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Casey and Dan check in with our friend and NNU Legislative Organizer Donna Smith. They talk with Donna about the Occupy movement, the nurses participation, the upcoming Day Of Action on November 3rd, the G-20 Summit and the nurses demands for a Wall Street Transaction Tax and continuing movement on the state by state single payer healthcare efforts. We talk with Judy Farrell the Assistant Director of Enrollment for University of San Francisco's Master's in Nursing Clinical Nurse Leader program. With Judy is RN Kristina Smith who is a manager of the ICU Unit at Santa Rosa, Calif. Kaiser Hospital and a student in the USF Master's program.

This week on Nurse Talk Casey and Dan talk to RN Jill Furillo. Jill spent several days last week with Occupy Wall Street and will give us a firsthand account of her experience and what the Occupy movement is all about. Learn how nurses are taking action at www.nursetalksite.com/Nov3. And author and sex addiction therapist George N. Collins is with us.  Mr. Collins has written a book, Breaking the Cycle, Free Yourself from Sex Addiction, Porn Obsession, and Shame. As a recovering sex addict himself, he knows all to well the shame and baggage that comes along with it. His book details techniques he developed to successfully teach sex addicts to confront the negative energy that fuels the addiction and turn that energy into positive life changes, including true intimacy.

This week on Nurse Talk Casey and Dan talk to RN Jill Furillo. Jill spent several days last week with Occupy Wall Street and will give us a firsthand account of her experience and what the Occupy movement is all about. Learn how nurses are taking action at www.nursetalksite.com/Nov3.

We check in on what is happening at Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, California. Over 23,000 nurses went on a one-day strike against Sutter Health here in Northern California. At issue are cuts that impact patient safety. Sutter Health locked out nurses for an additional 4 days. During that lock out a patient died from what is described as a "medical error," while under the care of a 23-year old replacement nurse. We have an update on this unfortunate tragedy. And whiz kid Cameron Harris joins us. Cameron is our resident expert on Type 1 diabetes and has his own podcast show called In Range. On the show Cameron gives great tips and information on how to live a healthy life with Type 1.

We check in on what is happening at Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland, California. Over 23,000 nurses went on a one-day strike against Sutter Health here in Northern California. At issue are cuts that impact patient safety. As planned the nurses were only out one day and were ready to go back to work when Sutter Health announced they would be locked out for an additional 4 days. During that lock out a patient died from what is described as a "medical error," while under the care of a 23-year old replacement nurse. This is an update on this unfortunate tragedy.

Casey and Dan talk with RN and co-president of National Nurses United Deborah Burger about the nurses strike in Northern California. Over 23,000 nurses took part in the one day strike against Sutter and Kaiser hospitals. Tragically as we spoke with Deborah about how a lockout adversely affects patient safety, a patient at Sutter's Alta Bates Summit Medical Center died due to a medical error while under the care of a replacement nurse. Though this was a one-day strike, Sutter refused to let the nurses come back to work for another four days, putting patients in further jeopardy. More on the strike and this story at National Nurses United. And in studio Casey and Dan welcome RN Laurie Barkin. Laurie is a psychiatric nurse consultant at San Francisco General and has written a fascinatingly vivid account about her twenty years as an elite psychiatric trauma nurse treating San Francisco's most complicated cases. Her book is called The Comfort Garden. This show originally aired October 1-2, 2011. Read more about the show or listen to the podcast.

When Nurses are on the Outside There's Something Wrong Inside There was big news last week with the nurses strike in Northern California. Over 23,000 nurses took part in the one day strike against Sutter and Kaiser hospitals. Tragically as we spoke with RN and co-president of National Nurses United Deborah Burger, a patient at Sutter's Alta Bates Summit Medical Center died due to a medical error while under the care of a replacement nurse. Though this was a one-day strike, Sutter refused to let the nurses come back to work for another four days, putting patients in further jeopardy.

Caring for those in need includes standing up for patients against corporate greed and disinterest in the human costs of cuts in staffing and services. There are 23,000 nurses on the street for theCalifornia Kaiser and Sutter Health strike doing just that. We're with them. We're rewinding our show with Boston RN Karen Higgins, past president of Massachusetts Nurses Association and one of three co-presidents for National Nurses United who talks about nurse activism. Corporate health care is looking at the bottom line but they aren't seeing it. Nurses face the results of cost cutting up close every day. Karen says, "When hospitals feel the need to save money, the first place they cut unfortunately are the ones who take care of patients and the vast majority of who that is, is nurses...Patient care suffers and patients suffer." Karen also shares her views on the continuing need for single payer health care in our country, the urgency regarding nurse-patient ratios and other important issues that affect all of us. It seems the hospitals are looking at more ways to cut staffing (this is in the face of a health care crisis) in preparation for Obama Care kicking in. Is it really Obama Care of is it just one more way to continue to make huge profits on the backs of hard working RNs and health care workers? AND some great advice about taking care of your parents or other elderly loved ones. Kira Reginato joins us. Kira is the president of Living Ideas for Elders and is the host of her own radio show on KSRO, The Elder Care Show in Santa Rosa, California.AND course what would it be without the square needle award, phobia of the week, some crazy calls and emails and Casey and Dan acting up. And, please tell me I am not the only one who knows and loves Denny Crane! I just needed to hear his voice again so ordered an audio clip of the Denster and everyone in the studio looked at me like I was out of my mind...Help! Is anybody out there willing to defend me? http://youtu.be/qqsIpYQ5e_g NURSE TALK IS GROWING...GROW WITH US. ADVERTISE to our active and engaged audience. Email to reserve your spot on the air or online: pattie@nursetalksite.com. You can listen in the Boston area on station WWZN 1510AM every Saturday at 11 am EST or live stream at www.revolutionboston.com and in the San Francisco Bay area Sundays at 2PM PST on Green 960AM or live stream at www.green960.com. You can also download and listen to any show anytime here at NurseTalkSite.com or on iTunes. Like us on Facebook, and you can listen there too. Until next time remember, "laughter is the best medicine!"

Donna Smith chats with us from Austin, Texas--you know, the home of one of the largest bat caves around...and its right downtown!! And yes...you can see the Texas State Capitol from the cave! Donna always brings us up to speed on the issues that are important...at least to us they are. We'll get an update on the nurses' Main Street Campaign (more about that at nationalnursesunited.com), the state of Social Security and Medicare, a Wall Street sales tax and much more.

Coming Up On Nurse Talk...we welcome two great friends on the show, NNU legislative organizer and health care activist Donna Smith then writer and comedian Lynn Ruth Miller. Donna chats with us from Austin, Texas--you know, the home of one of the largest bat caves around...and its right downtown!! And yes...you can see the Texas State Capitol from the cave! Donna always brings us up to speed on the issues that are important...at least to us they are. We'll get an update on the nurses' Main Street Campaign, the state of Social Security and Medicare, a Wall Street sales tax and much more.Read more and listen to the podcast>

We visit with Massachusetts Nurses Association's president, RN Donna Kelly Williams. Donna brings us up to date on all things Mass including the upcoming Day Of Action, the continued fight for fair and equitable RN-to-patient ratios, The Main Street Campaign, and the Mass Nurses Association's recent endorsement of Elizabeth Warren for Senator. Oh if we could only find enough Elizabeth Warrens to fill the halls of Congress! We also talk with Greg Batte who has started a nurse advocacy organization called---surprise--- Nurse Advocate Organization.

This week we visit with Massachusetts Nurses Association's president, RN Donna Kelly Williams. Donna brings us up to date on all things Mass including the upcoming Day Of Action, the continued fight for fair and equitable RN-to-patient ratios, The Main Street Campaign, (to find out about the Main Street Campaign go to National Nurses United's website) and the Mass Nurses Association's recent endorsement of Elizabeth Warren for Senator. Oh if we could only find enough Elizabeth Warrens to fill the halls of Congress!

Rose Ann DeMoro, Executive Director National Nurses United "I always knew women would lead a revolution in this country." In studio with RN Marsha Podd, aka the Baby Whisperer Former Senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell wins the Nurse Talk Square Needle Award Dan's in Hawaii and Pattie sees an opportunity!...Read more>

Rose Ann DeMoro, Executive Director National Nurses United "I always knew women would lead a revolution in this country." We share an interview that our media partner Laura Flanders of GRITtv did with Executive Director of Nationl Nurses United, Rose Ann DeMoro. It's a great opportunity to hear from Rose Ann, why the nurses are on the front lines of so many issues that affect ordinary Americans like Medicare, Social Security, access to affordable healthcare and patient safety. Labor Day is coming up and the nurses of National Nurses United have declared it a Day Of Action. Everyone has the power to make change...but do they have the will? http://youtu.be/cXwc7WOLXLE

This week on Nurse Talk Casey and Dan visit with RN and National Nurses United Co-President, Deborah Burger. We chat with Deborah about the Day Of Action as she makes her way home from an important nurses' rally in Michigan. The purpose of the Day Of Action is to bring awareness to the growing divide in our country between the rich and the poor. Find out how you can get involved at nationalnursesunited.org. Also New York Times best-selling author Steve Berry joins us to talk about his passion for history and his fascinating new book The Jefferson Key. Not only is this author of best-selling thrillers a fantastic writer, but he is inspiring and brilliant! A lifelong, devoted student of history, Berry is dedicated to researching his novels in-depth. This is a great story--all of it!