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...
There’s not a nurse I know who thinks our current healthcare system “works.”
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...
