Registered nurses and caregivers vote overwhelmingly to ratify new contracts at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland

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Large group of nurses and care givers outside hospital
Members of California Nurses Association and Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying new three-year contracts, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention
California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
Jul 21, 2023

Nation's largest nurses union stands in solidarity with striking actors

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Graphic: Nurses Support SAG AFTRA Members on Strike!
National Nurses United and affiliates across the country stand in fierce solidarity with the striking members of SAG-AFTRA. Nurses know firsthand the importance of saying ‘Enough!’ to greedy employers, who refuse to respect the workers without whom their industries could not exist.
National Nurses United
Jul 20, 2023

Updates on the CDC Advisory Committee’s efforts to weaken infection control guidance for health care

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The CDC has an advisory committee called HICPAC, which stands for Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. This committee recently initiated work to update the CDC’s 2007 guidance, Isolation Precautions: Preventing Transmission of Infectious Agents in Healthcare Settings.

Rocky Mountain Regional VA registered nurses demand management address epidemic of workplace violence

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Three nurses holding signs calling for safety from workplace violence
RNs at Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colo., are planning to hold a rally to demand that management address the epidemic of violence at the facility and take meaningful steps to provide a safe workplace for health care professionals and a safe place of healing for veterans.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Jul 13, 2023

Ebola

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The first person infected with Ebola in the US - nurse Nina Pham - made infectious disease a major news story. And Ebola is just one high-profile example of the infectious diseases to which RNs can be exposed. NNU advocates for nurses to have the education, training, and personal protective equipment they need. Our successes include landmark mandatory Ebola guidelines in California and collective bargaining agreements with strong infectious disease protections.

Hazel Hawkins nurses invite community to join informational picket

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Group of four nurses inside hospital hold signs "Save Our Community Hospital: Save Hazel Hawkins"
Following a standing-room only town hall to inform the public of how the Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital bankruptcy filing is deteriorating patient care, registered nurses are inviting the community to join an informational picket on Monday, July 10.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Jul 7, 2023