Where social media and the internet are concerned, we’ve out-kicked our coverage. Let’s hope we get a handle on them before they spell our doom. Today, we talk about the erosion of social norms and rules that used to make us one. Now, as Jackson Browne said, “Brightly burning bridges light our future.”

Progressive Voices

A Turning Point - Erosion

Nurse Talk Episode 603

“There comes a time when you have two choices, to do something or nothing–we choose to do something”,RN Sharon Waite.

Modesto Memorial RN's Melanie Thompson & Sharon Waite speak out/Part 1

“There comes a time when you have two choices, to do something or nothing–we choose to do something”,RN Sharon Waite.


Modesto Memorial RN's Melanie Thompson & Sharon Waite speak out/Part 2

WARNING! No we aren't alarmists but please take a few minutes and listen to Political Director for National Nurses United, Ken Zinn as he talks about why it is critical to call your elected officials immediately and tell them to vote NO on Fast Tracking the Trans Pacific Partnership! REALLY! visit.nnu.org

WARNING: The TPP is a hazard to your health and our Democracy!

“We’re fighting for patient safety, we’re fighting against unsafe staffing. We believe patients deserve better".  Just a few of the issues for over 6,500 nurses striking this week. Northern California RN Laura Hinerfeld visits with Nurse Talk Radio.

RN Laura Hinerfeld

This time on Code WACK! 

We talk a lot about how our healthcare system fails us when we get sick, but what about when regulators fail to PREVENT ILLNESS?  Case in point: lead poisoning. It’s not just a danger from the past. Thousands of children are sickened from lead poisoning each year across the country. 

This week we’re looking at New York State which has older, poorly maintained housing stock in several areas, and where we’ve seen some of the highest incidences of lead poisoning in the country.  So why hasn’t the state legislature passed the Lead Paint Right to Know Act, a bill that could help protect families from this entirely preventable harm?

To learn more, we recently spoke with Shannon Burkett, a New York mother whose son Cooper was diagnosed with lead poisoning as an infant in 2008. Shannon is also the writer, producer, and editor of the podcast LEAD: How This Story Ends Is Up to Us. Both Shannon, a registered nurse, and Cooper, now 18, have been powerful voices in the fight to end lead poisoning. 


This is the second episode in a two-part series.

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New from CodeWACK! Stealing our children's potential: The failure of lead poisoning policy

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