NY Nurse March 2017

Depression. Anxiety. Stress. Drug Abuse. Suicidal ideation.

These read like a checklist from the DSM-5.

The list, in fact, enumerates the insidious health complications of bias crimes, the surreptitious aftermath of hate-related violence that slips into the psyche of vulnerable populations poisoning...

From St. Louis to Seattle, nurses stood up and fought back against the effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act. We won! Speaker Paul Ryan withdrew the American Health Care Act bill from the House because only 17% of Americans suported the GOP bill, according to latest polls.

That legislation would...

In 2015, the NYSNA Board conducted a needs assessment with the stated purpose of hearing what concerns were front and center in the minds of members. NYSNA nurses responded, through surveys and workshop evaluations, that certification in their specialty areas was crucial and of paramount importance...

Nurses and health professionals are witnesses to the dramatic changes in healthcare over the past several decades. Many of us have confronted attempts to erode our practice, reduce our level of benefits, deny us the resources and staff we need to practice safely, and weaken our collective union...