Winter 2004

Table of Contents

1. UNA Says IOM "Got It Right": Nurse Staffing Equals Patient Safety
2. New Institute of Medicine Report Recommends Improvements in Working Conditions for Nurses
3. JAMA Publishes Study Tracking Medical Injuries
4. Hospitals Try to Improve Quality of Care and Decrease Mortality Rates in Intensive Care Units
5. National Safe Staffing Legislation Nears Introduction
6. JCAHO Requires Hospitals to Look at Staffing Effectiveness
7. Support Grows for Organizing Campaign at Resurrection Health Care
8. Safe Staffing Takes Center Stage at AFSCME's Nurses Congress
9. Bush Administration Attacks Overtime Pay, Comp Time
10. Public Rates Nursing as Most Honest and Ethical Profession
11. Health & Safety News
12. What is AFSCME-UNA?