Nurses Welcome Formation of House Medicare for All Caucus Amidst Growing Support for Single Payer
National Nurses United is enthusiastically welcoming the inaugural formation to be announced Thursday of a House Medicare for All Caucus, the latest sign of growing support for guaranteed healthcare for all through an improved and expanded Medicare for all, single payer system.
National Nurses United
Jul 18, 2018
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Registered Nurses Unite for safe patient limits groups across North America support the Patient Safety Act
BOSTON — Nursing organizations representing hundreds of thousands of nurses from across North America have endorsed the effort by Massachusetts nurses to pass for An Act relative to patient safety and hospital transparency (the Patient Safety Act). The Patient Safety Act will be Question 1 on the ballot.
Massachusetts Nurses Association
Jul 16, 2018
Nurses Stand up for Public Health at STAND-LA Community Forum on Oil Extraction
On July 12, Tveen Kirkpatrick, RN, from Keck Hospital, University of Southern California, and Guss Mata, RN, of Kaiser Sunset attended the STAND-LA community forum. STAND-LA is an environmental activist group working with community, legislation and healthcare professionals to protect those at the front line of urban oil extraction—especially critical given that Los Angeles County has the largest urban oil field in the country.
California Nurses Association
National Nurses United Condemns Trump Administration’s Opposition to Breastfeeding Resolution
National Nurses United, the largest U.S. union of registered nurses, strongly condemned the U.S. administration’s opposition to an international resolution encouraging breastfeeding—which nurses say is an attempt by the administration to kowtow to a profit-seeking infant formula industry, while ignoring science and jeopardizing the health of babies and mothers around the globe.
National Nurses United
Jul 10, 2018
Nurses Urge Osceola Regional Medical Center to Take Active Measures to Ensure Optimal Patient Care
Registered nurses at Osceola Regional Medical Center in Kissimmee, Fla. will hold an informational picket on Thursday, July 12, to urge management to take active steps to address turnover and comply with the hospital’s staffing grid. This will improve the recruitment and retention of experienced RNs, and ensure optimal patient care, say nurses.
National Nurses Organizing Committee - Florida
Jul 10, 2018
Nurses Urge Doctors Hospital of Sarasota and Blake Medical Center in Bradenton to Take Steps to Ensure Optimal Patient Care
Registered nurses at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota and Blake Medical Center of Bradenton will hold an informational picket on Thursday, July 12, to urge management to address RN staff turnover and comply with the hospitals’ staffing grids. This will improve the recruitment and retention of experienced RNs, and ensure optimal patient care, say nurses.
National Nurses Organizing Committee - Florida
Jul 10, 2018
Nurses Urge Six HCA-Affiliated Hospitals in Florida to Ensure Optimal Patient Care
Registered nurses at HCA-affiliated hospitals in St. Petersburg, Bradenton, and Brooksville will hold informational pickets on Thursday, July 12, urging that hospital management address RN turnover rates and consistently comply with staffing grids. This will improve the recruitment and retention of experienced RNs, and ensure optimal patient care, say nurses.
National Nurses Organizing Committee - Florida
Jul 10, 2018
National Nurses United Endorses Erin Murphy for Minnesota Governor
National Nurses United, the nation's largest union of registered nurses, today announced its endorsement of Minnesota State Representative Erin Murphy for Governor of Minnesota.
National Nurses United
Jul 10, 2018