HEALTH CARE
National Nurses United’s RoseAnn DeMoro Named to Top 100 Most Influential Health Care List for 11th Straight Year DeMoro, who is number 36 on the list of 100, is one of only eight people to be named to the list for each of the 11 years it has been compiled. She is also one of only two women to be named every year on a list that is dominated by figures in government and corporate healthcare institutions.
NOTES ON NURSING
Unsafe Nurse-to-Patient Staffing Ratios are a Key Cause of 98,000 Preventable Deaths Each Year Registered nurses form the backbone of this system, providing triage and treatment. But this spine is being stretched to the breaking point. As the president of the nation’s largest professional RN union, I’ve seen hospital nurses left responsible for too many patients in nearly every state — and this problem is only getting worse. Today’s unsafe nurse-to-patient staffing levels are a key cause of 98,000 preventable deaths each year, according to the Institute of Medicine.
LABOR
Michigan Court of Appeals Approves Collective Bargaining for Ballot The Michigan Court of Appeals today affirmed the right of working families to vote on a proposal to preserve collective bargaining. The initiative now will be placed on the Nov. 6 ballot.
CEO Edward M. Smith: Unions Matter More than Ever A study published last year in the American Sociological Review found that “between a fifth to a third of the growth in inequality can be explained by the decline of unions.”