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.

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.

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.

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.

Maine nurses applaud the Maine Senate for passing LD 1639, The Maine Quality Care Act, today. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Stacy Brenner (D-Scarborough), passed (22-13) on a floor vote and now moves to the Maine State House of Representatives.

RNs at Dignity Health Community Hospital in San Bernardino, Calif., will hold an informational picket on Thursday, March 28, to protest the administration’s refusal to address their deep concerns about unsafe staffing.

Registered nurses at HCA’s Regional Medical Center in San Jose, Calif., will hold a rally to demand that HCA maintain life-saving trauma, stroke, and heart attack services at the facility. HCA, the Nashville-based health care giant, announced earlier this year it intended to close the services in August.

RNs at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Calif., will hold a protest on March 27 to highlight their concerns about patient safety and chronic short staffing.

Registered nurses at John Muir Health, in Concord, Calif., will hold an informational picket to highlight their serious patient safety concerns, including staffing challenges and workplace violence issues.