Covid-19 press releases

Survey of over 3,800 California nurses show employer, government disregard for RN and patient safety

Nurses report extremely high rates of PPE reuse, putting nurses and patients at risk; 10 nurses test positive for COVID-19 at an Orange County hospital.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

May 21, 2020

New survey of nurses provides frontline proof of widespread employer, government disregard for nurse and patient safety, mainly through lack of optimal PPE

National Nurses United (NNU) has released data from its new nationwide survey of nearly 23,000 nurses, revealing that dangerous health care workplace conditions have become the norm since COVID-19 struck the United States, which nurses say shows a complete disregard for worker and public health on the part of health care employers and the government.

National Nurses United

May 20, 2020

Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance Nurses to Hold Action to Demand Safer Staffing and Allow Frontline RNs to Be Part of Pandemic Task Force

Registered nurses at Little Company of Mary Medical Center Torrance are holding an action and media availability to describe current conditions and protesting denying frontline RNs inclusion on the pandemic task force, the task force working on issues related to COVID-19.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

May 19, 2020

Nurses Demand Hospitals Provide Transparency About Readiness For Opening Economy

Nurses from major Placer County hospitals (Kaiser and Sutter Health) will be hosting a press conference to emphasize that Placer County hospitals are not doing enough to protect our communities.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

May 18, 2020

Nurses Say: Guaranteed Health Care Is Fundamental To COVID-19 Response

National Nurses United endorsed the Health Care Emergency Guarantee Act, introduced on Friday by U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, and U.S. Rep. Karen Bass.

National Nurses United

May 15, 2020

Nurses Endorse the House Stimulus HEROES Act

Today National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses in the country, endorsed the fourth coronavirus stimulus package introduced by House Democrats.

National Nurses United

May 13, 2020

Nation’s Largest Nurses Union Hosts National Vigil for COVID-19 Nurse Deaths

On Tuesday, May 12th at 9:30 PM ET / 6:30 PM PT, nurses from National Nurses United (NNU) will host a streamed candlelight vigil to honor the more than 100 nurses who have lost their lives to COVID-19.

National Nurses United

May 11, 2020

National Nurses United demands optimal COVID-19 protections, honors fallen nurses during national Nurses Week

National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, is marking this year’s Nurses Week (May 6-12) with a series of actions to demand optimal COVID-19 protections for nurses, and with a 1,000-nurse online vigil to honor the nurses who have lost their lives to COVID-19.

National Nurses United

May 8, 2020

El Paso HCA RNs to Protest HCA Retaliation Against RN Who Objected to Unsafe Conditions

Las Palmas Medical Center registered nurses, joined by nurses from across El Paso, will rally Friday to protest retaliation against an RN who has been spoken publicly about inadequate COVID-19 safety measures, and was suspended this week after objecting to an unsafe assignment at the HCA hospital.

National Nurses United

May 7, 2020

Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center Nurses to Hold Action to Protest Mask Reprocessing and Growing Number of Nurses Infected with COVID-19

To protest Kaiser Permanente’s implementation of dangerous mask decontamination systems and to protest the coinciding increased number of Kaiser nurses infected with COVID-19, registered nurses and nurse practitioners at Kaiser Permanente Sacramento Medical Center are holding an action and media availability at 8:00 a.m., May 8.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

May 7, 2020