Kaiser’s program example of massive industry drive to eliminate hospitals and nurses, endangering patients by depriving them of real nursing care.

NNU today urged the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to adopt a permanent OSHA standard on Covid-19 in health care workplaces, building on the emergency temporary standard adopted last June.

Registered nurses and health care worker will hold an informational picket on Monday, Nov. 1, to protest unsafe working conditions and to remember those lost to Covid.

Registered nurses at Community First Medical Center in Chicago are proud to have reached a tentative agreement on their first union contract.

On Wednesday, Oct. 27, registered nurses from UC Irvine Medical Center will hold a virtual press conference to demand the university address critical, ongoing staffing and patient safety issues highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Registered nurses at HCA’s Regional Medical Center of San Jose, will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, Oct. 26 to demand safe patient staffing and the adherence to the state-mandated nurse-to-patient laws.

NNU applauded an announcement by the White House of plans to distribute Covid-19 vaccine doses to 28 million children aged 5 to 11.

In a letter to the FTC, NNU urged it to investigate the proposed sale of five Salt Lake-area hospitals to HCA Health which could create monopoly conditions that result in higher prices and a decline in the quality of care for residents.

RNs say new agreement will increase patient safety and improve infectious disease protocols.