Nurses Call for More Data, Action to Address Racial Disparities During COVID-19 Crisis

Following reports of a growing racial disparity in COVID-19 deaths, National Nurses United today called on the federal government and states to provide full reporting on the demographic breakdown o

National Nurses United

April 8, 2020

• COVID-19

• Nationwide

U.S. Nurses Unions: 'Our Members Are Dying. We Demand Protections Now!'

As COVID-19 cases continue to skyrocket in the United States, unions representing 230,000 nurses across the country have joined forces to demand hospitals and the government act now to give nurses

National Nurses United

April 6, 2020

• COVID-19

• Nationwide

Nurses: Reuse, decontamination of masks endangers health care workers

National Nurses United today rebuked new federal guidance encouraging hospitals and other health systems to allow multiple reuse and/or decontamination of N95 respiratory masks that nurses say will

National Nurses United

April 6, 2020

• COVID-19

• Nationwide

Nurses to President Trump: Get Us Protective Equipment Now

National Nurses United sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump today to demand that he immediately and fully invoke the presidential authorities granted in the Defense Production Act to increase the supply of necessary personal protective equipment.

National Nurses United

April 2, 2020

• COVID-19

• Nationwide

RNs at 15 HCA Hospitals to Protest Lack of COVID-19 Preparedness

Registered nurses at 15 HCA Healthcare hospitals in seven states will hold actions Wednesday and Thursday, April 1 and April 2, to protest a lack of preparedness by the nation’s largest hospital ch

National Nurses United

April 1, 2020

• COVID-19

• California• Texas• North Carolina• Nevada• MIssouri• Florida