Nurses Respond to Hopkins $40 Million Pediatric Malpractice Settlements

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JHH hospital
Johns Hopkins Health System’s (JHHS) recent settlement with two more families whose children were paralyzed after heart surgeries at their Tampa Bay facility brings the current tally resulting from malpractice there to $40 million. More multimillion-dollar settlements for patients and families harmed by the hospital’s conduct are expected in the coming months.
National Nurses United
Aug 31, 2019
Maryland

Health Care Workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center Win Key Gains in Patient Care with Historic First Contract

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Health care workers with signs
Health care workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Redding, Calif. have ratified their first collective bargaining contract with important key improvements in patient care protections, training benefits, and enhanced economic standards that will help in the recruitment ...
CHEU
California Nurses Association / CHEU
Aug 30, 2019
California

Labor Day - Celebrating Nurse Victories Across the Country

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Celebrating Nurse Victories
The Labor Day holiday has sadly become more about blow-out mattress sales and backyard barbecues than the original intent of recognizing the contributions of workers and labor unions in the United States.
National Nurses United
Aug 29, 2019

Global Nurses United Press Clips

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

Recognition: Labor Meets Art in Explorations of Identity and Social Justice

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Japanese American Internmen
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee is pleased to present “Recognition,” a group exhibition that explores the acknowledgment of a person’s existence, validity, identity, or legality within the context of gender, environmental, health care, and social equality—all issues to be discussed at the union’s 2019 Global Nurses Solidarity Assembly in September.
California Nurses Association / NNOC
Aug 20, 2019
California

California hospitals have spent decades delaying seismic upgrades. What’s the human cost?

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RN Tim Thomas
One moment, Tim Thomas, an operating room registered nurse at northern California’s Watsonville Community Hospital, was talking with a colleague, in a hospital office. The next moment, he had been thrown from his chair. Books flew from shelves, and as the building twisted, its door locks activated.
Bonnie Castillo , Executive Director of National Nurses United
California

Ingalls Nurses to Hold Press Conference to Announce Their Demand for Union Recognition from University of Chicago Medical Center

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Ingalls Nurses
Registered nurses at University of Chicago Medical Center and UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial are holding a press conference on Friday, August 9, to announce their demand that the University of Chicago Medical Center recognize the Ingalls nurses majority support to unionize with National Nurses Organizing Committee.
National Nurses Organizing Committee
Aug 9, 2019
Illinois

Registered Nurses at Mee Memorial Hospital to Hold Candlelight Vigil to Alert Community to Patient Care Concerns

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Registered Nurses at Mee Memorial Hospital

Registered nurses at Mee Memorial Hospital in King City, Calif. will hold a candlelight vigil on Monday, Aug. 12 to alert the community to patient care concerns at the hospital. Nurses say recently announced layoffs, chronic shortstaffing, and requiring nurses to work in units outside of their experience and expertise is putting patient care at risk. 

California Nurses Association
Aug 8, 2019
California
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