Press releases

Tulsa mass shooting emphasizes need for health care violence prevention bill

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.

National Nurses United

June 2, 2022

• NNU

Nurses Urge Immediate Senate Passage of Honoring Our PACT Act

NNU announced its support for the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our PACT Act, a bill that would expand VA services to the 3.5 million United States veterans who faced toxic burn pit exposure during their military service.

National Nurses United

June 2, 2022

• Veterans Affairs

Nurses back second March For Our Lives, urge real action to end gun violence

NNU is calling on legislators and chief executives in Washington and in state capitals to enact immediate and impactful gun control reforms.

National Nurses United

June 2, 2022

• NNU

Nurses at Saint Louis University Hospital to hold rally to protest chronic understaffing

Registered nurses will hold a rally on Friday, June 3 at 8:00 a.m. to voice their deep concerns about patient safety, chronic understaffing, and the alarming drop in the number of staff nurses hired by the facility.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 1, 2022

• NNOC, • NNU

Nurses at Corpus Christi Medical Center plan action Friday, June 3 to protest high turnover and severe understaffing

Nurses will highlight CCMC’s failure to seriously invest in the recruitment and retention of nursing staff, and the impact this has on the safety of patient care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 1, 2022

• NNOC

UCSF Nurses to Hold Candlelight Vigil Calling For an End to Gun Violence

In response to the latest school shooting registered nurses at University of California San Francisco Medical Center will hold a candlelight vigil at the Mission Bay campus to call on lawmakers in Congress and every state legislature to finally act to protect public safety.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

June 1, 2022

• CNA

Mission Hospital nurses to rally for recruiment, retention, and patient safety in Asheville

Mission RNs say dangerous conditions in their hospital necessitate immediate action to protect patient care and safety.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

May 31, 2022

• NNOC, • NNU

Nurses, veterans, Rep. Tonko denounce VA’s recommendation to close Albany hospital and four area clinics

The hospital closure would force veterans to seek emergency care, inpatient medical care, and both inpatient and outpatient surgical care in non-VA facilities, where studies show outcomes are poorer than those of the VA.

National Nurses United

May 27, 2022

• Veterans Affairs

Nurses mourn schoolchildren and teachers murdered in Texas, say lack of gun control laws clearly threatens public health

The registered nurses of NNU and NYSNA are deeply disturbed by Congress’ refusal to reduce gun violence and ensure safe schools, workplaces, and all areas of society by enacting desperately needed gun control laws.

National Nurses United/New York State Nurses Association

May 25, 2022

Registered nurses in San Jose demand HCA improve conditions to address erosion of patient care

RNs at two HCA Hospitals in San Jose, Calif. will hold informational pickets on Tuesday, May 24, to raise awareness of chronic understaffing and high turnover rates at the hospitals.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

May 23, 2022