Summer 2006

Table of Contents

1. Charge Nurses in Danger from the NLRB
2. Circuit Court Rules Nurses are Supervisors
3. Colorado Silences Health Care Workers Who See Errors
4. House Members Urge Administration to Do More
5. JCAHO Approves Infection Control Standard
6. Institute of Medicine: ERs in Critical Condition
7. Rhode Island to Eliminate Manual Patient Lifting
8. Low Nurse Wages and Nurse Shortages: Cause and Effect
9. Campaign Surpasses Goal in Reducing Patient Deaths
10. Nurses Can Be Pivotal in Advance Care Planning
11. The AFSCME Nurse Advisory Committee
12. SAVE THE DATE!