ADVISORY/Hundreds of Nurses to Gather in Sacramento March 20-21; U.S., Canadian RN Forum on Staffing, Health Care Crisis, Ralph Nader Keynote Address on Health Reform Solutions.News/Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers SACRAMENTO Sacramento, city, United States Sacramento (săkrəmĕn`tō), city (1990 pop. 369,365), state capital and seat of Sacramento co., central Calif. , Calif.--(BW HealthWire)--March 17, 2000 Hundreds of California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Registered Nurses will hold a two-day conference in Sacramento Monday Monday: see week. and Tuesday Tuesday: see week. to discuss the state's ongoing staffing and health care crisis. They will be joined by legendary consumer advocate Ralph Nader  This page is currently protected from editing until (UTC) or until disputes have been resolved. , and
nurses from across the U.S. and Canada who will review national and
international health care problems and solutions.The conference, hosted by the California Nurses Association The California Nurses Association (CNA) is the largest and fastest-growing labor union and professional association of Registered Nurses in California. The National Nurses Organizing Committee is a national labor union for Registered Nurses, and is affiliated with the CNA. , will be held at the Holiday Inn Capitol Capitol, seat of the U.S. Congress Capitol, seat of the U.S. government at Washington, D.C. It is the city's dominating monument, built on an elevated site that was chosen by George Washington in consultation with Major Pierre L'Enfant. Plaza, 300 J St. Conference events open to the media are:
-- Ralph Nader keynote address, Monday, March 20, Holiday Inn
Capitol Plaza Grand Ballroom, 1st floor, 1 p.m. Nader, the
nation's most eminent consumer advocate, will discuss health
care reform, an issue that ranks second in national polls in
importance to voters.
-- Press conference to introduce new magazine for front-line
nurses, Monday, March 20, Holiday Inn Capitol Plaza, John Q
Lounge, 16th floor, 2:15 p.m. Revolution, the Journal for
RNs and Patient Advocacy is the first international
publication to provide a voice for direct care nurses. RN
editorial board members from California, Massachusetts, and
Canada will describe the magazine which has already drawn
rave reviews from nurses across the U.S. and Canada.
-- International RN Forum on Safe Staffing and the Health Care
Crisis, Monday, March 20, Holiday Inn Capitol Plaza, Grand
Ballroom, 1st floor, 7:30 p.m. The forum will feature RN
leaders and activists from Pennsylvania, New York, Rhode
Island, Massachusetts, Minnesota, California, and Canada.
They will review state, national, and international
solutions to the growing crisis in safe staffing and
deteriorating patient care standards.
-- March on Sutter Health, Tuesday, March 21. Begins at Holiday
Inn Capitol Plaza, 12:30 p.m. and ends at Sutter Health
corporate headquarters, One Capitol Mall. Nurses will
protest Sutter's corporate health care policies, including a
recent decision to lock out RNs at Marin General Hospital.
All the events are part of a direct care RN conference held annually in Sacramento by CNA (Certified NetWare Administrator) See Novell certification. , the state's largest organization of registered nurses. |
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