Wounded On the Front Line at Standing Rock, a Protester Refuses to Give Up Her Fight
It was after sundown on a cold night at the Backwater Bridge at the edge of the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation. Dundon, 31, a Navajo and mother of four, had arrived two months earlier to join thousands of others in their battle against the Dakota Access pipeline.
Sandy Tolan, Los Angeles Times
Nurses to Vote Jan 5 at Alhambra Hospital on Bid To Join California’s Largest RN Organization, CNA
Registered nurses at Alhambra Hospital Medical Center in Alhambra, Ca. will vote on January 5 whether to join the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, CNA announced today.
California Nurses Association
Dec 21, 2016
National Nurses United launches premiere Health & Safety Division
Recently, National Nurses United launched the Nurses Health & Safety Campaign. This project is a network of nurses and allies, committed to collectively advocating for nurse health and safety.
Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
Nurses at Four Verity Health Hospitals Reach Significant Tentative Agreement
After four years of instability and threats of hospital closures or major cuts in patient services, registered nurses have reached a significant tentative agreement on a new contract covering nearly 1500 RNs at four former Daughters of Charity hospitals that are now owned by Verity Health, the California Nurses Association announced today.
California Nurses Association
Dec 20, 2016
International Nurse News Round-Up
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
Nurses Top Gallup Poll Again Ranking #1 in Honesty and Ethics
Nurses once again topped the Gallup Poll's annual ranking of how Americans view 22 major professions with 84% of the public rating their honesty and ethical standards as "high" or "very high." Nurses have ranked first for 15 consecutive years and every year except for one in the 18 years that Gallup has surveyed public opinion on what profession is most trusted.

National Nurses United
Dec 19, 2016
RNs at Florida Medical Center and Palmetto General Hospital Approve New Contracts
Registered Nurses at two South Florida hospitals, Florida Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale and Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, voted by a wide margin to approve new contracts ensuring vital patient care and nursing practice protections, National Nurses United announced today.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United - Florida
Dec 12, 2016
Workplace Violence Regulations for Healthcare Facilities Go in Effect April 1
California’s Office of Administrative Law gave final approval to the nation’s strongest state workplace violence regulations for healthcare facilities and set an effective date of April 1, 2017
California Nurses Association
Dec 9, 2016
Nurses Overwhelmingly Approve Contract at Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, CA
Registered nurses voted overwhelmingly to approve a new contract this week covering nearly 1,000 nurses at Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, Ca., announced the California Nurses Association.
California Nurses Association
Dec 9, 2016
RNs at Florida Medical Center and Palmetto Gen. Hospital Reach Tentative Agreements on New Contracts
Registered Nurses at two South Florida hospitals, Florida Medical Center in Fort Lauderdale and Palmetto General Hospital in Hialeah, have reached tentative agreements on new contracts ensuring vital patient care and nursing practice protections.
National Nurses Organizing Committee - Florida
Dec 7, 2016