Monkeypox: What nurses need to know
The monkeypox virus is now spreading rapidly in many countries that have not historically had cases. Learn about the symptoms, how it is transmitted, and what protections nurses and other health care workers need to care for a patient with a confirmed case.
Nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas, vote by landslide to join NNOC/NNU
Nurses said they formed a union to win improved patient care standards and strong contracts.
Survey: Year Three: Acute and Long Covid, A Double Public Health and Occupational Health Crisis
Has your employer prepared to protect you and your patients from Covid-19? Have you experienced long Covid symptoms? What kinds of support and resources are available in your workplace? Take the survey and let us know!
Press releases
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Latest resources
Uber for Nurses? Beating Back the Push to “Gigify” Patient Care
This CE class will engage nurses in a discussion of the increasing predominance of so-called gig work in health care and provide the tools necessary to resist the dismantling of their profession.
A History of Racism in Nursing: Creating an Anti-racist Path Forward
This CE class will examine the history of how racism has affected Black, Indigenous, and other people of color and how this history has set the stage for the ongoing structural racism that exists today within our health care settings.
Webinar: Latest Science on Monkeypox Virus
This webinar provides the most up-to-date scientific information about the monkeypox virus (MPV). It includes a situational update on the outbreak and information on MPV transmission modes, high risk groups, treatment, vaccines, public health measures, and workplace protections that nurses and other health care workers need to care for their patients safely.
Post-Exposure Isolation Period for Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Variant
This scientific brief outlines the incubation period and what nurses and health care workers should do when exposed to Covid-19.
National Nurse Magazine
Striking a hard bargain: Nurses stand up for patients, safe staffing, protections
Labor pains
Hospitals cut L&D units, endangering pregnant patients and babies
Right at home
Home health RNs share the joys and challenges of their specialty
Setting our sites
With gun violence a public health crisis, RNs demand gun control reform now
Campaign updates
Covid-19 Resources
Nurses and other health care workers are on the front lines of the pandemic; their protection is of the utmost importance. View our resources on Covid-19 and protecting nurses and other health care workers and their patients.
RN-to-Patient Staffing Ratios
Registered nurses across the United States understand the need to set a minimum number of nurses to safely care for a given number of patients, with adjustments to increase nurse staffing based on patient acuity.
Workplace Violence Prevention
Violence against nurses and other health care workers in hospitals and other health care facilities is a growing epidemic across the United States. Learn more about NNU's national campaign to prevent workplace violence.