Covid-19 Press Releases

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That Kindness cast on Zoom

Billy Porter, Marisa Tomei in National Nurses United video play that spotlights dangers for nurses during the pandemic

National Nurses United Executive Director Bonnie Castillo, RN, joins Tony Award-winning playwright V (formerly Eve Ensler) tonight at 5 p.m. PT/ 8 p.m. ET to present THAT KINDNESS, a play in nurses’ own words, to raise awareness about attacks on staffing ratios and nurses’ emotional health during the Covid-19 pandemic.

National Nurses United
December 16, 2020

Nurses hold signs calling for safe staffing

Nurses: Hospital Industry Attack on Safe Staffing Putting Lives of Patients, Nurses, Workers at Risk

During the pandemic, California hospitals have been bombarding state health officials for individual, temporary waivers in adherence to California’s landmark safe staffing law, which requires minimum levels of registered nurse staffing for various hospital units.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
December 14, 2020

Health care workers hold signs calling fo safe staffing

Nurses and Health Care Workers Take Action Against Palomar Health’s Ratio Waiver and Commingling of Patients

Nurses, caregivers, and community members are outraged at Palomar Heath CEO’s misinformation and blatant misrepresentation of actual critical low staffing and dangerous co-mingling of Covid-19 patients and non-Covid-19 patients assigned to nurses and caregivers.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers & Healthcare Employees Union
December 13, 2020

RNs and Caregivers from Palomar Health holding a press conference

Palomar Health nurses and Caregivers to hold press conference to demand hospital prioritize patient safety

Registered nurses and caregivers will hold a press conference on Friday, Dec.11 at Palomar Health in Poway, Calif., to declare their opposition to the hospital’s application for a waiver of state-mandated nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, which was approved by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on Dec. 9, 2020.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers & Healthcare Employees Union
December 10, 2020

Nurses in protective equipment; Graphic - "Special Facebook Live Update: Covid-19 Vaccines";

Watch National Nurses United registered nurse weigh in on Covid-19 vaccines

With the imminent public distribution of various Covid-19 vaccines and a Dec. 10 Food and Drug Administration advisory hearing on these vaccines, registered nurses and other health care workers, as well as the general public, have many questions about the safety and efficacy of Covid-19 inoculation.

National Nurses United
December 10, 2020

Nurses hold raised fists

Nurses caring for Covid-19 patients are at high risk for moral injury due to betrayal by health care employers and public health and safety agencies

“Acute moral distress is widespread among nurses caring for Covid-19 patients and they are at significant risk of moral injury,” according to “Deadly Shame: Redressing the Devaluation of Registered Nurse Labor Through Pandemic Equity,” a new white paper by National Nurses United (NNU). “Deadly Shame” provides an in-depth analysis of the devaluation of nurses’ care work, their experiences on the pandemic’s front lines, and ways to redress these issues through collective action.

National Nurses United
December 8, 2020

Nurses outside UC Davis Medical Center hold signs calling for safety measures

UC Davis Medical Center nurses hold virtual rally to demand safe staffing, alert public to patient safety concerns during the Covid-19 pandemic

Registered nurses at UC Davis Medical Center (UCDMC) will hold a virtual rally Tuesday, Dec. 8 to demand safe staffing and alert the public to patient safety concerns.

California Nurses Association
December 7, 2020

Nurses outside UCSF hospital hold signs calling for safe staffing

UCSF nurses hold virtual rally to demand safe staffing, patient protection during ongoing Covid-19 pandemic

Nurses at University of California, San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF) will hold a virtual rally on Tuesday, Dec. 8 to demand safe staffing throughout the health system and to alert the public to their patient safety concerns during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

California Nurses Association
December 7, 2020

Nurses outside capitol building

Nurses Urge Congress, White House, to Urgently Pass Covid-19 Stimulus Package and Worker Protections; Oppose Inclusion of Liability Waivers

National Nurses United is calling on the United States Congress to urgently pass a Covid-19 relief bill and President Trump to sign that bill into law. The union urges elected officials to ensure that this Covid relief bill contains much needed economic stimulus for the American people, appropriate financial support for public health programs and state and local governments, and the critical policies needed to ensure that workers are protected during the pandemic. The union cautions that any stimulus package that includes liability waivers for employers, businesses, and other institutions, would be counterproductive to pandemic control measures and would undermine efforts to reduce the spread of the virus.

National Nurses United
December 7, 2020

Nurse holds sign "Stop Staffing Cuts! We Need All Health Care Workers"

Nurses: Don’t Make Pandemic Crisis Worse By Heeding Hospital Push for Safety Cuts

National Nurses United today charged that decades of unwarranted hospital industry safety cuts have led to many of the current staffing and capacity crises, and that demands for rolling back workplace public safety rules would only exacerbate the severity of the pandemic.

National Nurses United
December 3, 2020