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Scholarships Available For Nurse In Washington Internship Three-Day Program
The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) offers for the second year scholarships for the Nurse in Washington Internship (NIWI) program – Sunday, March 13, to Tuesday, March 15, 2011, Washington, D.C.
Children’s Hospital Oakland RNs Authorize Strike, Cite Management Demands To Slash Healthcare Benefits
Registered nurses from Children’s Hospital Oakland, voted overwhelmingly this week to authorize their nurse negotiators to call a three-day strike if necessary to protest ongoing management efforts to sharply reduce healthcare coverage for nurses and their families.
National RN Relief Group Teams Up With Navy For Medical Mission To Haiti
The first team of registered nurse volunteers from California, Michigan, and Washington State will depart for Haiti Wednesday morning with the Department of Defense’s Continuing Promise, National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest organization of
Registered Nurse Safe Staffing Bill Introduced In Congress
The American Nurses Association (ANA) applauds the introduction of federal legislation that empowers registered nurses (RNs) to drive staffing decisions in hospitals and, as a result, protect patients and improve the quality of care.
Nearly 7,500 RNs Ready To Deploy To Haiti – California Nurses Association
Nearly 7,500 registered nurses have now signed up to volunteer for Haiti disaster relief, believed to be the largest outpouring of RN volunteers in U.S. history, reports National Nurses United which is coordinating the effort, and working around the clock to find locations for the nurses to deploy on the ground in Haiti. Nurses from other countries are signing up through the NNU program as well.
“As reports of dire medical care shortages continue to pour in, we have thousands of registered nurses willing and ready to travel to Haiti,” said NNU Executive Director Rose Ann DeMoro. “We are doing everything in our power to get these nurses engaged as quickly as possible.”