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Registered nurses applaud the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs passage of the VA Employee Fairness Act

National Nurses United applauds the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs passage of the VA Employee Fairness Act. The legislation would allow nurses to advocate for the highest quality of patient care without threat of retaliation.

National Nurses United
May 4, 2021

• Veterans Affairs

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RNs Applaud the Reintroduction of the VA Employee Fairness Act

National Nurses United applauds Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA) on the reintroduction of the VA Employee Fairness Act.

National Nurses United
March 16, 2021

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RNs at Rocky Mountain VA rally to alert public to patient safety concerns, short staffing, and intimidation of nurses exercising their union rights

Registered nurses at the Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, Colorado will hold a rally Friday, Nov. 20 to alert the public about patient safety issues as a result of chronic short staffing, to denounce hospital management’s decision to implement widespread shift changes, and to employ overt intimidation tactics as an attempt to deny the nurses their collective bargaining rights.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
November 19, 2020

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Veterans Affairs Nurses Blog

Congressional women of color

Nurses Stand in Solidarity with Congressional Women of Color

As a union that represents registered nurses who see the consequences of threats to the health and safety of our patients, National Nurses United (NNU) is alarmed and appalled at the rising tone of attacks on four inspiring women of color emanating from the White House and its supporters.

Bonnie Castillo/ NNU Executive Director
July 18, 2019

• Veterans Affairs

Department of Veterans Affairs

Listen Carefully... The Veterans Administration Is Already Engaged in Privatization

Ahead of Robert Willkie’s confirmation as the new Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Trump loyalists at the agency took aggressive steps to purge or reassign staff members perceived to be disloyal to President Trump and his agenda for veterans, according to multiple people familiar with the moves.

Pattie Lockard, Nurse Talk Radio
August 21, 2018

• Veterans Affairs

VA RN

Support the VA Employee Fairness Act

When ER nurses show up for work at the UC San Diego Hospital they don’t know who will come through the door needing care; an elderly woman having a heart attack, a newborn struggling to

National Nurses United
June 13, 2018

• Veterans Affairs

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Supplemental Contracts

pdf iconNNU VA Master Agreement

pdf iconDownload the Albany Agreement

pdf iconDownload the Augusta Agreement

pdf iconDownload the Buffalo Agreement

pdf iconDownload the Dayton Agreement

pdf iconDownload the Denver Agreement

Memorandums Of Understanding (MOU)

pdf iconAccess to Information Generated by PAID Enhancements for VANOD and PEV Reports MOU

pdf iconAnnie Application

pdf iconAssistive Personnel in Administration of Medication

pdf iconBar Code Expansion-Positive Patient ID Transfusion Verification

pdf iconBDS / ACLS Staff Training

pdf iconCentral Iowa Healthcare System

pdf iconCompensation and Pension Examinations

pdf iconComp Time

pdf iconCPAC February 2009

pdf iconCPAC Pilot Asherville

pdf iconEDIS Testing Phase One

pdf iconElectronic Discipline and Evidence Files

pdf iconePerformance

pdf iconImplementation of Cerner-Electronic Health Record Modernization

pdf iconMental Health

pdf iconMental Health Primary Care

pdf iconMicrosoft Dynamics

pdf iconNNU Real Time Location System (RHLS) March 2013

pdf iconNurse Qualification Standards in VA Handbook 5005/27

pdf iconPart IV Staff Reductions

pdf iconPatient Aligned Care Team (PACT) Handbook

pdf iconPatient Safety Reporting System (PSRS)

pdf iconPilot of Integrated Case Management

pdf iconPresidential Time 

pdf iconRemovable Storage Media

pdf iconResusciation Quality Improvement (RQI) Program

pdf iconRevenue Utilization Review

pdf iconRN Work Hours

pdf iconSafe Patient Handling Mobility Program

pdf iconStaffing Methodology Pilot VISN 1, 6, 15, 16, 20

pdf iconStaffing Methodology VHA Nursing Personnel

pdf iconTraining and Qualifications Standards

pdf iconVA Handbook 1611, Safe Patient Handling Mobility Program

pdf iconVA Vocera and Liking Communications System(s)

pdf iconVeterans Patient Experience Program

Other Documents

pdf iconExpense Reimbursement Form

pdf iconVA-NNU Request for information

pdf iconNNU-VA Membership Application

pdf iconADO - Assignment Despite Objection Form

pdf iconConsent to Serve Form

pdf iconElection of NNU Representation Form

pdf iconRelease of Representation Form

pdf iconReimbursement Form

pdf iconGrievance Form

pdf iconPayroll Deduction Form

pdf iconRN's Description of Events / Issues

pdf iconVA Form 1187 Payroll Deduction

Legislation

pdf iconThe VA Under Attack – VA Mission Act, S. 2372

pdf iconThe VA Employee Fairness Act

VA Hospitals by State:

Tuscaloosa VAMC #679
3701 Loop Road East
Tuscaloosa,  AL 35404
VA San Diego Healthcare System
3350 La Jolla Village Dr.
San Diego, CA 92161
Denver VAMC # 554
Eastern Colorado Healthcare System
1055 Clermont St.
Denver, CO  80220
Lake City VAMC #573
NF/SGVHS
619 S. Marion Ave.
Lake City, FL  32025
Miami VAMC #546
1201 NW 16th St.
Miami, FL  33125
Tampa VAMC #673
J.A. Haley VA
13000 Bruce B. Downs Blvd
Tampa, FL 33612
Atlanta VAMC #508
1670 Clairmont Rd
Decatur, GA  30033
Charlie Norwood VAMC Augusta #509
#1 Freedom Way
Augusta, GA  30904
Edward Hines, Jr. VAMC #578
5000 S. 5th Ave.
Hines, IL 60141
James A Lovell #556
Federal Healthcare Facility
3001 Green Bay RD.
North Chicago, IL 60064
Jessie Brown VAMC #537
820 South Damon Ave
Chicago, IL  60612
Des Moines VA #636 A6
Central Iowa
Health Care System
3600 30th St.
Des Moines IA 50130
Lexington VAMC #596
1101 Veterans Dr.
Lexington, KY 40502
Durham VAMC #558
508 Fulton St.
Durham, NC 27705 Bronx VAMC #526
Bronx VAMC # 526
James J, Peters VA
130 West Kingsbridge Rd.
Bronx, NY 10468
VA Western Healthcare System at Buffalo #528
3495 Bailey Ave.
Buffalo, NY 14215
Samuel S. Stratton #528A8
VA HCS Upstate At Albany
113 Holland Ave.
Albany, NY 12208
VA NY Harbor HCS #630
Manhattan Campus
423 E. 23rd St. NY
Manhattan, NY 10010
NY Harbor Healthcare System #630A
Brooklyn Campus
800 Poly Place
Brooklyn, NY 11209
Cincinnati VAMC #539
3200 Vine St.
Cincinnati, OH  45220
Dayton VAMC #552
4100 W. Third St.
Dayton, OH  45428
Washington DC VAMC #688
50 Irving St NW
Washington, D.C. 20422
Martinsburg VAMC #613
510 Butler Ave
Martinsburg, WV 25405