AFT Health Care, Fall 2023

Volume 4, no. 2

Where We Stand: Real Solutions: We're Fighting for—and Winning—Safe Staffing

Randi Weingarten

Winning Landmark Legislation for Connecticut Nurses

John Brady

Building a Statewide Movement in Ohio

Rick Lucas

Healing the Healers in New York

Amy Lee Pacholk

Historic Staffing Win for Oregon Health Professionals

Tamie Cline, Shane Burley

We Won't Stop Until We Win Safe Staffing in New Jersey

Debbie White, Barbara Rosen

Prizing the Frontline, Not the Bottom Line, in Wisconsin

Connie Smith, Jamie Lucas

Winning Staffing Legislation in Washington Is Just the First Step

David Keepnews, Katharine Weiss

We Are Not OK

A Nurse Shares Her Journey to Moral Injury and Her Struggle to Return to the Bedside

Tamie Cline

Clinicians in Distress

Addressing Moral Injury in Healthcare

Wendy Dean

Caring for the Whole Person

A Model for Treating Mental Health and Substance Use

Rebecca Farley David, Connor McKay

Achieving Health Equity

The Invaluable Role of Nurses

Janice Phillips

Social Determinants of Health (SDOH)

Assessment Survey

Tearing Down Invisible Walls

Ending Economic Housing Discrimination

Richard D. Kahlenberg

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