Next time you hear someone say health care for all Americans would be too expensive, remind them how much money is available to kick people out of the country, and ask why that is vastly more important to the government than our citizens' health. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US paid $32m to five countries to accept about 300 deportees, report shows
Some of the world’s most corrupt countries have received huge payments in third-country deportation scheme
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Sunday social media day of rest. I'm working on my book, not reading one, but still. The book comes out in October, is called 4 Nurses, and shows healthcare in the U.S. better than what most of us get right now. It is possible to fix our broken system.
Wonderful! May his memory inspire justice for nurses and all Americans for years to come.
Dawn Eden Goldstein, JCL, STD@dawnofmercy.bsky.social · 8mo agoNearly one thousand healthcare workers turned out to honor Alex Pretti yesterday at the Minneapolis VA Medical Center (see link in comments). Healthcare workers know self-sacrificing goodness when they see it. Pretti was raised Catholic, as I describe here: edeninexile.substack.com/p/alex-prett...
I've been threatened at work--in the hospital and in someone's home, no less, when I did hospice nursing. That was scary. I've broken up a fight and seen staff get hurt. This is not what #nurses "signed on for." It's scary and it's why nurses are leaving the bedside. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/o...
Opinion | Nurses Face Horrific Violence at Work. We’re Striking to Change That.
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Sunday is usually my Social Media Day of Rest, but today I’m posting a pic of the vigil for nurse Alex Pretti that I spoke at last night in Pittsburgh. You can see me, the crowd, and the river behind us. I felt so much hope at the event. There will be dark days ahead, but together we create light.
I'll be speaking at a vigil for Alex Pretti tonight in Pittsburgh--5:30 at the Fred Rogers memorial on the Northside. We nurses have to stick up for one another, and for justice. You can read my Substack here: theresabrown.substack.com/p/an-elegy-f...
An Elegy for Nurse Alex Pretti
Book event Feb. 2 with Laura Delano in Pittsburgh on Unshrunk: A Story of Psychiatric Treatment and Resistance
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Why are ICE agents even allowed to carry guns? How is being able to kill people part of their mandate? Dems should disallow them from carrying lethal weapons--they don't need them and they agents are out of control.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 8mo agoThis is just insane. It’s only a matter of time before DHS kills another innocent person here. (clip via MPR and @davidjbier.bsky.social on X)
Like many nurses, I was very upset upset about the murder of nurse Alex Pretti. Please read the elegy I wrote for him and share, if you find it meaningful. Column in Cancer Nursing Today: www.cancernursingtoday.com/post/theresa...
I'm attending SEIU HCPA's event, “Vigil For Alex Pretti” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/seiuhcpa/eve...
Vigil For Alex Pretti · SEIU HCPA
Join us for a vigil honoring the life and death of Veteran's Affairs nurse Alex Pretti and call for our neighbors, community, and country to come together and embrace our shared humanity.
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I'm realizing health care & politics can't be separated in the U.S. Killing Nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis seems of a piece with direct attacks on health care. They want to cause pain and don't care who gets hurt. My Substack newsletter from last week: theresabrown.substack.com/p/playing-po...
Playing politics with health care is a matter of justice
A new column in Cancer Nursing Today
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I usually post that Sunday should be a social media day of rest. With the death of Nurse Alex Pretti, I’m not so sure about this Sunday, but a pic of my dog enjoying the snow here in Pittsburgh seemed good, too.
Went to an anti-ICE protest yesterday in Pittsburgh w/another nurse--beyond sad that ICE killed a nurse today with 10 shots at close range. It's time to stand up & speak up. Don't give in to fear. There are more decent people in this country than violent sadists. We are stronger than them, together.
I have always found this quotation inspiring. There are so many terrible forms of injustice, that MLK singled out health care says something powerful. It is inhumane not to care for the weakest and most vulnerable among us. A strong nation cares for all its citizens--that's how it stays strong.
The "nurses are not professionals" issue--it's dumb and patients will lose out. Our system depends on grad nurses. If fewer nurses become NPs CNMs & CRNAs because of this stupid category change, it won't be good. Read my column in Cancer Nursing Today: www.cancernursingtoday.com/post/of-cour...
Of Course Graduate Nurses Are Professionals—and Are Needed | Cancer Nursing Today
Theresa Brown, RN, weighs in on the impacts of changing how graduate nursing degrees are classified by the Department of Education, with the "Professional" status being removed.
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I'm attending Healthcare Not Warfare's event, “Mass Call: Healthcare Not Warfare” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/healthcareno...
Mass Call: Healthcare Not Warfare · Healthcare Not Warfare
### We need to act fast to ensure that Trump doesn’t run Venezuela ** Join our emergency organizing call to find ways to mobilize to stop more endless war. ** Congress can act this week to end Trump...
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Happy 2026 ya’ll! I’m busy with book edits and trying to digest what our crazy government is doing. A happy latte felt like a good image for today. Hugs!
Sunday Social Media Day of Rest. Take one day to avoid all the noise. Don't worry--it will all be going on Monday when you return.
There's a lot of bad news in health care lately but in Pittsburgh a new union of nurses at UPMC Magee hospital is a sign of hope in health care. Read my Substack here: open.substack.com/pub/theresab...
Unions in Health Care are a Sign of Hope.
Plus--my first week at the new job was good.
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Started my new NURSING job this week and the PA brought me flowers! How nice is that? Feels great to be back to clinical work.
A shout-out to nursing unions @seiu.org and @nationalnurses.bsky.social Unions are a sign of hope in health care. My column @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2025/12/12/n...
Finally, some good news in health care
When nurses are overworked, more patients die, research shows. Nurses are starting to fight back.
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If you're looking for hope in health care--and who isn't these days--look to unions. My new column @statnews.com about @seiu.org and the nurses at UPMC Magee hospital who unionized. www.statnews.com/2025/12/12/n...
Finally, some good news in health care
When nurses are overworked, more patients die, research shows. Nurses are starting to fight back.
statnews.com
I talked with a friend of a friend about her breast cancer treatment. Two different doctors gave her conflicting advice. Confusing as that is, it means she can choose which treatment decision feels right for her. Read my latest Cancer Nursing Today column. www.cancernursingtoday.com/post/its-per...
It’s Personal: When There’s No One Right Medical Response to Cancer | Cancer Nursing Today
Theresa Brown, RN, reflects on why the act of choosing among treatment pathways "can be a salve to the fear that cancer inevitably brings."
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If the American Hospital Association is supporting the idea of supporting working nurses instead of bringing in travelers or temps, we are seeing a sea change in the understanding of nurses' value. May it last--because nurses are the heart of healthcare.
This week "The Healing Newsletter" is about real healing. For 8 years I've lived with post-surgical pain following my lumpectomy for breast cancer. Acupuncture and physical therapy have made that pain melt away. Read about it here--maybe you can be pain-free, too! open.substack.com/pub/theresab...
I don't have to live with post-surgical pain and maybe you don't either.
New column in Cancer Nursing Today
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Psst...I cancelled my @spotify.com subscription because they're running ads for ICE. Pass it on.
Loved this conversation with other @nytimes.com bestselling medical writers. Thanks @blreview.bsky.social for bringing us together. The video is below. youtu.be/IFXH7TDk81M?...
Crafting a Story of Illness: Conversations on Creative Writing in Healthcare
YouTube video by Bellevue Literary Review
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I can't believe it's come to this--that we will let Native Americans, and lots of other Americans, starve to fund tax cuts for people who already have more money than they know what to do with. Going hungry in the richest country in the world. SMH.
Rebecca Nagle@rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 11mo agoIf SNAP (aka food stamps) runs out of funding on Nov 1 due to the government shutdown, over 1 million Native Americans could lose their benefits. That is 24% of Native American households.
I'm no fan of #Pinktober, but this October the pain from my #breastcancer lumpectomy...disappeared. Read my column in Cancer Nursing Today about acupuncture and physical therapy for post-lumpectomy pain. www.cancernursingtoday.com/post/patient...
Patients With Breast Cancer Don’t Have to Live With Pain | Cancer Nursing Today
I urge patients with breast cancer and clinicians reading this column to use Pinktober to start conversations about postsurgical pain.
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This breaks my heart. I've never worked in an ER, but being a BMT nurse was pretty tough. #Nurses are worth their weight in gold and hospital administrators need to care for struggling nurses if they want those nurses to care well for patients. www.huffpost.com/entry/er-nur...
Nurses Reveal What It's Really Like To Work In An ER Right Now — And The Stories Are Brutal
Emergency room nurses reveal the realities they navigate on a daily basis, and why the experiences stay with them long after their shifts end.
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