Registered nurses and caregivers have been at the table negotiating a successor contract for 14 months, raising serious unsafe patient care and nursing practice concerns that negatively impact patients in the community.

Nurses from HCA’s Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., and Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park, Mo., will hold a rally on Tuesday, June 14.

RNs at AHMC Seton Medical Center in Daly City, CA. issued a ten-day notice to AHMC to inform the hospital that they intend to hold a two-day strike on June 22 and June 23.

The major wins in the contract include enhanced patient protections, safe staffing, infection control issues, and economic gains to improve staff recruitment and retention.

Registered nurses and caregivers have been at the table negotiating a successor contract for 14 months, raising serious unsafe patient care and nursing practice concerns that negatively impact patients in the community.

Registered nurses at AHMC Seton Medical Center voted to authorize a strike in response to the hospital owner’s failure to address critical and persistent patient care issues and the shuttering of vital services.

Oak Hill RNs say dangerous conditions in their hospital necessitate immediate action to protect patient care and safety, and safe staffing is the solution.

NNU echoes the FTC’s charges that the deal would give HCA Healthcare, the world’s largest and wealthiest hospital operator, the ability to raise health care prices.

Yet another tragic mass shooting demonstrates the importance of legislation currently in the U.S. Senate that would provide substantial safety protection for our nation’s health care workers, patients, and their families.