RNs Protest Ascension’s Decision to Cut Services to a Dangerous Level at Providence Hospital
Great Expectations: California’s First Steps Toward Universal Health Care
In September 2017, Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom stood in front of a crowd of 1,500 nurses in San Francisco and pledged his support for bringing universal health care to California. The nurses, members of the California Nurses Association, were the principal supporters of Senate Bill 562, which sought to replace the state’s patchwork insurance system with a single-payer model in which the state would finance health care for all residents.
An Interview with Executive Director for Healthcare NOW Ben Day
Baltimore City Council Resolution Calls on Johns Hopkins Hospital to Allow Nurses to Conduct Union Organizing Activities Without Interference
Nurses’ Voice Impacts California Attorney General Decision on Dignity/Catholic Health Initiatives Merger
After speaking up at hearings throughout the state, California nurses are seeing their demands reflected in the terms of California Attorney General (AG) Xavier Becerra’s approval of the merger between Dignity Health and Colorado-based Catholic Healthcare Initiatives (CHI), the California Nurses Association announced today.
Op-Ed: Veteran Wants VA System Saved
Here just after observing Armistice Day to mark 100 years since the end of WWI, and to mourn death and suffering, instead of glorifying war and using veterans as ad copy to sell consumer goods, a particular imperative is to fulfill the promise made to veterans to care for them after their service. Sadly, Veterans Health Administration services are at
great risk today.
D.C. Catholic Leaders and Organizations Call for Providence Hospital to Stay Open
Nurses, Community Leaders to Discuss New Reports Documenting Johns Hopkins Hospital’s Failure to Provide Adequate Charity Care and Address Problems in Patient Care
A Call to Keep Providence Hospital Open
We are writing to support an important and urgent matter impacting the health of our community: the threatened closure by Ascension Health of acute-care services at Providence Hospital in Washington, D.C.
Nurses Condemn Use of Tear Gas on Asylum-Seeking Families
Vomiting, blurred vision, shortness of breath, coughing, sneezing, tearing, difficulty swallowing, temporary blindness, pain — and in documented cases: death. These are some of the negative health impacts of tear gas, which for over 20 years, under the Chemical Weapons Convention, has been banned for use against those in uniform.