Nurses: California Needs to Do More on Protective Gear

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Nurse holding precaution demands sign
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today called on California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other state officials to sharply escalate steps to get immediately personal protective equipment to nurses and other health care workers.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Mar 21, 2020

Updated COVID-19 survey of registered nurses shows little improvement and worsening availability of personal protective equipment

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Nurses hold signs "Protect nurses"
A nationwide survey National Nurses United (NNU) has been conducting of registered nurses, the country’s frontline health care staff, continues to show that the vast majority of United States hospitals and health care facilities are still unprepared to handle and contain cases of COVID-19.
National Nurses United / California Nurses Association / NNOC
Mar 20, 2020

Global Nurses United Press Clips

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

Veterans Health Administration unions decry management’s failure to involve them in COVID-19 preparations, call to work together

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VA Nurses
We health care workers in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) system, deeply dismayed by the lack of preparations, planning, and communications so far in response to COVID-19, are calling on VHA management to work with us to ensure the nation’s VA health facilities can safely handle COVID-19. Together, our unions represent nearly 350,000 employees working within the VHA system.
NNU, AFGE, NAGE, NFFE, SEIU 200 United
Mar 14, 2020