National Nurses United to Host Strategy Call on Medicare for All, Need for Systemic Reform

Before summer’s end, an estimated 27 million people will lose their health insurance due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in addition to the 29 million who were uninsured before this pandemic even began. In response to the dire need for systemic reform, National Nurses United will be hosting a Summer Strategy Call for thousands of activists across the country.

National Nurses United

July 13, 2020

• Racial Justice• Medicare For All

• Nationwide

National Nurses United Endorses Biden

In a vote by its national Executive Council, National Nurses United (NNU) has endorsed Vice President Joe Biden for President.

National Nurses United

July 13, 2020

• Vote Nurses' Values

• Nationwide

Global Nurses United Press Clips

See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.

Global Nurses United

July 10, 2020

• International

Good Samaritan, San Jose RNs: Short Staffing, COVID-19 Surge Putting Patients at Risk

Registered nurses at HCA’s Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose will hold a social distancing action Monday to alert the public to what they say is an alarming trend of unsafe staffing throughout the hospital that, coupled with the ongoing pandemic surge, is putting patients at risk.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

July 10, 2020

• Safe Staffing Ratios• COVID-19

• California

Mission HCA RNs Protest Unsafe Staffing as COVID-19 Cases Surge

Registered nurses at HCA’s Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC are marching on the hospital’s chief executive this morning to protest what they see as an alarming rise in unsafe staffing at the very moment the hospital is swamped with COVID-19 patients.

National Nurses United

July 10, 2020

• Safe Staffing Ratios• COVID-19

• North Carolina