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I don't fear them. I object to their public behavior because it reflects badly on nursing. I don't believe the CNA leadership has the nursing profession's best interests as their central mission. Expanding membership, collecting dues and partnering with other "service unions" seem to be the top priorities. Strong-arm tactics and blatent rudeness do not advance our profession. Nor do they lend a strong and intelligent voice to vital health care issues which nursing must speak to. The staffing ratios legislation was a great victory for nursing and for patient safety but haggling over the delay in further reducing from 6:1 to 5:1 is not necessary.
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The Adult Nurse Practitioner Program at the University of California at San Francisco has a specialty track for integrative complimentary healing. Every Spring UCSF has an integrative medicine conference that is really good. If you want the contact info for the faculty member that runs the ANP-ICH program, I can send it along. I personally believe all NP's need to have at least a working knowledge of complimentary healing modalities so we can better treat our patients and keep them informed of all treatment options available to them.
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Yes, CNA is the California Nurses Association...a collective bargaining organization with about 60,000 members in Calif.
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Hello! I am new to this site but felt compelled to ask the question. Am I the only RN in Calif that disagrees with CNA's "teamster tactics" regarding important health care and nursing issues? These people do not represent me. I am NOT a memeber nor do I want to be. I have made job decisions based on whether I would have to belong to CNA. I find the leadership self-serving and power-drunk and I have since moving to Northern Cal in 1991. When CNA made the split with ANA it became very clear to me that CNA did not have my professional well being in mind. The union affiliations CNA have sought and gained make no sense to me. The hiring of Rose Ann DeMoro was the clincher. Anyway, I would love to hear from others who feel the same way since CNA has been successful in getting all over the press and running down the image of nurses as highly educated, skillfull and professional people.