Caring after Helene: dispatches from Asheville
“I feel like I am in the middle of living a nightmare. It is indescribable. Everything you see on the news, it is worse in person.”
That’s how Hannah Drummond, an emergency department RN and chief nurse rep at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C. described the devastation Hurricane Helene wrought on the nurses’ tight-knit community, where her workplace is the main medical facility. News reports say more than 200 people have died so far from the disaster.
National Nurses United
Palm Springs nurses oppose Measure AA, urge voters to keep Desert Regional Medical Center a public hospital
Nurses say Tenet has not invested in staffing or maintaining the facility, resulting in chronic understaffing, inoperable elevators, sewage leaks, and vermin infestations.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Oct 4, 2024
Union nurses to canvass door to door in Tucson, Ariz., to get out the vote for Harris-Walz
National Nurses United union members are joining the Arizona State AFL-CIO for a rally and canvassing door to door in support of Vice President Kamala Harris, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and the Democratic presidential ticket on Saturday, Oct. 5.
National Nurses United
Oct 4, 2024
Union nurses to canvass door to door in Pittsburgh, Pa., to get out the vote for Harris-Walz
National Nurses United union members will canvass door to door in Pittsburgh, Pa., in support of Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Tim Walz, and the Democratic presidential ticket, starting on Saturday, Oct. 5.
National Nurses United
Oct 4, 2024
California nurses applaud new law that provides transparency, improves equity in nursing education
California Nurses Association, the largest union of registered nurses in the state, applauds the signing of Senate Bill 1015 by Governor Gavin Newsom. Nurses say the new law is an essential step towards ensuring clinical placement opportunities for California’s future nurses, particularly for students attending public institutions like community colleges and state universities.
California Nurses Association
Oct 2, 2024
National Nurses United celebrates newly seated Council of Presidents for 2024-2027 term
National Nurses United has welcomed its newly seated Council of Presidents to their offices for the 2024-2027 term. The new leaders were seated at NNU’s 15th Anniversary Convention in September, which commemorated the visionary union leadership of nurses and NNU’s foundation in 2009.
National Nurses United
Oct 3, 2024
RNs at Salinas Valley Health denounce executive pay as management refuses to address staffing concerns that put patient safety at risk
Registered nurses at Salinas Valley Health in Salinas, California, will hold an informational picket on Thursday, October 3, to denounce the administration’s failure to address patient safety concerns while the CEO received a large increase in compensation in recent years
California Nurses Association
Sep 30, 2024
Ascension Seton nurses to hold rally for patient safety and to speak out against chronic short-staffing
Registered nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Texas, will hold a rally and speak-out on Wednesday, Oct. 2 to protest management’s refusal to address chronic short staffing that jeopardizes patient safety.
Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Sep 30, 2024
San Bernardino County nurses to hold an informational picket for patient safety
Registered nurses who work for San Bernardino County at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, in Colton, California, will hold an informational picket on October 1 to highlight their patient safety concerns, including short-staffing and management’s failure to recruit and retain experienced nurses.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Sep 27, 2024
Children’s Hospital New Orleans nurses to sound alarm on safety concerns, denounce LCMC spending millions to fight RN staff
Nurses at Children’s Hospital New Orleans in New Orleans, La., will hold a press conference on Friday, Sept. 27. At the press conference, nurses will detail their concerns about patient care conditions at the center of their unionization efforts.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Sep 26, 2024