California Nurses Association demand patient safeguards against artificial intelligence technology
Hundreds of registered nurses and members of California Nurses Association will hold a protest at Kaiser Permanente's San Francisco Medical Center to highlight their patient safety concerns about artificial intelligence technology and the hospital industry’s rush to implement untested and unregulated AI.
California Nurses Association
Apr 18, 2024
Asheville nurses to rally as they begin new union contract negotiations with HCA
Nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, will hold a rally as they begin negotiations on a new union contract with HCA, the facility’s owner and largest health system in the United States.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Apr 15, 2024
Nurses vote overwhelmingly to ratify new contract at Oroville Hospital
Registered nurses at Oroville Hospital in Oroville, California, voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract, winning protections to improve staffing, patient safety, and RN staff retention.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Apr 12, 2024
NNU building nurse power, 2021-2024
In addition to running ratios bills at the federal level and in several states, NNU has advocated for safe staffing requirements in regulation and shaped the national conversation on the nurse staffing crisis. NNU has been leading a campaign to educate Congress on the nurse staffing crisis, to fight back against harmful hospital industry narratives in Washington, D.C. about the “nursing shortage,” and to build widespread support for the federal safe staffing ratios bill.
Las Vegas nurses rally as they begin new union contract negotiations with HCA
Nurses at MountainView Hospital in Las Vegas, Nev., will hold a rally on Monday, April 15, as they begin negotiations on a new union contract with HCA, one of the richest health care companies in the country.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Apr 11, 2024
Maine nurses call on Gov. Mills to support nurse-to-patient ratios
Today, nurses publicly called on Gov. Janet Mills to support LD 1639, a bill that would create mandated nurse-to-patient ratios based on patients’ needs in Maine’s acute-care hospitals.
Maine State Nurses Association
Apr 11, 2024
Contact legislators to oppose these bills!
Contact state legislators to express your opposition to SB 1432 and SB 1447! Use the sample script or your own words:
Sample script to oppose SB 1432 and SB 1447’s delays in earthquake safety standards at hospitals:
Union nurse speaks out at U.S. Senate field hearing on the dangers of corporate greed in health care
At this field hearing of the Primary Health and Retirement Security Subcommittee of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee, Hannah Drummond, RN, was featured among several witnesses speaking to the ways corporate greed endangers patient care and health care workers.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Apr 3, 2024
Hazel Hawkins registered nurses call on management to focus on patient care instead of bankruptcy appeal
Registered nurses at Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister, Calif. will hold a rally to call on management to focus on patient care and restore eliminated medical services and staffing, instead of directing taxpayer money toward an appeal following their failed bankruptcy case.
California Nurses Association
Apr 2, 2024