Nurses to Hold One-day Strike on Sept. 20 at Tenet Hospitals in Arizona, California and Florida

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Nurses
Registered nurses at Tenet hospitals in Arizona, California, and Florida will hold one-day strikes on Sept. 20, urging management to invest in nursing staff to ensure optimal patient care at their facilities. The strikes planned in Arizona will be the first ever held by registered nurses in that state, and the Florida strikes mark a first for hospital-based RNs in that state.
National Nurses United
Sep 17, 2019

University of Chicago Medical Center RNs to Hold One-Day Strike Over Patient Care and Safety Concerns

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University of Chicago Medical Center RNs
Registered nurses at the University of Chicago Medical Center (UCMC) will hold a one-day strike on Sept. 20, 2019 to highlight their concerns about patient care at the hospital, announced National Nurses United Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU) today. The nurses say chronic short staffing across the hospital, forced on-call hours, and nurses working outside of their areas of expertise puts patient safety at risk.
National Nurses Organizing Committee
Sep 10, 2019

RN Response Network Sends Team of Nurse Volunteers to Provide Medical Assistance to Hurricane Dorian Victims

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Hurricane Dorian
Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a national network of volunteer disaster-relief nurses sponsored by National Nurses United (NNU) and California Nurses Foundation, is deploying a team of nurses to Florida and potentially, The Bahamas, in conjunction with International Medical ...
National Nurses United / RNRN
Sep 2, 2019

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