Palomar Health registered nurses and caregivers will highlight their patient care concerns at the Board of Directors meeting Monday, Aug. 12. They will highlight how Palomar Health’s failure to recruit and retain health care workers is exacerbating the existing staffing crisis at Palomar’s facilities.

Registered nurses at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., voted 89% yes to ratify a new three-year contract on Friday, Aug. 9. RNs won key measures to improve working conditions and patient care at their facility.

Nurses from Corpus Christi Medical Center in Corpus Christi, Texas, will hold an informational picket on Aug. 12 to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about safe staffing and patient care.

NNU announced its support for Kamala Harris’ decision to select Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate.

Registered nurses who work for San Bernardino County will speak out during public comment at the board of supervisors meeting in San Bernardino, California, on Tuesday, August 6, to highlight their patient safety concerns, including chronic short staffing and the county’s failure to recruit and retain RNs.

RNs at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., will hold an informational picket on August 6 to protest management’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about safe staffing and patient care.

Registered nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, California, will speak at the Antelope Valley Healthcare District Board of Directors meeting on Wednesday, July 31, to demand safe staffing and a strong union contract the prioritizes recruitment and retention.

RNs at Doctors Medical Center (DMC) in Modesto, Calif. will hold a picket on Tuesday, July 30 to highlight troubling patient safety concerns and chronic short staffing that jeopardizes patient care.

RNs at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital (SLUH) in St. Louis, Mo. voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract today, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

NNU’s Executive Council, elected by national nurse membership, voted to endorse Harris on the heels of President Biden’s announcement that he would no longer be seeking reelection.