Safe staffing ratios press releases

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Antelope Valley nurses to hold rally for patient safety

Registered nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, Calif., will hold a rally on Thursday, Jan. 4 to highlight their patient safety concerns, including chronic short-staffing, management’s failure to meet California’s mandatory minimum RN-to-patient ratios, and retaliation against RNs advocating for safe patient care.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
January 3, 2024

Two nurses standing with North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein holding signs "Staff Up for Safe Patient Care"

Mission Hospital nurses applaud Attorney General Josh Stein for lawsuit against HCA

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, N.C., applaud North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein for filing a lawsuit today against HCA for violating the asset purchase agreement it made when it acquired Mission Health in 2019.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
December 14, 2023

Group of five nurses outside Seton Medical Center, holding signs "Seton RNs Demand Safe Staffing"

Daly City nurses to hold informational picket against drastic health care cuts at AHMC Seton

Seton Medical Center (Seton) nurses in Daly City, Calif. will hold an informational picket on Dec. 12, 2023 to protest their employer’s drastic health care cuts, among other actions, that could exacerbate the hospital’s persistent recruitment and retention issues.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
December 10, 2023

NNU and NYSNA President Nancy Hagans in front of microphone

NNU and NYSNA President Nancy Hagans, RN, testifies in support of federal ratios legislation at Senate field hearing

National Nurses United and New York State Nurses Association President Nancy Hagans, RN, testified today at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in support of federal legislation supporting mandatory minimum nurse to patient ratios.

National Nurses United
October 27, 2023

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NNU President Nancy Hagans, RN, to testify in support of federal ratios legislation at Senate field hearing

NNU and New York State Nurses Association President Nancy Hagans, RN, will testify at a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Friday, Oct. 27 at 9 a.m. ET in support of federal legislation supporting mandatory minimum registered nurse-to-patient ratios.

National Nurses United/New York State Nurses Association
October 26, 2023

Nurse holding sign that reads "Safe staffing Saves Lives"

Redding nurses and health care workers to protest Shasta Regional Medical Center’s safe staffing law violations

Registered nurses and health care workers at Prime Healthcare’s Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Redding, Calif., will picket on Tuesday, Oct. 24, to protest management’s proposed staffing scheme because it violates California’s safe staffing law and jeopardizes patient care.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
October 20, 2023

Nurses at Jackson Park Hospital hold signs that read "Staff up for safe care!"

Jackson Park Hospital nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Jackson Park Hospital in Chicago, Ill., voted unanimously in favor of ratifying a new three-year contract on Friday, Oct. 13, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 14, 2023

Group of three nurses inside hospital, one hold sign "Saf Staffing Saves Lives"

Illinois health care workers to speak out against dangerous staffing practices at hearing

Speakers from hospitals and nursing homes will explain how industry caused the staffing crisis and how safe staffing legislation can solve it.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 29, 2023

UCSD La Jolla nurses holding banner that reads "Patient safety comes from union strength!"

UCSD nurses to protest unsafe overcrowding in emergency department

Registered nurses at UCSD Health Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla, Calif., will hold a rally on Wednesday, Sept. 27 to demand an end to UC management’s unsafe practice of placing emergency room patients in hallways and areas that are not properly equipped or staffed. At times, there are as many as 75 patients who do not have a bed.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 25, 2023

Nurses on picket line, one holds sign "Caution, Unsafe Staffing Inside"

Austin nurses to rally for safer health care for newborns and open heart surgery patients

Nurses say that, as Ascension management builds a new tower for women’s services, the company is failing to safely staff the existing labor and delivery unit and neonatal intensive care unit.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
September 25, 2023