Nurse Talk

Most of us know someone who is a member of Rotary Club but not many of us know about the positive global impact the organization is having on peace, clean water, education, healthcare and the eradication of polio worldwide. Rotary of San Francisco member Elisabeth Whitney visits with Nurse Talk Radio.

“An elected representative should embody the ideals, strengths, and spirit of the people they represent. An elected official must show leadership and dedication to their constituents, rather than sacrifice our future to the highest bidder.”— Dotty Nygard- Dotty Nygard is an Emergency Room RN and she's running for Congress in California's 10th district. Nurse Talk Radio visits with Dotty this week....

If you haven't heard about the Healthy California Act (S.B. 562) you need to listen to this podcast. Nurse Talk visits with CNA/NNU Legislative Advocate Stephanie Roberson about this SINGLE PAYER legislation that if passed could afford all California residents affordable comprehensive healthcare. We need your help to pass this California! Visit www.healthyca.org for full details of the bill and ho...

How and when do you start saying NO to baby? RN and author of "Secrets of a Baby Nurse", Marsha Podd is with us today. Parents you won't want to miss this discussion. "NO" might be the hardest thing you have to say to your adorable baby but our resident "Baby Whisperer" walks parents through the process. Also which new baby/toddler products are good and which you might want to stay away from. www....

The news is out! The California Senate Health Committee passed SB 562 the Healthy California Act. “In the run up to this day we’ve been meeting with thousands of Californians all across the state in meetings, rallies and town halls," said Bonnie Castillo RN, CNA/NNU Associate Executive Director. "The combination of nurses working with all of you community organizers is a winning combination. We ar...

The time is here for SINGLE PAYER and there is a GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT. The SINGLE PAYER HEALTHCARE MOVEMENT—more specifically California’s Healthy California Act or SB 562 and on a National level HR 676 a Single Payer Bill introduced by John Conyers. Both bills are garnering much attention. Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America, Donna Smith joins Nurse Talk Radio.

The time is here for SINGLE PAYER and there is a GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT. The SINGLE PAYER HEALTHCARE MOVEMENT—more specifically California’s Healthy California Act or SB 562 and on a National level HR 676 a Single Payer Bill introduced by John Conyers. Both bills are garnering much attention. Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America, Donna Smith joins Nurse Talk Radio.

Americans pay the highest price for prescription drugs in the world but the five largest drug companies raked in more than $50 BILLION in profits in 2015. What’s going on?

The corrosive tar sands oil that is extracted, transported, and refined for the Keystone project is a major contributor to climate change. An assessment from the pre-Trump Administration Environmental Protection Agency found that well-to-well emissions from tar sands are 82 percent higher than for conventional oil. Then why is the pipeline going full steam ahead?

Here's a statistic for you. The CEO of United Healthcare Stephen Hemsley, makes 10,597.00 an hour or 177.00 a minute. In 2015 his compensation was 66 million but that did not include the sale of stock--which brought the total compensation to 102 million. It's time for a Single Payer/Medicare For All system in the U.S. Making huge amounts of money off the sick and dying is unacceptable, unsustainab...

In her one woman show (playing at the Marsh Theater in San Francisco), Elaine Magree first takes audiences to January 28, 1986 where as a hospice nurse---she finds herself in the chaotic socio-political center of the AIDS epidemic on the day of the Challenger explosion, confronting the relative value of lives.

While the GOP "replacement" plan failed--don't get complacent! Now is the time to organize, educate and take action to improve and expand Medicare for All. Our current system is not sustainable. Nurse Talk chats with Healthcare Advocate and Activist Donna Smith. Donna is also the Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America.

Many Americans may be surprised to know that California is the only state in the country with mandatory limits on the number of patients a nurse can be assigned at one time. The regulations were enacted in 2004, after nurses with the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United fought for years to achieve them. Now nurses across the country are pushing for national legislation.

Healthcare Advocate and Executive Director of Progressive Democrats of America Donna Smith talks about what we know and what we don't know about the ACA replacement from the GOP. What we know--the insurance companies win again. AND--making it clear that Social Security and Medicare ARE solvent and NOT going bankrupt.

Words matter! Casey Hobbs RN & Host of Nurse Talk talks about the distinction between saying she "has cancer" and saying she is cancer free but undergoing Chemo Therapy so that the cancer does not return. "I am not a cancer patient, I am a person receiving Chemo Therapy". Does it make a difference to say that? To me it does"!

RN and Co-Host of Nurse Talk, Casey Hobbs continues her short commentary about the arduous journey of Chemo Therapy and the "mind games" she fights. "It's much different being on the patient side of things. This journey is very humbling".

A few weeks ago R's reached tentative pact, affecting 1,300 RNs, with Kaiser L.A. Medical Center. RN and NNU Co-President Deborah Burger talks about why now more than any time before, this agreement is so critical. In a time when labor unions across the country are being attacked, this was a huge victory for nurses everywhere.

Coming up on Nurse Talk...Casey and Shayne get busy and make up a few Executive Orders of their own. In them--Nurses rule and BIG PHARMA CEO's..not so good! Listen this week as we talk about a thriving Social Security Program and what's happening with "repeal and no replace". Much more on Nurse Talk this week..

Social Security Works and a growing chorus of prominent voices in Congress and elsewhere are calling for the expansion of our Social Security system—people who know that Social Security will not “go broke” and does not add a penny to the national debt. Nancy Altman co-author of "Social Security Works" is with us today.

Healthcare In America's Donna Smith talks about "repeal and no replace". AND constituents are keeping the pressure on elected officials as town hall meetings spread across America. Donna Smith is a long time healthcare for all activist and is Executive Director for Progressive Democrats of America.

This week on Nurse Talk ---Nancy Altman co-author of "Social Security Works" helps bust the MYTH that social security is going bankrupt. NO-- it isn't. AND --Casey & Shayne introduce and sign some executive orders of their own. Healthcare In America Senior Correspondent, Donna Smith talks "repeal and no replace" and more.

Welcome PDA listeners! Listen to highlights of Nurse Talk's "Healthcare In America" with Healthcare Advocate and Activist, Donna Smith. What are the real reasons for repealing Obamacare? NO-- not the ones Republicans are pushing --more like the ones that are always at the core of their "covered wagon" proposals.

A Major Impact On Nursing...... The UN recently declared “the greatest and most urgent global risk.” And it may surprise you to know that threat is antimicrobial resistance. An extraordinary gathering at the United Nations in September of 2016 may have permanently changed how the world deals with antibiotic resistance, which is believed to kill 700,000 people around the world each year. http://www...

Being diagnosed with cancer begins a journey that no one is prepared for, least of all me. I thought I made a bargain with God that if I was a good nurse I would not ever get cancer. Wrong. I also thought that since I accompanied friends with cancer through their treatments and a myriad of patients that I would be prepared for what was to come. Wrong again.

Ever been the target of a workplace bully? Andrew Faas, the author of the new book, "From Bully To Bull's Eye" has first hand experience as a bully and a victim of bullying. It cost him his high profile corporate job and caused serious illness. According to a 2015 Harvard University study, more than 120,000 deaths a year may be due to stress related to bullying---resulting in 5-8% of annual health...