voted to join National Nurses United. Story ends happily ever after? Not yet...this month the RNs staged a one-day strike to protest WHC's unwillingness to negotiate and the systematic retaliation against the hospital's nurses. Casey and Dan talk with WHC RNs Raj Rajini and Peggy Dinkel to find out what is happening now. It is reported the hospital (parent company Medstar) spent $1.5 million dollars a day during the strike and the four day lock out that followed. You can learn more in this open letter to the doctors from National Nurses United (PDF) | 3/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDonna Smith on the Issues and New Grit TV Series | Donna Smith Segment | Show 404 | Guest: Donna Smith The "nurses on duty" aka hosts Casey Hobbs and Dan Grady talk with our friend Donna Smith who is a legislative organizer for CNA/NNU. She talks about all things D.C. and the upcoming Grit TV series that updates us on the families (Donna and her husband Larry being one) that were featured in Michael Moore's movie Sicko. Donna weighs in on collective bargaining and the fight in Wisconsin, single payer heath-care, and much more. | 3/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCourageous Congresswoman | Congresswoman Jackie Speier Segment | Show 403 | Guest: Congresswoman Jackie Speier What an honor it is to have California Congresswoman Jackie Speier with us. Some of you may have heard her courageous speech on the house floor when she shared a very personal story about having a surgical procedure that resulted in the loss of her baby. She gave the speech in response to a contentious debate about cutting funding for Planned Parenthood. | 3/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSolidarity in Madison | Jean Ross and RN Jill Fullier with Peter B. Collins Segment | Show 402 | Guests: Jean Ross and Jill Fullier with Peter B. Collins Direct from Madison, Wisconsin...our nurse friends Jean Ross and Jill Fullier chat with our correspondent Peter B. Collins about why they are standing in solidarity with our brothers and sisters there. Over 100,000 people were present and accounted for at last Saturday's rally. | 3/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRN Rita Batchley with Inspiration for Your Inner Nurse | National Nurse United Sponsored Segment | Best of Nurse Talk Show 307 | RN Rita Batchley talks about her career as a labor and delivery nurse in a Southern California public sector hospital. Rita has written a book called Labor Pains, an inspirational book for all nurses about authentic power and finding your true purpose. A very interesting perspective on connecting with your "inner nurse," health care reform and social change. | 2/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTackling Workplace Violence | Karen Coughlin and Linda Condon Segment | Show 401 | Guests: Karen Coughlin and Linda Condon Boston RNs Karen Coughlin and Linda Condon will talk about workplace violence as it relates to RNs and health care workers. Did you know nurses are on par with police officers and prison guards in to be victims of workplace violence and assault? Originally broadcast August 22, 2010. | 2/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDenied: Real People, Real Illness | Cynthia and Alan Campbell with DeAnn McEwen Segment | Show 319 | Guests: Cynthia and Alan Campbell with DeAnn McEwen Casey and Dan talk with RN Cynthia Campbell and her husband Alan. Four years ago Cynthia got the devastating news that she had stage four cancer. If that wasn't enough, when it came time for her insurance company, Blue Cross to pay for her life saving treatment--they canceled her policy. Cynthia and Alan were caught up in a nightmare that is all too common. Cynthia is now healthy and she and Alan recently took part in a demonstration outside Blue Shield headquarters in San Francisco. They were joined by several hundred others including nurses from the California Nurses Association. Our friend RN DeAnn McEwen was with the Campbells as they successfully delayed a proposed a 59% proposed rate hike. The three of them join us in conversation. | 2/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAll Things Capitol Hill | Donna Smith Segment | Show 318 | Guest: Donna Smith This week our good friend Donna Smith updates us on all things "Capitol Hill." She talks about the real state of social security as well as other topics such as health care reform and what she and 180,000 of her closest friends at National Nurses United do every day to fight for patients rights and single payer health care. We also check in with her about the recent "Stand Up" campaign directed at President Obama. Stand Up features nurses asking the President to stand up for the needs of working people, stand up for social security benefits, stand up for health care for all, stand up for protection for workers. It's always a pleasure and an education to have Donna with us. | 2/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRNRN Continuing Promise | Lauri Hoagland Segment | Show 317 | Guest: Lauri Hoagland In our ongoing series featuring topics from National Nurse magazine, Casey and Dan talk with Nurse Practitioner Lauri Hoagland. Lauri is a Family Nurse Practitioner and Quality Liaison at Kaiser Napa, and serves on the California Nurses Association Board of Directors. Lauri talks about National Nurses United's RNRN, the Registered Nurse Response Network and a program called Continuing Promise. Lauri was was deployed in Costa Rica through the program and with other nurses provided care to hundreds of patients a day. We could all use some good news and this program falls into that category. | 1/29/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanObamacare is Not Enough | DeAnn McEwen Segment | Show 314 | Guest: DeAnn McEwen Our good friend RN DeAnn McEwen joins us. DeAnn is an ICU nurse at Long Beach Medical Center and a member of the CNA/NNU Council of Presidents. She shares with us her view of "Obamacare" and why it is not the bill those of us who wanted single payer health care for all would have chosen. Why single payer? DeAnn says, "If an RN believes in the premise that all persons have the right to access basic health care, and to be treated with respect and dignity, then his or her behavior will be more likely to be congruent with this belief." What's next for health care? Listen and find out. | 1/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMass Hospitals Fail to Provide Adequate Nurse Staff | Barbara Tiller Segment | Show 313 | Guest: Barbara Tiller Our nurses visit with Massachusetts RN Barbara Tiller. Barbara works at Tufts Medical Center and is chair of the Massachusetts Nurses Association's local bargaining unit. Barbara will share with us some disturbing facts about two hospitals in her area, (Tufts and St. Vincent's) that have become poster children for worst practices by hospital administrators to cut costs and boost profits by failing to provide appropriate nurse staffing. There have been over 800 unsafe staffing reports filed against one hospital alone. | 1/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanRN-to-Patient Ratio Legislation | Gwen Collins Segment | Show 312 | Guest: Gwen Collins Casey and Dan talk with Florida RN Gwen Collins.Gwen sits on the National Nurses Organizing Committee's State Leadership Council. She is a tireless advocate for patients and nurses alike and is working hard in he hospital community and he community at large to introduce and pass RN Patient Ratio legislation. Don't miss the upbeat chat about how we can all effect change. | 1/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNational Issues from Medicaid to Social Security | Jean Ross Segment | Show 311 | Guest: Jean Ross Joining us is Minnesota RN Jean Ross. Jean is one of three co-presidents for National Nurses United and has been an RN for over 30 years. Checking in about national issues from single payer health care to the proposed Medicaid and Social Security cuts. With over 160k members National Nurses United is a powerful political force on the national political scene. | 12/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSutter Health Discriminatory Hiring Practices | Mary Michelucci Segment | Show 247BO | Guest: Mary Michelucci This show was originally broadcast August 29, 2010 but it was so good, we're going to play it again. Casey and Dan visit with Mary Michelucci, an RN from San Francisco's St. Luke's Hospital. The hospital has been under fire for discriminatory hiring practices. This is yet another issue that has plagued the hospital since Sutter Health took it over. | 12/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe President’s Debt Reduction Panel | Karen Higgins Segment | Show 310 | Guest: Karen Higgins Casey and Dan have a great conversation with our friend RN Karen Higgins about the recommendations that came from the President's Debt Reduction Panel. What Karen has to say is shocking, at the very least, and should make all of us stand up and take note. We are NOT in the business of spreading fear but we do want to shine the light on the continued assaults on the working class in our country. If you are a nurse---can you imagine working in the ICU or any other department in a hospital when you are 69 or 70? Think of what it takes to get through your shift now---when you are still physically strong---add a few years and who's lifting who? | 12/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBest of Nurse Talk: Minnesota Nurses Strike | Mary McGibbon Segment | Show 237BO | Guest: Mary McGibbon On Nurse Talk this week an encore of Casey's visit with Minnesota RN Mary McGibbon talking about Minnesota's nurses strike, the largest strike of its kind in U.S. history. It was all about the ability to treat all patients with safety and good care as the number one priority. | 12/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWorkplace Violence | DeAnn McEwen and Martha Kuhl Segment | Show 309 | Guests: DeAnn McEwen and Martha Kuhl RNs DeAnn McEwen and Martha Kuhl talk about the tragic murder of RN Cynthia Palomata. Cynthia was murdered by a patient while she was on duty. Unfortunately workplace violence is on the rise in hospitals and other health care facilities. | 11/27/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBest of Nurse Talk: A Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On — Earthquake Safety | Kathy Carder Segment | Show 244BO | Guest: Kathy Carder Casey and Dan talk to RN Kathy Carder about earthquake safety (or the lack thereof) in hospitals. Kathy resides in Venice, California and is a nursing practice representative for Cal Nurses. | 11/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Midterm Elections and the Future of Health Care Reform | Donna Smith Segment | Show 308 | Guest: Donna Smith Casey and Dan rap with Donna Smith about the midterm elections. What now? What later? What is the future of health care reform and what can we do to keep the drum beating for single payer health-care? It looks as if it will happen state by state not on a national level. | 11/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanA Nurse’s Labor Pains: Finding Your Purpose | Rita Batchley Segment | Show 307 | RN Rita Batchley talks about her career as a labor and delivery nurse in a southern California public sector hospital. Rita has also written a book called Labor Pains, an inspirational book for all nurses about authentic power and finding your true purpose. A very interesting perspective on connecting with your "inner nurse," health care reform and social change. | 11/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanQueen Meg Farewell Tour | Queen Meg Segment | Show 306 | Guest: Queen Meg Nurse Talk : November 3, 2010 : CNA/MNA Segment Queen Meg Farewell TourSunday, October 31, 2010 10:00 AMCount down to election 2010! And Casey and Dan catch up with Queen Meg in her big ol' bus---traveling up and down the roads of the great state of California. Queen Meg (as many of you know) has a wicked platform that includes abolishing the Department of Education, enforced "vacation" time for citizens...as in "pink slips" (and that's not the kind you wear), no new taxes (for the wealthy), no capital gains, or weight gains---and no hiring of undocumented workers...PLEEEEEZE! The polls show Jerry Brown running 10 points ahead of Ms. Whitman, so here's hoping she gets her campaign "pink slip!" | 10/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe California One Care Campaign | Andrew McGuire Segment | Show 300BO | Guest: Andrew McGuire This week we host Andrew McGuire. Andrew is the creator of the California One Care Campaign. The campaign is simple, single payer health care for all Californians. This discussion takes us back to the good old days when many of us thought nationwide single payer health care was a possibility. You won't want to miss this discussion. This segment was originally aired September 19, 2010. | 10/24/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSingle Payer Health Care Now | Donna Smith Segment | Show 305 | Guest: Donna Smith There is always interesting news from our friend Donna Smith. Donna brings some reality to all the myth we hear coming out of D.C. She chats with Casey and Dan about her campaign work in Nevada, the new components of the health care bill that are being rolled out, the need for SINGLE PAYER health care now more that ever, and what's at stake in the upcoming elections. | 10/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Save Lives | Linda Carter Segment | Show 303 | Guest: Linda Carter This week we visit with RN Linda Carter. Linda works in Augusta, Georgia for the Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center. It seems the hospital has an 8 million dollar shortfall so they are not replacing much needed RN positions and increasing work hours for the RN staff. Without mandated safe nurse-to-patient ratios, this practice will not only continue where its already been implemented, but other medical centers will follow. This cannot happen! Recent studies have shown what nurses have already known–that nurse patient ratios save lives! | 10/10/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe Importance of Nurse Activism | Karen Higgins Segment | Show 302 | Guest: Karen Higgins This week Casey and Dan talk with Boston RN Karen Higgins. Karen is also one of National Nurses United co-presidents and is past president of Massachusetts Nurses Association. Karen talks about the importance of local and national activism and organizing. As components of the new health care reform bill are rolled out hospitals are making cuts and greater demands on RNs in order to continue to increase profits. | 10/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDeborah Burger Segment | Show 301 | Guest: Deborah Burger This week Casey and Dan visit with RN Deborah Burger. Deborah is one of three NNU co-presidents and speaks on behalf of over 150k members. The discussion includes the importance of the upcoming election, national organizing, issues and much more. | 9/26/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAndrew McGuire Segment | Show 300 | Guest: Andrew McGuire This week we host Andrew McGuire. Andrew is the creator of the California One Care Campaign. The campaign is simple, single payer healthcare for all Californians. This discussion takes us back to the good old days when many of us thought nationwide single payer healthcare was a possibility. You won't want to miss this discussion. | 9/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKay McVay Segment | Show 224BO | Guest: Kay McVay Casey Hobbs, RN, Host of Nurse Talk, will talk with Kay McVay. Kay is a retired RN who shares her story about a not-so-blissfyl retirement. Kay was the type of nurse who once insisted on riding along in the ambulance with a patient with a heart condition to make sure he got the care he needed. "I’m going to make sure this patient gets to the hospital and they treat him--not turn him away." Kay retired in 1995 just seven short years before her hospital established retirement benefits for nurses. She served as a past president for California Nurses Association and continues to work with the organization as President Emeritus. (This segment originally aired February 7, 2010) | 9/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMary Michelucci Segment | Show 247 | Guest: Mary Michelucci Casey and Dan visit with Mary Michelucci from San Francisco's St. Lukes Hospital. The hospital has recently been under fire for discriminatory hiring practices. This is yet another issue that has plagued the hospital since Sutter Health took it over. | 8/29/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanWorkplace Violence | Karen Coughlin and Linda Condon Segment | Show 246 | Guests: Karen Coughlin and Linda Condon Casey talks with Boston RNs Karen Coughlin and Linda Condon about the epidemic of Workplace Violence. Both Karen and Linda speak from personal and professional experience on this topic as they have both been victims of workplace assault. They are now on the front lines (supported by Massachusetts Nurses Association) fighting for legislation that will broaden the laws for those who assault nurses and other healthcare workers on the job. There is progress being made and the Governor of Massachusetts, Duval Patrick, just signed an Assault Protection law. For more information about Workplace Violence and what you can do to fight it in your hospital go to http://www.massnurses.org. | 8/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCasey and Dan Segment | Show 245 | Hosts Casey and Dan have some fun with Meg Whitman's expense account. They too figured if the "Queen" had just spent that $100 mil on helping folks and causes that could really benefit from that kind of wealth...AND then sent out a press release listing what causes she had contributed to---she might have had us at "HELLO"! | 8/15/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKathy Carder Segment | Show 244 | Guest: Kathy Carder Whole lotta shakin' going on! Casey and Dan talk to RN Kathy Carder about earthquake safety (or the lack thereof) in hospitals. Kathy resides in Venice, California, and is a Nursing Practice Representative for Cal Nurses. She explains that there are literally hundreds of California hospitals that were built in the 1950s and earlier that are at extreme risk when another large earthquake hits. NOW PLEASE DO NOT PUT OFF THOSE SCHEDULED SURGERIES BECAUSE YOU ARE MORE AFRAID OF AN EARTHQUAKE WHILE YOU ARE IN THE HOSPITAL... Do listen to what Kathy has to say and then take action by calling your local representatives to help hospitals see the light. | 8/8/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBarbara Williams Segment | Show 210 | Guest: Barbara Williams Barbara Williams talks about the importance of being and staying active in the fight for patients rights and the rights of RNs and other health-care workers. She may be retired from her job—but she is still very actively advocating for a “single payer” insurance option for all. Yet another RN who has been on the front lines and knows how broken the current system is. HOWEVER…that does not keep her from being optimistic about true health care reform. (Originally aired October 25, 2009) | 8/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDonna Smith Segment | Show 243 | Guest: Donna Smith Our good friend Donna Smith from the National Nurses United D.C. office checks in with us on all things Capitol Hill. Donna is always a wealth of information and stresses the importance of the upcoming elections. One that stands out for us is the re-election of California Senator Barbara Boxer. Senator Boxer has been an outstanding friend and advocate for nurses in California as well as across the country. | 7/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDe Ann McEwen Segment | Show 208BO | Guest: De Ann McEwen An encore presentation of Casey's interview with De Ann McEwen about a recent H1N1 Swine Flu policy issued by California Nurses Association and National Nurses Organizing Committee. De Ann is an RN and serves on the Board of Directors of CNA/NNOC. The policy deals with the medical practice guidelines. A very interesting discussion. | 7/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNT Listeners Segment | Show 242 | Guests: NT Listeners Hosts Casey and Dan look back on some of the guests and issues they have had the opportunity to share with Nurse Talk listeners. From Boston to San Francisco and many places in between. The issues are front and center for the nurses and with the advent of a National Union they are more empowered than ever--- by the national support of their RN sisters and brothers! | 7/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanQueen Meg Segment | Show 241 | Guest: Queen Meg COMING UP ON NURSE TALK---QUEEN MEG dishes with Nurse Talk hosts Dan and Casey about her tireless efforts to convince the nurses she is for them not against them. BUT...the real excitement starts with a near "mini riot" between Queen Meg and her sister Queen Pain. Some how Queen Pain got a phone line into the Nurse Talk studio and caused some upset with big sis QM. The scoop? Seems the shoving started a long time ago! Check it out. | 7/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTrande Phillips Segment | Show 235BO | Guest: Trande Phillips RN-To-Patient Staffing Laws Reduce Patient Mortality. Casey Hobbs, RN host, has a conversation with RN Trande Phillips about a major new study led by one of the nations most eminent nurse researchers. The study verifies what nurses have long known: California's landmark RN-to-patient staffing law saves lives. Trande has over 38 years of experience as an RN and serves on the Board of Directors for the California Nurses Association and National Nurses United.(Originally aired May 9, 2010.) | 6/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNursing Ratios Save Lives | Beth Kean Segment | Show 240 | Guest: Beth Kean Casey and Dan visit with the California Nurses Association’s Beth Kean about the recent ruling by a Superior Court judge that stopped the walk-out of over 12,000 UC Medical Center RNs. The RNs have been trying to call attention to the fact that UC Medical Centers (most notably U.C. Davis in Sacramento) have not been complying with the California RN-to-Patient Ratio law. | 6/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBeth Kean Segment | Show 240 | Guest: Beth Kean RN Casey Hobbs talks with CNA's Beth Kean about the current campaign by CNA to force University of California Medical Centers to comply with RN to patient staffing ratios. Six months ago Registered Nurses filed a complaint with the Department of Public Health regarding sweeping and pervasive patient care problems at UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento and state officials have yet to act. A recent strike against UC Medical Centers by over 12,000 nurses was blocked by a superior court judge...Beth talks about what is next. | 6/20/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMonica Sanchez on NNU in Texas | National Nurses United Sponsored Segment | Show 239 | Casey and Dan visit with Texas RN Monica Sanchez about the union vote that recently occurred in Texas and made history as the first of its kind. Texas RNs in five cities voted to join National Nurses United. They will now join thousands of other bedside nurses across the country who are fighting for patient rights and better conditions for RNs. | 6/13/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanQueen Meg Segment | Show 238 | Guest: Queen Meg Find out what happens in the absence of scheduled guest "Queen Meg." Who is Queen Meg? She just happens to be trying to buy her way into the California Governor's office. BUT due to a scheduling conflict QM had to cancel and her sister steps in. Insanity ensues! | 6/6/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMary McGibbon Segment | Show 237 | Guest: Mary McGibbon Casey visits with Minnesota RN Mary McGibbon. Minnesota nurses just voted to strike last Wednesday. Over 12,000 nurses make this the largest strike of its kind in U.S. history. PLEASE---it's not the money and benefits they are fighting over. It is the ability to treat all patients with safety and good care as the number one priority. I say this because I am learning a lot about nurses being advocates for patients. I am not a nurse but I have been a patient, and (God forbid) will probably be one again. I am thrilled that someone has my best interest at heart. Honestly! | 5/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSandra Falwell Segment | Show 226BO | Guest: Sandra Falwell A great conversation with D.C.-based nurse practitioner and activist Sandra Falwell. Sandra has been in the profession for 40 years and shares some AMAZING stories about the “good ol days” or not so “good ol days” when she was once asked to give up her chair for a doctor. This was after a 14-hour shift, 27 patients and 4 codes. Tune in for her answer to his question aka…DEMAND. (Originally aired February 21, 2010.) | 5/23/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKeith Merrit Segment | Show 236 | Guest: Keith Merrit Join Casey and Dan for a conversation with Keith Merrit, one of the RNs at Cypress-Fairbanks Hospital in Houston who recently voted to remain members of National Nurses Organizing Committee-Texas, the state’s affiliate of National Nurses United, the national union and professional association for RNs. | 5/16/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTrande Phillips Segment | Show 235 | Guest: Trande Phillips RN-To-Patient Staffing Laws Reduce Patient Mortality. Casey Hobbs, RN host, has a conversation with RN Trande Phillips about a major new study led by one of the nations most eminent nurse researchers. The study verifies what nurses have long known: California's landmark RN-to-patient staffing law saves lives. Trande has over 38 years of experience as an RN and serves on the Board of Directors for the California Nurses Association and National Nurses United. | 5/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPension Bargaining in Minneapolis | Laurie Bahr Segment | Show 230BO | Guest: Laurie Bahr This week Casey and Dan talk with RN Laurie Bahr. Laurie has been an RN for 16 years and currently works in the Cardiac Surgical ICU at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. She sheds some light on current Pension Bargaining Efforts taking place in her state. It seems that hospitals are using the "economic downturn" to cut benefits that most RN's have been paying into for years. Laurie is active in the Minnesota Nurses Association, the organization that works to protect patients and the nurses who serve them. (Originally aired March 21, 2010.) | 5/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKay McVay Segment | Show 224 | Guest: Kay McVay An encore presentation of Casey's interview with Kay McVay. Kay is a retired RN who shares her story about a not-so-blissful retirement. KAY RETIRED IN 1995, JUST SEVEN SHORT YEARS BEFORE HER HOSPITAL ESTABLISHED RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR NURSES. Kay was the type of nurse who once insisted on riding along in the ambulance with a patient with a heart condition to make sure he got the care he needed. "I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THIS PATIENT GETS TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY TREAT HIM--NOT TURN HIM AWAY." She served as a past president for California Nurses Association and continues to work with the organization as President Emeritus. (Originally aired February 7, 2010.) | 4/25/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBarbara Williams Segment | Show 210 | Guest: Barbara Williams Barbara Williams talks about the importance of being and staying active in the fight for patients rights and the rights of RNs and other health-care workers. She may be retired from her job, but she is still very actively advocating for a “single payer” insurance option for all. Yet another RN who has been on the front lines and knows how broken the current system is. HOWEVER, that does not keep her from being optimistic about true health care reform. (Originally aired October 25, 2009) | 4/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPatty Eakin Segment | Show 233 | Guest: Patty Eakin Nurse Talk hosts Casey Hobbs and Dan Grady talk with RN Patty Eakin from Temple University Medical Center about the current strike. This is a very important conversation that affects everybody in this country. It is not just about nurses and patients -- it is about large corporations systematically dismantling labor unions and stripping away the voices of workers and communities. LAST WEDNESDAY nurses, healthcare professionals and technical employees at Temple University Hospital represented by the Pennsylvania of Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals (http://www.pennanurses.org) began a strike. The picket line eventually grew to over 1200 for a noon-time rally. "If you want your constitutional rights, you need to go somewhere else," Robert Birnbrauer, Human Resources, Temple University Hospital, DECLARED. At the height of the rally, all 1,200 put their hands across their mouths to protest the hospital’s proposed hospital gag order. HERE WITH US IS RN PATTY EAKIN, President of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals. | 4/11/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTim Thomas Segment | Show 232 | Guest: Tim Thomas Continuing the RN Heroes Project series, co-hosts Casey and Dan talk with RN Tim Thomas. Tim is one of the nurses who went to Haiti as part of National Nurses United's RN Response Network. Over 12,000 nurses volunteer to help. In an effort to acknowledge these selfless acts of service, the RN Response Network launched the RN Heroes Project. This interview is one of a series that will be featured in the coming months. (Previously aired February 28, 2010.) | 4/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDonna Smith and Kathy Reardon Segment | Show 231 | Guests: Donna Smith and Kathy Reardon The first of Nurse Talk's RN Heroes Project...a conversation with Massachusetts RN Kathy Reardon. Kathy speaks with humility about her time and service in Haiti and shares some very moving comments about her experience. | 3/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPension Bargaining in Minneapolis | Laurie Bahr Segment | Show 230 | Guest: Laurie Bahr This week Casey and Dan talk with RN Laurie Bahr. Laurie has been an RN for 16 years and currently works in the Cardiac Surgical ICU at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. She sheds some light on current Pension Bargaining Efforts taking place in her state. It seems that hospitals are using the "economic downturn" to cut benefits that most RN's have been paying into for years. Laurie is active in the Minnesota Nurses Association, the organization that works to protect patients and the nurses who serve them. | 3/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDan Grady and Donna Smith Segment | Show 229 | Guests: Dan Grady and Donna Smith Confused and disillusioned about health care reform? Well, join the rest of us. Our go-to expert CNA/NNU’s Donna Smith visits with Casey and Dan and doesn’t hold out much hope for anything resembling a single-payer or a public option. Yes, there is some good that will come out of this but Donna urges all of us to call our Congress and Senate members and let them know we still want a single-payer or Medicare buy-in system. | 3/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanAnsie Blot and Gwen Collins Segment | Show 228 | Guests: Ansie Blot and Gwen Collins Casey and Dan talk with two Florida-based RNs who share their experiences in a state where RNs have not had the "voice" or the collective power to fight for patients rights, better work conditions and better laws. Things are changing and RNs Gwen Collins and Ansie Blot share about their involvement in new workplace campaigns. | 3/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanTim Thomas Segment | Show 227 | Guest: Tim Thomas A very touching and insightful conversation with RN Tim Thomas, just returned from Haiti where he volunteered on the U.S.S. Comfort. Tim talks about his experience and how he would go back in a minute. He is full of gratitude for the extraordinary opportunity to serve such appreciative people. Tim was among the first of thousands of RNs who will be going to Haiti over the next months and years. The RN Response Network and National Nurses United are heading up this important task. | 2/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanSandra Falwell Segment | Show 226 | Guest: Sandra Falwell This week we welcome D.C.-based nurse practitioner and activist Sandra Falwell. This is a great conversation, as Sandra has been in the profession for 40 years and shares some AMAZING stories about the "good ol days" or not so "good ol days" when she was once asked to give up her chair for a doctor. This was after a 14 hour shift, 27 patients and 4 codes. Tune in for her answer to his question aka, DEMAND. | 2/21/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKevin Barrett Segment | Show 225 | Guest: Kevin Barrett Casey talks with Nurse Practioner, Kevin Barrett. Kevin has a Master of Science in Nursing and for the last eight years, has hosted a cable access TV show called AIDS. It is an interactive program that allows the community to ask nurses questions that deal with prevention, treatment and care of sexually transmitted diseases. KEVIN WORKS AT CHICAGO'S COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL AND RECENTLY ATTENDED THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON SHAPING GLOBAL HIV AND AIDS WORKPLACE POLICIES. HE HAS MORE THAN A DECADE OF EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH persons with HIV/AIDS. | 2/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKay McVay Segment | Show 224 | Guest: Kay McVay Casey Hobbs RN Host of Nurse Talk with Casey Hobbs RN Host of Nurse Talk will TALK WITH KAY MCVAY. KAY IS A RETIRED RN WHO SHARES HER STORY ABOUT A NOT SO BLISS FULL RETIREMENT. KAY WAS THE TYPE OF NURSE WHO ONCE INSISTED ON RIDING ALONG IN THE AMBULANCE WITH A PATIENT WITH A HEART CONDITION TO MAKE SURE HE GOT THE CARE HE NEEDED. "I'M GOING TO MAKE SURE THIS PATIENT GETS TO THE HOSPITAL AND THEY TREAT HIM--NOT TURN HIM AWAY." KAY RETIRED IN 1995 JUST 7 SHORT YEARS BEFORE HER HOSPITAL ESTABLISHED RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR NURSES. She served as a past president for California Nurses Association and continues to work with the organization as President Emeritus. | 2/7/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDonna Smith Segment | Show 223 | Guest: Donna Smith CNA's Donna Smith To The Rescue. Hey is it safe to say we are all completely confused, annoyed and depressed about the state of the healthcare reform bill? It seems like nothing short of disaster--so we have called on our friend Donna Smith who always tells it like it is. | 1/31/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMichael Lighty Segment | Show 221 | Guest: Michael Lighty Michael Lighty, the Director of Public Policy for the California Nurses Association, joins Casey to speak about healthcare reform and advocating for single-payer bills state-by-state. He has over twenty years of experience in political, community and union organizing. He has spoken throughout the country on healthcare reform, financing and delivery issues. He is currently coordinating the national policy and organizing for CNA/NNOC's healthcare reform program. | 1/17/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCarole Rodgers Segment | Show 219 | Guest: Carole Rodgers Nurse Talk speaks with RN Carole Rodgers. Carole works at the Alameda County Medical Center and has recently been active in the fight to keep San Leandro Hospital open. The hospital is now run by Sutter Health Group who is trying to close it. Closing facilities that serve the "underserved" is a pattern that is practiced by Sutter. Carole was a postgraduate fellow at George Washington University; she has a Master's Degree in Public Health and a B.S. in Community Health. | 12/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanDonna Smith Segment | Show 218 | Guest: Donna Smith CNA/NNOC's Donna Smith sets the record straight about current healthcare reform and talks about the advent of the new “Super Union” National Nurses United. Donna (as many of you know) works in the D.C. office and is a fierce advocate for single payer healthcare legislation and other critical issues that face RNs and patients in our country. She and her family were featured in Michael Moore's movie, Sicko. Nurse Talk Host Casey Hobbs catches up with Donna in a bowling alley in Chicago where she and a group of single payer loyalists are raising money for the cause. Always informed and passionate about the issues–Donna tells it like it is. | 12/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanJean Ross Segment | Show 217 | Guest: Jean Ross Coming up on the Nurse Talk podcast this week is RN Jean Ross. Jean works at Fairview Hospital in Edina, Minn. and is Secretary Treasurer of the United American Nurses Executive Council and now one of three co-presidents of the just formed RN SuperUnion-National Nurses United. Nurse Talk host Casey Hobbs talks with Jean on the eve of the historic "super union" conference in Phoenix. Jean shares some history about her work with the United American Nurses and about how the new National Nurses United was formed and what it hopes to accomplish. The new union represents over 150,000 RN members. "There will never be a more ‘perfect' union’, says Casey | 12/9/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanKaren Higgins Segment | Show 216 | Guest: Karen Higgins This week in our RN segment we visit with Karen Higgins, RN, President of the Massachusetts Nurses Association. Karen has worked at Boston Medical Center for the past 35 years and has seen and experienced radical changes in the healthcare industry. She shares with us her point of view about healthcare reform and the current Massachusetts system that is being touted as a model for a national system. Karen is also one of the co-presidents of the new 150,000-member National Nurses United, the largest RN union and professional association in U.S. history. | 12/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanCokie Giles Segment | Show 214 | Guest: Cokie Giles Casey Hobbs RN Co-Host of Nurse Talk has a casual and informative visit with Cokie Giles. Cokie talks about the importance of organizing and the progress that has been made in her great state of Maine particularly since joining with CNA/NNOC. Cokie graduated with a BSN from University of Maine in 1978. She has worked as a staff nurse for 31 years, the last 13 years in the endoscopy department at Eastern Maine Medical Center. She has her national certification in gastroenterology nursing. Cokie has been a member of the Maine State Nursing Association for 20 years, and has been a steward for the last seven years. She acted as treasurer of Unit 1 for four years and was elected president of MSNA in 2009 and sits on the Board of Directors of the CNA. | 11/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanPatty Eakin Segment | Show 213 | Guest: Patty Eakin Patty is the President of the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses and Allied Professionals. As an emergency room nurse at Philadelphia's Temple University, Patty has direct experience caring for thousands of uninsured patients who would have no place to go if they could not be treated in the ER. Patty spends also spends a great deal of her time advocating for safety and quality healthcare for patients. She credits the California Nurses Association for their 12-year fight to establish requirements for safe nurse-to-patient staffing ratios. | 11/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHealth Care Hero | Rose Ann DeMoro Segment | Show 212 | Guest: Rose Ann DeMoro Nurse Talk takes a few minutes to acknowledge a Health Care Reform Hero Rose Ann DeMoro, CNA/NNOC Executive Director and one of the Modern Healthcare Magazine's 100 most influential people in health care for the past five years running. | 11/8/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanA Real SiCKO | Donna Smith Segment | Show 211 | Guest: Donna Smith REMEMBER MICHAEL MOORE'S MOVIE SICKO? Well, Donna Smith, whose family was featured in the movie will be with us and she is a power house! Donna took adversity and turned it into a passion to make insurance available to EVERYONE! She has a great story...you won't want to miss her. | 11/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanBeing Active in the Fight for Patients’ Rights | Barbara Williams Segment | Show 210 | Guest: Barbara Williams Barbara will talk about the importance of being and staying active in the fight for patients' rights and the rights of RNs and other health care workers. She may be retired from her job--but she is still very actively advocating for a "single payer" insurance option for all. Yet another RN who has been on the front lines and knows how broken the current system is. HOWEVER, that does not keep her from being optimistic about true health care reform. | 10/25/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanInsurance Denials | Kim Kutcher Segment | Show 209 | Guest: Kim Kutcher Casey interviews RN Kim Kutcher. Kim lives and works in Orange County and has been fighting her insurance company, Blue Cross, for 2 years. She needs back surgery to correct a critical injury (most likely work-related) and has been denied time after time by her insurance company. This unfortunately is an all too common story. | 10/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanH1N1 Medical Practice Guidelines | DeAnn McEwen Segment | Show 208 | Guest: DeAnn McEwen Casey talks with DeAnn McEwen about a recent H1N1 Swine Flu policy issued by California Nurses Association and National Nurses Organizing Committee. DeAnn is an RN and serves on the Board of Directors of CNA/NNOC. The policy deals with the medical practice guidelines. A very interesting discussion. | 10/11/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanConversations from the 2009 CNA Conference | California Nurses Association Delegates Segment | Show 207 | Guests: California Nurses Association Delegates Casey shares clips from conversations from the California Nurses Association Conference. The conference brought in over 1,200 RNs from all over the world. | 10/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanHealth Care Reform Myths Debunked | Linda Silas Segment | Show 206 | Guest: Linda Silas Casey welcomes Linda Silas, RN, and president of the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions. We'll talk to Linda about health care in Canada and dispel some of the myths that we have all become familiar with during the U.S. health care reform debate. | 9/27/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanLife for African Mothers Foundation | Angela Gorman Segment | Show 205 | Guest: Angela Gorman Casey shares a conversation she had with Angela Gorman, an RN from Wales who started a foundation, Life for African Mothers, to save the lives of Sub-Saharan African women dying after giving birth from easily preventable conditions. Angela talks about how and why she started the foundation that now supplies medication costing less than 50 cents per dose, but was simply not available until her vow to make it happen. | 9/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanMedical Information Technology | Linette Davis Segment | Show 204 | Guest: Linette Davis Casey talks with Linette Davis, a health care information technology educator with the Institute for Health and Socio-Economic Policy---about a very interesting and important perspective that RNs should be aware of in this age of emerging technology in hospitals and clinics. | 9/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanNo Protection for Whistle Blowing Nurses in Texas | Gwen Agabatekwe Segment | Show 203 | Guest: Gwen Agabatekwe This show features a great interview with an RN from Austin, Texas that shares a story you won't want to miss. It involves two RNs in Kermit, Texas that have been brought up on serious charges and face 10-15 years in prison. FOR WHAT YOU ASK? The answer--for advocating for their patients by informing the Texas Medical Board of a doctor's unsafe practices. | 9/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanThe CNA and Health Care Reform | Deborah Burger Segment | Show 202 | Guest: Deborah Burger Deborah Burger Co-President of California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee gives our listeners a "state of the state" about health care reform and the role CNA/NNOC is playing in the process. | 8/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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CleanH1N1 Preparedness | Jan Rodolfo Segment | Show 201 | Guest: Jan Rodolfo A critical discussion with the California Nurses Association's Jan Rodolfo about the Critical Gaps in Swine Flu H1N1 Preparedness and Growing RN Infections. You won’t want to miss this. | 8/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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