National Nurses United condemns the unanimous vote by the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to finalize a draft of infection control guidelines before giving the public ample time to review the draft or before seeking input from health care workers and patients whose health and safety will be directly impacted by this guidance.

Registered nurses know that it takes extraordinary strength, courage, compassion, and commitment to fight to save the lives of others when you are a patient fighting a terminal illness yourself. But that is what made our dear friend and fellow health care activist Ady Barkan truly special.

National Nurses United calls out the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for planning to vote today to approve the draft Isolation Precautions Guideline without getting input from frontline health care workers, patients, industrial hygienists, research scientists, ventilation engineers, or experts in occupational health and respiratory protection.

RNs at University Medical Center (UMC) in New Orleans, La., were joined by community supporters as they delivered a petition to demand that LCMC Health management agree to a union election that nurses are seeking.

National Nurses United and New York State Nurses Association President Nancy Hagans, RN, testified today at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in support of federal legislation supporting mandatory minimum nurse to patient ratios.

NNU and New York State Nurses Association President Nancy Hagans, RN, will testify at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Friday, Oct. 27 at 9 a.m. ET in support of federal legislation supporting mandatory minimum registered nurse-to-patient ratios.

RNs at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital plan to address the San Benito County Board of Supervisors at their Oct. 24, 2023, meeting as the county’s hired consultant will present its report, including findings and recommendations on the future of the hospital to the board.

Registered nurses and health care workers at Prime Healthcare’s Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Redding, Calif., will picket on Tuesday, Oct. 24, to protest management’s proposed staffing scheme because it violates California’s safe staffing law and jeopardizes patient care.