Nurses picketing outside hospital holding signs "Patients over Profits"

Nurses at 17 HCA facilities in six states ratify new union contracts

The new agreements bring improvements in staffing practices and patient care.

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Nurse volunteers deployed to Asheville to support Hurricane Helene recovery

Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), in partnership with International Medical Corps, deployed two teams of nurse volunteers to Asheville, N.C. to support the Hurricane Helene recovery.

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Nurses in front of California state capitol building holding banners and signs: "Insist on an RN"

Salinas Valley Health nurses overwhelmingly ratify new contract with precedent-setting gains

RNs at Salinas Valley Health Medical Center in Salinas, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract that features key gains to ensure retention and recruitment of nurses, enhance patient care and nursing practice, and includes new provisions for health and safety, prevention of workplace violence, and dedicated break relief protections.
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Santa Clarita Valley nurses to hold solidarity candlelight vigil as they begin contract negotiations

Registered nurses at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital, in Valencia, Calif., will hold a solidarity candlelight vigil on Monday, Dec.16, as they begin negotiations for a new union contract. RNs say their priorities for a new contract are improving patient care and working conditions at the hospital.
Nurses outside, holding signs "Enloe Nurses United"

Enloe Health nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Enloe Health in Chico, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract on Monday, Nov. 18, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.
Group of nurses walking outside holding banner "AVH Nurses Union Strong" and signs "Nurses are the heart of patient care"

Antelope Valley Medical Center nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention

Registered nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, Calif., voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new four-year contract on Nov. 19, winning protections to improve patient safety and nurse retention.
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Videos

We can organize and win — anywhere

Hear from nurses in Maine, North Carolina, and North Dakota on how and why they organized their hospitals.

The Power of a Union Contract

Union contracts are legal binding documents that protect patients, nurses, and the community.

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National Nurse Magazine

National Nurse magazine July-August-September issue cover

Shot in the Arm: NNU nurses inject values of care, compassion, community into presedential election, endorse Harris-Walz

NNU endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for president

Harris backs nurses, patients, unions, reproductive rights, working people

Albany Med nurses fight to protect patient care

Hospital critical not only for capital region but across state

MNA welcomes upwards of 700 nurses into union so far this year

Workers now join their 22,000 MNA union siblings as they begin the process of bargaining

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Join our growing community of activists! The Nurse Advocacy Network is a network of nurses, other health care workers, patients, and community supporters who mobilize for patient care protections and health care justice. 

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