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Registered Nurses News News by Region NYC/Long Island Capital/Hudson Valley Upstate NY Maryland/DC Massachusetts New Jersey Florida All News     News by Occupation Registered Nurses Hospital Workers Clinic Workers Nursing Home Workers Homecare Workers Drug Store Workers Human Service Workers Retired Members Professional Workers All News Western New York Nurse Council Holds Workshop on A New Breast Cancer Screening Machine Jun. 25, 2010 The western New York 1199SEIU Nurse Council held a workshop on June 14, focusing on the GammaGram; a new technology available for breast cancer screening. The GammaGram at St. Mary’s Hospital in Lewiston, NY is tje only one available in the region. GammaGram is 97 percent accurate, with superior clarity and no breast compression. Read More » 1199SEIU Develops Partnerships for NY’s First Patient Lab and Training Center Jun. 17, 2010 Pat McCarthy an RN at Women and Children’s Hospital of Buffalo and 1199SEIU’s Western NY director for safety and health, joined other area unions, the Western New York Council on Occupational Safety and Health (WNYCOSH) and the University of Buffalo to announce the opening of New York State’s first Safe Patient Handling Lab and Training Center. Read More » Noreen Sheeran: “She Was a Rock and an Anchor” Jun. 09, 2010 Noreen Sheeran, an RN at Bon Secours Community Hospital in Port Jervis, NY for 20 years, passed away unexpectedly on May 22. Sheeran was an activist and leader among registered nurses and was nominated this year for a prestigious Nurse of Distinction Award in the hospital category. Read More » Nurses Lobby Albany for Safe Staffing Bill Jun. 03, 2010 1199SEIU nurses joined other major New York-based nurse unions in Albany to push for a new bill introduced early this month to enact safe staffing. On May 25, the very day they lobbied for the bill, the State Assembly’s Health Committee passed it. Read More » Maryland/DC 1199SEIU Celebrates Nurses Week May. 11, 2010 Caring for America was the theme of this year’s Nurses Week in Maryland and Washington, DC. “As nurse’s that is what we do every day,” said Lorita K. Waltz, RN, who emceed 1199SEIU’s celebration of Nurses Week at The La Fontaine Bleu in New Carrollton, MD. Read More » 1199SEIU RNs Host Nurses Week Health Fair May. 11, 2010 1199SEIU nurses in New York City kicked off the annual Nurses Appreciation Week with a Health Fair on May 5 at the Union’s headquarters auditorium in Manhattan. Read More » Western NY 1199SEIU Nurse Council Holds Workshop On Workplace Violence Prevention In Healthcare Apr. 29, 2010 The Western NY 1199SEIU Nurse Council held a workshop on preventing workplace violence featuring Jonathan Rosen, Director of Occupational Safety and Health Department for the NYS Public Employees Federation. Read More » Upcoming Celebrations Will Mark Nurses Week Apr. 19, 2010 1199SEIU nurses from Massachusetts to Maryland have lined up activities to highlight the traditional national week May 6-12 to honor their profession. Read More » 1199SEIU Nurses Join Final Push for Healthcare Bill Mar. 16, 2010 1199SEIU RNs from New York City joined thousands of health care activists on March 9 to confront one of the powerful groups opposing passage of a comprehensive health care reform bill. Read More » 1199SEIU RNs Report Back From Haiti Mar. 10, 2010 On February 8, two 1199 RNs flew from New York to the Dominican Republic and were then transported to Haiti to attend to the victims of the earthquake that hit the capital Port-Au-Prince on January 12. Read More »