Nurses will be handing out informational flyers to call attention to the hypocrisy of Ascension: fundraising in the name of women’s and reproductive health services when Ascension has closed five such units nationwide over the last year.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Nurses opposed the proposed acquisition and are glad to see the FTC pursuing a review of potential federal antitrust law violations, as the proposed deal’s impacts on health care costs and access in New Orleans would be disastrous.
The bill would mandate that the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration create a federal standard requiring health care and social service employers to develop and implement comprehensive workplace violence prevention plans.
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.
The Ohio senator is the sponsor of federal legislation seeking nationally mandated nurse-to-patient ratios, a necessary remedy to unsafe staffing in hospitals.
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
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
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
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
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
