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New York Nurse - The Official Publication of the New York State Nurses Association

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• 2008 Issues
• 2007 Issues
• 2006 Issues - Report, The Official Newsletter of the New York State Nurses Association
• Guidelines for Guest Articles

December 2007

• Ask the Experts: MRSA and nursing responsibility
• Contract Updates
• Delegate Assembly Notes
• Giving hope to striking Appalachian nurses
• Giving where it counts
• Greenville Hospital gets six months to fix finances
• Involved, energetic, engaged - and under 30!
• Leading Voices: Giving every nurse a voice
• Legislative Priorities 2008
• Member Spotlight
• Pension Plan announces improvement
• RNs at Work: Speaking to the Media
• Research groups combine to promote common goals
• State awards millions to healthcare facilities
  • Take care of those who care!
• Taking the reins: New NYSNA president looks to the future
  

October/November 2007

• A passionate call for a national health plan
• A road map to the future: Board adopts 3-year Strategic Plan
• Ask the Experts: Guidelines & protocols
• Layoffs challenged at Samaritan
• Contract updates
• Convention of the New York State Nurses Association
  • Annual Report of the New York State Board for Nursing
  • Bylaws proposals defeated
  • EGW celebrates its 50th anniversary!
  • Kimberly Velez receives Delegate Assembly Award
  • Leading Voices: Defining Moments at Convention
  • Learn some, win some
  • Practice focus groups to replace CPUs and FPUs
  • Voting Body actions
• Curlean Duncan-Britton: Caring is a family business
• Delegate Assembly supports Sentosa 27
• Hear their voices: The tragedy of human trafficking
• Make a difference – join the LDC network!
• Member Spotlight
• NYSNA Election Results
• NYSNA recognized for reform efforts
• Preserving the past through oral history
• Program name change promotes understanding
• Research News: Measuring blood pressure in the forearm
• RNs at Work
• RNs can help fight healthcare fraud
• Taking Wyckoff to arbitration over unpaid dues (partial article)
• Westchester negotiations at impasse (partial article)

September 2007

• Acknowledging achievement: 2007 award winners get time to shine
• Ask the Experts: CDC urges cough control
• Board polls members on UAN affiliation (partial article)
• Brooks Hospital staff protests contract talks
• Caring for inmates in a floating jail
• Celebrating people on the path
• Clowning and caring in western New York
• Confusion over privacy issues
• Declared candidates for vice chairperson of clinical and functional practice units (partial article)
• Heroic Mount Sinai nurses rescue patients from fire
• Madeline Naegle honored for lifelong contributions to psychiatric nursing
• Member Spotlight
• President's Column: Looking Forward to Convention
• Privacy laws in New York State
• RN Talk: Working to get an RN in every school
• RNs at Work
• Sponsors & exhibitors: Convention ’07

July/August 2007

• Ask the Experts: Providing off-the-job advice
• Berger Commission update
• Council on Nursing Practice: A change for the better
• Exposing a “sicko” healthcare system
• From staff nurse to CEO: Tina Gerardi takes the helm at NYSNA
• Healthier world, healthier patients
• Legislative session ends
• Lincoln Hospital: Home of the busiest ER in NYC
• Member Spotlight
• NYSNA bus ad rejected by Westchester County
• NYSNA celebrates a half-century of collective bargaining!
• NYSNA Convention, September 27-30
• Nursing on a global scale
• Official Call to Meeting: 2007 Convention
• President's Column: Policy conference focuses on public health disasters
• Proposed 2007 amendments to NYSNA bylaws
• Research News: Evaluating restraint or seclusion interventions
• State Senate Drops the Ball
• Title protection goes into effect
• Your association, your library

June 2007

• Ask the Experts: Understanding the HPV vaccine
• Berger Commission report, six months later
• Greenville RNs facing downsizing, relocation
• Holistic nursing is in fashion
• In the Legislature
• Isabel Cheren: Many nursing roles, one vision
• Member Spotlight
• New dues rates for 2007-08
• Nurses march in NYC to protest exploitation of Filipino RNs
• Nurses urge floor vote on overtime and staffing bills
• President's Column: Mentoring: A resource for future nurse leaders
• Put your POA forms to WORK! (partial article)
• RNs at Work
• Slate for 2007 NYSNA association-wide election
• Taking recovery to work
• Updated Online Features
• Worth listening to: Convention 2007 speakers

May 2007

• Ask the Experts: The legal and ethical sides of pain management
• Bargaining unit members reject dues pass-through (partial article)
• Congress of Bargaining Unit Leaders: Helping NYSNA members connect (partial article)
• Contract Updates
• Delegate Assembly Notes (partial article)
• Member Spotlight
• New members-only benefits
• Nurses’ unions: End mandatory overtime
• Nurses Week 2007: Sharpen the image of nursing
• NYSNA contracts on the fast track!
• Preceptor training program takes off
• President's Column - Mixed Feelings about Nurses Week
• RNs at Work
• RN Talk: Chipping Away at Nursing Practice
• Research News: Preventing nosocomial pneumonia with routine oral care
• State budget adds funding for nursing schools and students

April 2007

• Ask the Experts: Your nursing rep is standing by
• CVPH members picket for secure benefits
• Do RNs need more education?
• Gorete Crowe: Bringing a bit of nobility to nursing
• Healthier environment, healthier people
• Join the image revolution
  • Share your image!
• Labor assembly reaffirms independence of national nurses union (partial article)
• Member Spotlight
• New York enacts workers’ compensation reform
• NYSNA wins landmark decision for charge nurses
• Nursing at the battlefront
• President's Column - Image of nursing: The battle continues
• RNs at work
• RN Talk - NLA: The Challenges Before Us (partial article)
• Restored budget funds prevent layoffs
• Survey reveals trends in nursing
• Understanding medication errors in surgery
• Universal health care – is it (finally) time?
• Video turns nursing students into YouTube stars

March 2007

• Ask the Experts: Recognizing an illegal meth lab
• Contract Update
• CVPH professionals: “No more financial uncertainty!”
• Direct membership: Is it right for you?
• Faculty Camp 2007: Learning to ‘think like a nurse’
• Legislation would increase penalty for attacks on nurses
• Member Spotlight
• Members may self-declare for NYSNA offices
• President's Column: Why we need national nursing organizations
• Research Fellows Program: Jump-start your inner researcher
• Research News: Organizations can enhance job satisfaction
• Respecting precepting
• Restoring fairness to union elections (partial article)
• RNs at work
• Sam Caquias: From the Air Force to the Trauma ICU
• UAN and SEIU discuss cooperation (partial article)

February 2007

• Ask the Experts: Reporting a brief suspension (partial article)
• Capitol Scene
• Contract Update
• Delegate Assembly Notes
• Dues pass-through fails (partial article)
• Evette Simmons: To serve those who protect
• Governor announces plan for healthcare reform: what does it mean for nurses? (partial article)
• Marchers protest Berger Commission
• Member Spotlight
• New grant program helps nurses’ aching backs
• New leaders hold promise for NYSNA
• Nurse leader continues to make history
• Nurses must report illegal meth labs
• President's Column: The legacy of Maggie Jacobs
• ‘Recovery is not something you get over’
• RNs at work
• State budget battle expected
• Your Central Labor Council (partial article)

January 2007 - Premiere Issue

• Anne Parrish retires after 20 years at NYSNA
• Ask the Experts: Filing a Protest of Assignment
• Contract Update (partial article)
• Family Medical Leave: “It saved my job”
• Hospital closures remain uncertain
• Legislative Forecast: Will ‘everything change’ in 2007?
• Medication errors: Who’s to blame? (partial article)
• Member Spotlight
• No regrets from NYSNA supporters at CMC
  • Before the election, a pledge in the night
• Nursing leaders look forward to new year
• President's Column: What is a true leader?
• RN Talk: Being a Nursing Student
• RNs at work
• Research News: Bowel sounds assessment: Why bother?
• The nurse shortage in New York – where we stand now
  • Preliminary RN report cites sicker patients, less staff
• What is NYSNA doing to protect the Nurse Practice Act?