Nurse Talk

Join Us for Part One of Nurse Talk Radio’s Interview with RN and Candidate for Governor of Minnesota, Erin Murphy. National Nurses United, the nation's largest union of registered nurses, last week announced its endorsement of RN and State Representative Erin Murphy for Governor of Minnesota. “We are endorsing Erin because she’s a proven champion fighting for all Minnesotans,” said Jean Ross, RN,...

Part Two of Nurse Talk Radio's Interview with Erin Murphy. National Nurses United, the nation's largest union of registered nurses, last week announced its endorsement of RN and State Representative Erin Murphy for Governor of Minnesota. “We are endorsing Erin because she’s a proven champion fighting for all Minnesotans,” said Jean Ross, RN, Co-President of National Nurses United and resident of B...

You know the saying “follow the money” and it looks like we have a trail that starts with the big health insurance companies and is now making its way to Democrats on the hill. The reason this trail is so interesting is—historically health insurers have given much more to Republicans rather than Democrats. Why the change? Wendell Potter-- founder of Tarbell, the pioneering reader funded journalism...

Nurse Talk Mini Podcast As Heard During The Thom Hartmann Program by Nurse Talk

GOP has been working on proposed cuts to Medicare, Social Security and Medicaid---1.5 trillion dollar’s worth of cuts to be exact. Does that number sound familiar? Of course, that's what the tax giveaway to the top one percent cost us. Alex Lawson, Executive Director of Social Security Works is with us and he says, "the magnitude of these proposed cuts will change Medicare as we know it".

Here's a Nurse Talk Mini Podcast with a business and personal case for Expanded and Improved Medicare for All. Check it out.

As predicted the Supreme Court passed down its decision to roll back decades of union and worker rights in Janus v. (AFSCME) American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, posing a significant threat to patient safety as well as worker and community health and economic standards, said National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union and professional association of registered nurse...

With us for this podcast is Executive Director of Social Security Works, Alex Lawson. While some of us try to fathom the constant barrage of horrible policies the Trump Administration is putting forth--the GOP is designing yet another and plotting how they will cut 1.5 trillion dollars from Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. "The magnitude of these proposed budget cuts would mean the fundamen...

With us for this podcast is Executive Director of Social Security Works, Alex Lawson. While some of us try to fathom the constant barrage of horrible policies the Trump Administration is putting forth--the GOP is designing yet another and plotting how they will cut 1.5 trillion dollars from Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. "The magnitude of these proposed budget cuts would mean the fundamen...

Healthcare Activist and Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America-- Donna Smith takes on the latest assaults on the U.S. Healthcare system--most notably the dismantling of the Affordable Healthcare Act. Pre-existing conditions are the latest obstacle collateral damage. Donna also talks about the horrific border policies that are resulting in infants, toddlers and parents being separat...

Here are highlights of National Nurses United Director of Organizing David Johnson talking about a recent Supreme Court ruling, the Federal Arbitration Act. Bad for labor...good for corporations! All part of a strategic assault on Labor in the U.S.

David Johnson, Director of Organizing for National Nurses United shares with Nurse Talk Radio about how the recent Supreme Court ruling to bar workers from acting collectively to resolve illegal workplace discrimination is a “disgraceful assault on the rights of all working people” and a “direct attack on the Constitutional rights of freedom of association.” This is one in a series of anti-labor S...

Life is like a song. It has crescendos and rhythm and a defined beginning, middle and end. The Threshold Choir takes this song metaphor literally and uses it to comfort terminally ill individuals with music and harmony. While singing at bedsides, people have told the singers they feel less pain, anxiety and loneliness. Today, the group has expanded from its origin in San Francisco to 150 choirs ar...

Laugh, learn and listen to Nurse Talk Radio on Progressive Voices Tune In. You can download the PV APP @www.progressivevoices.com. On the show, this week a California Judge abruptly overturns the End Of Life Option Act. The law allows doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to patients with six months or less to live. Hundreds of Californians have already taken advantage of that option, including 111 in...

With the attacks on workers’ rights nurses applaud Senator Bernie Sander's Workplace Democracy Act. "This bill is desperately needed by all non-union workers across the country who need a union and who want a union, but who are denied their right to freedom of association and the right to bargain collectively because of employer harassment, intimidation and opposition", said RN and Co-President of...

With us for this podcast is Attorney for Compassion and Choices ( the organization that fought to pass the bill), Jonathan Patterson. California’s End of Life Option Act was signed into law in 2015 by Governor Jerry Brown. The law allows doctors to prescribe lethal drugs to patients with six months or less to live. Hundreds of Californians have already taken advantage of that option, including 111...

Barbara was a big fan of Nurse Talk and she and her daughter Missy wrote some very moving blog posts for us that chronicled Barbara’s Alzheimer’s and eventually her death. Her daughter Missy was her caretaker and their relationship is a true mother, daughter love story. Missy joins us for a short conversation about why Barbara was/is so special.

Laugh, learn and listen to Nurse Talk Radio on Progressive Voices Tune In. You can download the PV APP @www.progressivevoices.com. On the show, this week we talk to members of the Threshold Choir. With over 150 Choirs around the world, the mission is to offer those transitioning beautiful songs at the bedside. Healthcare in America's Donna Smith talks about California Single Payer, cuts to the CHI...

Nurses Fight For S.B. 562 And Remind Us Why California Needs Gavin Newsom by Nurse Talk

Laugh, learn and listen to Nurse Talk Radio on Progressive Voices Tune In. You can download the PV APP @www.progressivevoices.com. On the show, this week is Executive Director of Social Security Works, Alex Lawson. Alex talks about what you need to know about the so-called balanced budget amendment--which is anything but! Also, the Square Needle Award and a delightful interview with author and hum...

Executive Director for Social Security Works, Alex Lawson visits with Nurse Talk Radio about the so-called Balanced Budget Amendment. A few weeks ago Paul Ryan and his Republican caucus voted on a so-called balanced budget amendment (BBA.) While it sounds like a vote for mom and apple pie, every politician who supports it will be voting to cut Social Security. Ryan and his caucus have so far been...

Laugh, learn and listen to Nurse Talk Radio on Progressive Voices Tune In. You can download the PV APP @http://www.progressivevoices.com. On the show this week is RN Jane Sandoval. Jane worked closely with a team of dedicated nurses from National Nurses United, California Nurses Association and law makers to pass legislation that makes it mandatory for healthcare facility employers to subscribe to...

Listen to our Nurse Talk Special Feature Mini Podcasts on our website or during the Thom Hartmann Program. This week RN Jane Sandoval joins us to talk about the new California Workplace Violence Prevention Measures. Workplace violence is a serious and growing issue affecting nurses and other healthcare workers and their patients. The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United fought for...

California healthcare employers are required by law to have comprehensive, unit-specific workplace violence prevention plans in place by April 1, 2018. National Nurses United and California Nurses Association fought long and hard for these protections. RN Jane Sandoval visits with Nurse Talk Radio about the importance of these protections.

What is Schoolbox? One U.S. Trauma doctor says it’s the most innovative initiative she has seen in response to the needs of children who have experienced trauma. Every year, 77 million children have their lives torn apart by armed conflict or natural disasters. School box founded in 2017 by Belle Sweeney, provides mobile, solar-powered child-friendly spaces that operate from whatever infrastructur...