Nurses Deploy “Fat Cat†to Plug Hospital Transparency Plan
STATE HOUSE, BOSTON, APRIL 29, 2014--With beach towels as props and a brown “fat cat†mascot wearing a top hat and monocle on hand for effect, nurses and other advocates in favor of a ballot initiative requiring greater hospital financial transparency said they won’t be deterred if the Legislature declines to act first on their petition. “We’re always hopeful, but if we can’t settle this here we’ll let the people of the Commonwealth settle it,†said Karen Higgins, a staff nurse at Boston Medical Center and past president of the Massachusetts Nurses Association.
Massachusetts Nurses Association News
San Bernardino County Nurses To Picket Arrowhead Regional Thursday
RNs protest unsafe patient care conditions, stalled talks. Several hundred San Bernardino County registered nurses from Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC), the county detention centers, juvenile halls, outpatient clinics, and public health programs will hold an informational picket on Thursday, May 1, to call attention to what they view as unsafe conditions for their patients and a lack of response in negotiations by county officials. The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United represents approximately 1,300 RNs in San Bernardino County who have been trying to negotiate an agreement for more than four months with little progress on key issues of patient safety.
California Nurses Association
Apr 30, 2014
San Diego Doctors, California's Nurses Announce Support of Propositions B & C
June 3 ballot measure saves Barrio Logan’s community plan, improves community health. Yesterday at the UCSD Medical Center in Hillcrest, a group of doctors, nurses and healthcare advocates announced their endorsement of the Yes on B & C campaign to protect children’s health in San Diego. California Nurses Association members were there to support Yes on B & C that, if approved, will uphold the community and business supported, City Council approved Barrio Logan Community Plan Update.
San Diego Free Press
Nurses, Techs, and Community Hold a Candlelight Vigil for Patient Safety and Access to Services
MAINE--The Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses United will hold a candlelight vigil Wednesday evening to demand that the administration of Calais Regional Hospital restore recently cut services and staff hours so that patients in the community can continue to receive safe and accessible care.
NNOC-Maine / NNU
Apr 28, 2014
Nurses Rally At Capitol For Stronger Safety Standards, Training At Hospitals
State lawmakers are working on a bill to make hospitals safer in an effort that some are calling a waste of time and money. Nurses concerned for their safety spoke out at the state Capitol in support of a state Senate bill that would require the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health to improve security standards and safety training. “That’s not being done right now, and that’s why we’re here,†said nurse Salonje McKinley. Those standards and training would help prevent workplace violence toward nurses, staff and patients.
CBS 13 Sacramento
Urgently Needed Hospital Workplace Violence Prevention Bill Moves Forward
CA nurses mobilize to win passage into law. Registered nurses applauded the approval of a bill that steps up violence-prevention policies in California hospitals, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, who sponsored the bill, announced today. Senate Bill 1299, introduced by Sen. Alex Padilla, was approved in a vote today in the Senate Labor Committee. It next goes to the Senate Health Committee on April 30. The issue gained greater urgency this week due to the stabbings of two registered nurses at two separate Los Angeles-area hospitals.
California Nurses Association
Apr 24, 2014
California Nurses Seek Greater Workplace Protections
Just last weekend, a patient at a Los Angeles hospital stabbed a nurse with a pencil. The same day, another nurse at another L.A. hospital was attacked with a knife. Nurses across the state are calling for greater protections from violent patients. Lawmakers will vote on a bill Thursday that would require hospitals to do more to prevent violence at their facilities.
The California Report
RNs at Two Appalachian Regional Healthcare Hospitals Set One-day Strike
Registered nurses at two hospitals operated by Appalachian Regional Healthcare, in Kentucky and one in West Virginia, will hold a one-day strike May 1 to protest hospital demands that include what they view as unsafe work loads, the extension of a wage freeze that began in 2011, cuts in health coverage, and other reductions in RN standards.
National Nurses United
Apr 24, 2014
In Rare NLRB Order Fallbrook Hospital Must Pay Costs of Refusing to Bargain with its Nurses
The latest in a two-year series of rulings against Fallbrook Hospital, owned and operated by the nation’s largest for-profit hospital chain, Community Health Systems, was issued on Monday by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upholding a judge’s decision that the hospital repeatedly failed to bargain in good faith with California Nurses Association, representing its RNs who voted for CNA in 2012.
National Nurses United
Apr 23, 2014
RNs Press Case for Hospital Workplace Safety Legislature Set to Hear Bill on Violence Prevention
Assembly Committee OKs Bill on MRSA Infection Response. The California state legislature this week is taking a first look on two bills sponsored by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United intended to improve workplace safety prevention measures in California hospitals. On Thursday morning, the Senate Labor Committee will review legislation that would step up violence prevention policies in California hospitals, an issue that gained greater urgency this week by the stabbings of two registered nurses at two Los Angeles area hospitals.
California Nurses Association
Apr 23, 2014