Nursing Stories That Inspire
All nurses know what it's like to have a difficult day or week.
Our work is rife with challenging situations. But we're also
experts in lifting one another up, in finding inspiration in the
most unlikely of places. This year, for Nurses Week (May 6 -12),
we want to celebrate the experiences that keep us going. We're still accepting submissions for Nurses Week, and posting a selection of our favorites each day this week.
Submit your own story of inspiration
Read a selection of Value Care RN stories
Pennsylvania RNs Mobilize For Patients
Hundreds of healthcare workers rallied in Harrisburg, PA, last month. Nurses and others are urging state legislators to protect patient care by passing a ban on mandatory overtime. Recently,
Rhode Island RNs
succeeded in
winning a new law for patients that will prohibit hospitals from requiring RNs to work more than 12 consecutive hours.
Read an op-ed by Kathy Magaro, RNC, MPA
(02/08/08)
SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania
Check out video of the Pennsylvania rally
Value Care RNs on YouTube, Flickr
Value Care RNs have been very busy the past few months. Just check out our Flickr gallery, which includes new photos of
Rhode Island
and
Pennsylvania RNs
rallying for mandatory overtime legislation in their states and
Colorado RNs
gathering with national nurse leaders for their second annual RN conference.
Visit our Flickr page
View our YouTube channel
Cathy Glasson, RN in Business Week
The writers at
Business Week
are attempting to crack the case of the U.S. nursing shortage. They've been piecing together the crisis, looking at everything from stagnant wages and lack of training to increasingly difficult working conditions for RNs. (Read the articles
"A Critical Shortage of Nurses"
and
"Are Nursing Shortages Causing Deaths?"
)
Post a comment on staffing
Sen. Clinton Visits Michelle Estrada, RN
This summer, Sen. Hillary Clinton joined Las Vegas nurseMichelle Estrada on her nightly rounds at St. Rose Hospital.
Hundreds of Value Care nurses visited USA Today.com to post a comment on their coverage of the visit. They used the media's attention on Estrada to educate thepublic on the need for safe staffing standards as a key part ofhealthcare reform.
Visit the USA Today story and
read RN comments
on why it's important we enact safe-staffing nationwide.
Check out SEIU's
"Walk a Day in My Shoes"
campaign.