Teshara Felder-Livingston of National Nurses United talks with Karen and Cat about the nursing crisis within our VA health care system. She discusses issues of retention, work schedules and patient/nurse ratios.
Nurse Felder- Livingston is an RN and served for 10 years in the U.S. Navy as a Public Health Officer. She was part of the U.S. Navy Commissioned Officers Medical Service Corps, achieving the rank of LCDR. Felder-Livingston is an OEF/OIF veteran, serving 3 tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as medical support alongside our U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Army service members.
The local Atlanta chapter of National Nurses United is hosting a rally on August 31st at 11 am at the Atlanta VA Hospital to highlight their concerns for our VA health system. To learn about the rally and for more information on the issue to go to atlnurse.com
