Covid-19 press releases

UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital to hold informational picket over safety concerns related to COVID-19 exposure and infection rates

Registered nurses at UChicago Medicine Ingalls Memorial Hospital will hold an informational picket to demand management address infection control deficiencies that put patients and nurses at risk for exposure and infection from COVID-19.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 24, 2020

Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital RNs rally to highlight patient safety issues RNs Demand PPE, safe staffing levels, and reinstatement of laid-off nurses

Registered nurses at Henry Mayo Newhall Hospital in Santa Clarita, Calif. will hold a rally on Saturday, June 20 to address patient safety issues. These issues include the reuse of PPE which can lead to the exposure and transmission of dangerous pathogens, including COVID-1, and the recent layoffs of experienced nurses from the emergency department despite current staffing shortages which can negatively impact care.

California Nurses Association

June 19, 2020

MNA and NNU Renew Call for Halt of COVID-19 Mask Decontamination Processes After UMass Scientist Questions Safety of Re-Used Masks Due to Lack of Rigorous Testing

The Massachusetts Nurses Association (MNA) and National Nurses United (NNU) have renewed their calls for an immediate halt to COVID-19 mask decontamination processes because the testing of decontaminated masks fails to meet established scientific standards.

Massachusetts Nurses Association/National Nurses United

June 16, 2020

Nurses to Hold Press Conference on Cal/OSHA Complaints on Workplace Violence and COVID Outbreak at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward

Registered nurses at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward will hold a press conference on Wednesday, June 17 at 8 am PT, about the latest developments in the Cal/OSHA complaints California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) filed against the facility for workplace violence and the COVID outbreak.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

June 16, 2020

Kansas City Area RNs Set to Protest Staffing Cuts Called Threat to Patients

Registered Nurses at HCA’s Research Medical Center and Menorah Medical Center RNs will protest together Wednesday to warn the public about reductions in safe staffing they say put patients in danger in major hospital areas, including critical care and COVID-19 care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 16, 2020

HCA’s Chippenham Hospital Exposing Patients to Potential COVID-19 Risk

National Nurses United today criticized a decision by HCA’s Chippenham Hospital in Richmond that will encourage placement of patients potentially infected with the coronavirus in shared rooms with other patients, risking the spread of the virus and the pandemic.

National Nurses United

June 16, 2020

NNU Executive Director Bonnie Castillo to testify before Congress on protecting nurses during the pandemic and the dire need for optimal PPE

National Nurses United (NNU) Executive Director Bonnie Castillo, RN, will testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform hearing, “No Worker Left Behind: Supporting Essential Workers”.

National Nurses United

June 9, 2020

Nurses Join Forces Nationally to Warn Against Early Reopening

As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in the United States, unions representing 230,000 nurses across the country have joined forces to demand hospitals and the government follow strict guidelines before any further reopening measures are taken.

National Nurses United

June 2, 2020

PIH Health-Good Samaritan Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients with COVID-19

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at PIH Health-Good Samaritan Hospital are holding an action and media availability during their shift change to describe current conditions and the need for more N95 respirators and other protective gear required to safely treat COVID-19 patients.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

June 1, 2020

Candlelight vigil to honor Sandra “Sandy” Oldfield, RN who died of COVID-19 after caring for an infected patient at Kaiser Fresno Medical Center

Registered nurses will hold a candlelight vigil tonight at Kaiser Fresno Medical Center to honor Sandra “Sandy” Oldfield, a longtime Kaiser nurse who died this week of COVID-19 after caring for an infected patient, announced the California Nurses Association (CNA) today.

California Nurses Association

May 27, 2020