The following was taken from an article cited by a GoogleAlert dealing with the nurse shortage, world wide.The ramifications of this article will affect all nurses; those already in practice and those of you who aspire to a nursing career.

I have never been a big fan of any union of any kind; but in reading the article and doing a bit of follow up,  I have to admit that they make some very valid points.  Especially in the areas of nurse safety.

I advise you to read this entire article and to decide for yourself:

Two Prominent Massachusetts Nurse Activists Assume Leadership Role In Newly Formed RN Super Union

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Monday, 14 December 2009
To standing cheers, delegates to the founding convention of the National Nurses United (NNU) this week unanimously endorsed the selection of Karen Higgins, RN of Weymouth and Beth Piknick, RN of Hyannis to serve as co-president and vice president of the largest union and professional organization of registered nurses in U.S. history. Higgins and Piknick, who are both past presidents of the Massachusetts Nurses Association, will serve a two-year term, which began with the founding convention of the NNU held Dec. 7 – 8 in Phoenix, AZ.
“The promise of the future has arrived,” said Karen Higgins, an RN from Massachusetts, and one of three newly elected presidents of the NNU, “with all the unlimited potential, creativity, vision, and power represented by the delegates in the room, and the 150,000 members of the founding organizations……………The rest of the article can be found at this address:

http://www.auto-mobi.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=11466&Itemid=50

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