Safe staffing ratios press releases

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Cook County RNs and SEIU Local 73 workers issue strike notice

Registered nurses represented by National Nurses Organizing Committee, along with social workers and other employees represented by SEIU Local 73, who work at Cook County Health will hold a virtual press conference on Thursday, June 17 to announce they have issued a strike notice.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 16, 2021

Large group of Mission RNs holding long list of demands

Mission Hospital RNs to Picket June 15 at Two Facilities — Cite Safe Staffing, Recruitment, Retention Concerns

Registered nurses will hold informational pickets on Tuesday, June 15 at two of HCA Mission Hospital facilities in Asheville, North Carolina to express ongoing concerns about safe staffing and improvements they say the hospital needs to make to retain experienced RNs and recruit new nurses.

National Nurses Organizing Committee-North Carolina/National Nurses United
June 14, 2021

Good Samaritan RNs hold signs calling for safe staffing

HCA’s Good Samaritan RNs Set Public Action Tuesday, June 1 Over Ongoing Safe Staffing Concerns

Registered nurses at HCA’s Good Samaritan Hospital in San Jose will hold an action Tuesday, June 1 to alert the public about the hospital’s ongoing failure to address inadequate staffing, especially in the intensive care unit, which they say puts patients at risk.

California Nurses Association
May 31, 2021

Nurse holds signs "Safe Staffing Now"

Nurses at Mercy Medical Center Redding to hold informational picket for patient safety

Registered nurses at Mercy Medical Center Redding in Redding, Calif. will hold an informational picket on Wednesday, May 26 to alert the community of staffing concerns that erode patient safety.

California Nurses Association
May 25, 2021

Pile of buttons that say "Safe Staffing Now!"

St. Joseph’s Medical Center and St. Joseph’s Behavioral Health Center Nurses to hold informational picket for patient safety

Registered nurses at St. Joseph’s Medical Center and St. Joseph’s Behavioral Health Center in Stockton, Calif. will hold an informational picket on Wednesday, May 26 to alert the community of staffing concerns that put patient safety in jeopardy.

California Nurses Association
May 24, 2021

Nurses hold signs "Safe Staffing Now"

RNs Applaud Introduction of Federal Legislation to Mandate Number of Patients Assigned to Nurses

National Nurses United today applauds the introduction of the Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act, a federal bill that would set specific safety limits on the numbers of patients each RN can care for in hospitals throughout the United States.

National Nurses United
May 12, 2021

Enloe Medical Center RNs hold sign "Patients First in the Community"

Chico nurses to hold informational picket for patient safety

Registered nurses at Enloe Medical Center in Chico, Calif., will hold an informational picket on May 14 as management refuses to address issues of safe staffing, infection control protocols for safe patient care during the pandemic, or hospital preparedness for natural disasters.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
May 12, 2021

Back of car with "Safe Staffing Saves Lives" written on window

Health care workers at Methodist Hospital of Southern California to hold car caravan for patient safety

Health care workers at Methodist Hospital of Southern California, in Arcadia, Calif. will hold a car caravan on Saturday, May 8 to highlight their patient safety concerns, including short staffing and the demand to end discriminatory pay practices.

Caregivers & Healthcare Employees Union
May 5, 2021

Nurses outside Capitol building

Registered Nurses Honor National Nurses Week with Lobby Days For Federal Legislation to Protect Patients and Nurses

Hundreds of registered nurses from across the country will meet virtually with federal lawmakers on May 4-10 to urge them to step up measures to improve protections for hospital patients and nurses and other health care workers across the country.

National Nurses United
May 3, 2021

USC Keck and Norris Cancer Center nurses

USC Keck and Norris Cancer Center nurses to hold car caravan for patient safety and safe staffing

USC registered nurses at Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center will hold a car caravan on Saturday, May 1 to protest years of understaffing and the lack of an adequate staffing plan by administration.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
April 28, 2021