The nation’s largest union of registered nurses, National Nurses United, today celebrated being named the Gallup poll’s most honest and ethical profession for the 22nd consecutive year.

Registered nurses at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, Calif., will present the Desert Healthcare District Board a community petition with more than 1,600 signatories and more than 400 postcards from nurses at the district’s special meeting on Monday, Jan. 22.

Nurses at the 40-bed facility say they voted to join their new union because it is critical that nurses have a say in decisions about patient care and about recruitment and retention of nurses, which leads to improved patient care.

As Covid and other respiratory viruses are surging once again, NNU's latest nationwide survey of more than 2,600 RNs reveals continued failure by health care employers to protect staff and patients from Covid-19, other significant safety issues, and the ongoing deleterious effects of the pandemic on the emotional and physical health of nurses.

Nurses at Ascension St. Agnes in Baltimore, Maryland will hold a rally Thursday, Jan. 18, 2024, as nurses begin negotiations for a first contract with hospital management.

Registered nurses at the UChicago Medicine will hold an informational picket and rally on Monday, Jan. 15, to demand the university address their patient safety concerns and settle their contract in a timely manner.

Ascension has cut a quarter of its labor and delivery units in the past decade amidst a nationwide rise in pregnancy- and childbirth-related mortality, according to new analysis released today by National Nurses United, the nation’s largest union of registered nurses.

Registered nurses in the resident and fellow programs at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin, Tex., voted overwhelmingly, with 96 percent in favor, to join NNOC/NNU.

Registered nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, Calif., will hold a rally on Thursday, Jan. 4 to highlight their patient safety concerns, including chronic short-staffing, management’s failure to meet California’s mandatory minimum RN-to-patient ratios, and retaliation against RNs advocating for safe patient care.