NY Nurse June 2019

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) assumed office in 1933 to a country in grave trouble. It was The Great Depression and more than 60 percent of the U.S. was living in poverty. Banks were shuttered, the future was bleak.

Hardest-hit were working people: construction workers, farmers, manufacturers...

On June 7, NYSNA lost a very special nurse colleague, board member, committed public health professional, wife, mother and devoted community advocate: Martha Wilcox. She passed away in her sleep at her home in Roscoe, New York. Martha was 57.

First and foremost, Martha distinguished herself for the...

NYSNA’s policies constitute a public health platform. As nurses, we see that proposals and laws have a fundamental connection to the health and safety of our patients and communities. In that light, wages, pollution, gun violence, safe staffing and universal healthcare are inextricably linked to...

Too much testing vs. not the right tests; too much documentation vs. documentation that misses the boat; hotel-style “customer service” scripts vs. from-the-heart empathic dialogue; rote protocols vs. critical...