Press releases

Nurses spotlight HCA profiteering at founding family’s Nashville gala

Dozens of registered nurses employed by HCA Healthcare will travel from around the country to greet attendees of the 2023 Frist Gala in Nashville, Tenn. They will call attention to the Frist family’s troubling stewardship of HCA, which operates nearly 200 hospitals in 20 states.

National Nurses United

April 14, 2023

• NNU

Sen. Sherrod Brown to join Ohio nurses at press conference about safe staffing legislation

The Ohio senator is the sponsor of federal legislation seeking nationally mandated nurse-to-patient ratios, a necessary remedy to unsafe staffing in hospitals.

National Nurses United

April 10, 2023

• NNU

Ventura County nurses and health care professionals ratify historic 5-year contract with strong measures to improve patient safety, recruitment, and retention

RNs and health care professionals who work for the Ventura County Health System in California voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new contract.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

April 7, 2023

Children’s Hospital Oakland nurses and health care workers to hold one-day sympathy strike April 19 in solidarity with NUHW

Registered nurses and health care workers at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland in Oakland, Calif., will hold a one-day sympathy strike in solidarity with the National Union of Healthcare Workers.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union

April 7, 2023

• CNA, • CHEU

Registered Nurses at Southern California Hospital at Culver City ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and staff retention

Registered nurses at Southern California Hospital at Culver City in Culver City, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

April 7, 2023

• CNA, • NNU

Mission Hospital nurses to hold a rally over HCA’s failure to protect patients and nurses from assaults and other unsafe working conditions

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital, in Asheville, N.C., will hold a rally to highlight their patient safety concerns, including increased incidents of workplace violence, broken hospital equipment, and unsafe staffing levels.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

April 7, 2023

• NNOC

Nurses at Ascension Seton Medical Center in Austin to hold informational picket to demand safe staffing and quality patient care

RNs say chronic short staffing at the hospital, including a lack of ancillary support staff, make it very challenging for nurses to provide the highest quality of care to their patients in a timely fashion.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

April 5, 2023

• NNOC, • NNU

California Nurses Association calls on Sacramento to provide RNs equity in workers’ comp, pass A.B. 1156

Nurses across California are applauding the introduction of A.B. 1156. If passed, the presumptive eligibility bill would automatically provide workers’ compensation to nurses and other health care workers for a variety of injuries and illnesses.

California Nurses Association

April 3, 2023

• CNA

Tri-City Healthcare District nurses demand officials keep women’s and reproductive health services open

RNs at Tri-City Medical Center will hold a protest on Friday, March 31, to demand district officials and administrators cease any plans to close or terminate public women’s and reproductive health services at the hospital.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

March 29, 2023

Members of Congress to Introduce Safe Staffing Bill to Address Hospital Crisis

Federal legislation, which will be introduced at a Thursday, March 30 press conference, would set limits on the numbers of patients each RN can care for in hospitals, a necessary measure for saving patients’ lives and stemming the exodus of nurses from the bedside.

National Nurses United

March 29, 2023