NY Nurse May 2017

Without a doubt, Blood-borne Pathogens (BBP) pose a very serious risk to nurses.

Here’s some important background: Before OSHA’s BBP Standard was promulgated in 1991, healthcare workers were frequently exposed to bloodborne pathogens through needlesticks, cuts, splashes, etc. Healthcare unions knew...

The current increase in immigration raids in communities across the country is having a devastating impact on public health – one that could get even worse if there were an outbreak in Zika or other highly contagious illness. The White House’s current immigration policy is causing fear to spread in...

The terms set forth in the U.S. House bill HR 1628, the American Health Care Act, pose a profound threat to the public’s health here in New York State and throughout the nation.

The Congressional Budget Office, whose estimates accompany legislation as required by law, issued estimates staggering in...

While nurses across the state celebrated Nurses Week this year with food, conversation and social interaction in many of our facilities, there was a bittersweet sensation permeating the atmosphere.

The nursing profession is under attack with attempts to chip away at our scope of practice in ways...