President Obama, who spoke about the urgency of healthcare reform to the country last week, has been wooing nurses for his cause.
Nurses march on Capitol Hill, call for staff ratio laws, more health reform
May 12, 2010
Roughly 1,000 nurses have gathered in Washington D.C. this week to advocate for legislation that would help address the nursing shortage and provide safer patient care, according to reports from the capital.
While respected, nurses are not seen as influential over reform, survey finds
Jan 22, 2010
Despite being highly respected and well-trusted sources of healthcare information, nurses are not viewed as having much influence over healthcare reform, according to a recent Gallup survey.
Nurses highlight pro-nursing healthcare reform provisions in letter to Congress
Jan 13, 2010
Members of the American Organization of Nurse Executives recently expressed their support for certain pro-nursing provisions in the healthcare reform bills.
IOM report: Nurses should have more independence, greater role in implementation of healthcare reform
Oct 06, 2010
The Institute of Medicine on Tuesday released a report calling for a larger role for nurses in the delivery of healthcare and in the implementation of healthcare reform.
Nurses’ unions lose support of key senator in card-check battle
Oct 20, 2009
Nurses’ unions hoping to see the Employee Free Choice Act become law have lost an important ally.
California toughens enforcement of nurse staffing ratio
Oct 28, 2010
A new law in California strictly enforces the nursing home staffing mandate of 3.2 nursing hours per patient day.
New, massive nurses union holds founding convention
Dec 09, 2009
National Nurses United, the newly formed, major union for nurses, held its inaugural meeting Monday. Delegates to the founding convention elected officers and adopted a constitution.
Cash-strapped Indiana nixes nurse background check program
Aug 11, 2010
Indiana cannot afford its $1 million share of a federal nurse background check initiative. It therefore will not participate in the program, the state said Monday.
Nearly half of nurses planning career change soon, survey finds
Feb 05, 2010
Nearly half of all nurses say they plan to make a career change over the next three years. That could exacerbate the nursing shortage, according to the results of a recent survey of registered nurses....