Kansas

Information Is Essential

Sharing information and educating nurses is essential to an effective PPC, an elected staff RN-controlled committee representing each major nursing unit in the facility. The PPC usually meets monthly on paid time and is a key part of contract negotiations. The PPC has the authority to document unsafe practices and the power to meet with management and make real changes across the facility.

HCA nurses win new contracts

Registered nurses at 17 hospitals managed by HCA voted in favor of ratifying new three-year contracts in October, concluding a massive 2024 bargaining effort by nurses represented by National Nurses Organizing Committee.

Hard Reboot

When a cyberattack took down their computer systems, Ascension nurses relied on their most valuable infrastructure: themselves.

By Lucy Diavolo

Wichita nurses win first union contract

Registered nurses at two Ascension-owned hospitals in Wichita, Kan., voted overwhelmingly in April in favor of ratifying their first union contracts, successfully winning protections for patient care. At Ascension Via Christi St. Francis, nurses voted 96 percent yes in favor of ratifying their new contract. At Ascension Via Christi St. Joseph, nurses voted 100 percent yes in favor of ratification.

Holy Hypocrites

Ascension, one of the country’s largest Catholic hospital chains, betrays its mission by dramatically slashing obstetrics services nationwide.