Nurse Talk ~ On-Demand
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Well, Nurse Talk does its own version of ALL IN THE FAMILY as Co-host Dan Grady's mom, Rita, stops by. Lovely Rita, as we like to call her, is a retired RN now working as a full-time volunteer for the Red Cross. It seems as though the apple does not fall far from the tree-Rita is as wild and wacky as her son!
This week Casey and Dan talk with RN Laurie Bahr. Laurie has been an RN for 16 years and currently works in the Cardiac Surgical ICU at Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. She sheds some light on current Pension Bargaining Efforts taking place in her state. It seems that hospitals are using the "economic downturn" to cut benefits that most RNs have been paying into for years. Laurie is active in the Minnesota Nurses Association, the organization that works to protect patients and the nurses who serve them.
A quick update from RN Carol Rodgers. You may remember Carol has been heading up efforts to save San Leandro Hospital in California from closure. She has good news and will update us on recent developments.
Also a moving account of some of the RN's back from Haiti and the usual playful antics-the Square Needle Award, "Is Anybody Laughing," Phobia of the Week and some email questions.
