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 WEEK ON CODE WACK!

Most of us know that our profit-driven healthcare system results in moral injury. How is moral harming physicians? And how is it harming patients?  Dr. Diljeet Singh is an integrative gynecologic oncologist and the president of Physicians for a National Health Program. She’s leading a powerful new project with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to find out.

By gathering stories from doctors and patients across the country, her team is uncovering how corporate control and financial pressures are fueling moral injury in medicine—and what it will take to make things right. From physicians losing autonomy to entire communities losing access to care, the stakes are real—and deeply personal. This is the second episode in a two-part series.

Check out the Transcript and Show Notes for more! 


New from CodeWACK! When Doctors Suffer Too: The Hidden Crisis of Moral Injury in U.S. Healthcare

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