Atlanta VA nurses to rally for respect for veterans and nurses, patient safety, and end to nurse moral distress

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Atlanta VA Nurses holding up signs that say "Staff up for safe care!"
Registered nurses working for the Atlanta VA Health System in the metro Atlanta region will hold a protest on Thursday, Aug. 31. Nurses will highlight their increasing concerns about their patients’ safety, on-going short staffing, the lack of respect shown to nursing staff by executive management, and the lack of work-life balance for nurses who are stretched to the limit.
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National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United (NNOC/NNU)
Aug 30, 2023
Georgia

Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey nurses issue 10-day notice for one-day strike

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Three nurses wearing masks that read "Staff up for safe care"
RNs at Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital have issued a 10-day notice alerting hospital administrators of the nurses’ intent to hold a one-day strike on Sept. 6, 2023. Earlier this month, the nurses overwhelmingly voted to authorize a strike as the Cedars-Sinai administration is refusing to address critical nurse recruitment and retention issues.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Aug 29, 2023
California

Patient Handling

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Frequent manual patient handling can cause microinjuries, which accumulate into chronic and sometimes severe musculoskeletal disorders and back injuries. RNs need protection from this ergonomic hazard. Sprains, strains, and tears make up 52% of all injuries that result in days away from work for RNs. Unsafe patient handling causes the bulk of these injuries, some of which have ended nurses’ careers.

The most effective solution is a coordinated safe patient handling program at the hospital-level.

Chicago nurses and faith leaders to deliver letters of support for ongoing contract negotiations to ensure patient safety

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Four nurses inside hospital hold signs "Staff Up for Safe Patient Care"
Registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital and Medical Center in Chicago, Ill., will deliver letters of community support to management. They’ll be joined by faith leaders from Arise Chicago to deliver the letters, including a letter from Ward 17 Alderman David Moore.
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National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Aug 29, 2023
Illinois

Nurses stand with striking writers, actors in fight against AI

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Group of nurses outside holding signs "Nurses Support WGA"
Registered nurses will hold a solidarity march and rally in Los Angeles, Calif. on August 29 in support of striking actors and writers. The event signals a labor movement increasingly united against the threat of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.
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California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Aug 28, 2023
California

NNU delivers petition urging CDC to strengthen proposed infection control guidance; CDC cuts off public comments at advisory committee meeting

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Nurse holds sign "Science Matters, We Are Not Expendable"
NNU delivered a petition signed by nearly 11,000 individuals and organizations to the CDC and its Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee, urging them to fully recognize aerosol transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory pathogens and to strengthen the CDC’s Isolation Precautions guidance.
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National Nurses United
Aug 23, 2023
Nationwide
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