Safe staffing ratios press releases

Tri-City Medical Center RNs to hold community rally to address safe staffing, and nurse recruitment and retention concerns

Nurses will hold a community rally at Tri-City Medical Center Hospital in Oceanside, Calif., to express ongoing concerns about safe staffing and improvements needed to retain experienced RNs and recruit new nurses to improve patient care.

California Nurses Association

September 9, 2021

National Nurses United sets the record straight on nurse staffing

National Nurses United asserts that the United States is not experiencing a nursing shortage, only a shortage of nurses willing to risk their licenses or the safety of their patients by working under the unsafe conditions the hospital industry has created.

National Nurses United

August 26, 2021

Centinela Hospital Nurses to hold informational picket for patient safety

Registered nurses at Centinela Hospital in Inglewood, Calif. will hold an informational picket to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ deep concerns about unsafe staffing conditions

California Nurses Association

August 15, 2021

MountainView Hospital Nurses to Picket Wednesday, Call on HCA to Invest in RN Staff and Patient Care

Registered nurses will hold an informational picket on Wednesday morning Aug. 4, at HCA’s MountainView Hospital.

National Nurses Organizing Committee-Nevada/National Nurses United

August 3, 2021

San Jose RNs Reach Agreement with HCA to Tackle Long-Term Safe Staffing Concerns

Registered nurses at two San Jose hospitals have reached an agreement with HCA officials that nurses say will help address serious staffing problems that have plagued the hospitals for months.

California Nurses Association

August 2, 2021

Carondelet St. Mary’s nurses to hold press conference advocating for safe patient care in their hospital, community

Registered nurses from Tenet-owned Carondelet St. Mary’s in Tucson will hold a press conference on Wednesday, July 14 to speak out on unsafe staffing in their facility.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 12, 2021

Cook County RNs to hold one-day strike over staffing concerns that could jeopardize patient care

Registered nurses represented by National Nurses Organizing Committee who work at Cook County Health will hold a one-day strike Thursday, June 24, 2021.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 23, 2021

Tri-City Medical Center RNs to Hold Public Action to Address Safe Staffing, and Nurse Recruitment and Retention Concerns

Registered nurses will hold a public action on Tuesday, June 22, at Tri-City Medical Center Hospital in, Oceanside, Calif., to express ongoing concerns about safe staffing and improvements they say the hospital needs to retain experienced RNs and recruit new nurses.

California Nurses Association

June 21, 2021

HCA RNs in Florida and Texas to Hold Public Actions to Voice Alarm on Patient Safety Concerns

Registered nurses at four Florida HCA hospitals and one in Texas will hold socially distanced public actions Monday, June 21 to alert the public to ongoing, persistent problems with safe staffing and growing problems with retention at HCA facilities.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 20, 2021

From Florida to Nevada, HCA RNs to hold actions to alert public to escalating patient safety concerns

Thousands of registered nurses at seven HCA hospitals from five states will hold socially distanced public actions in the Kansas City region and Nevada on Friday June 18 and in Florida and Texas on

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 17, 2021