More than 100 registered nurses from HCA facilities across the country will hold a rally on Nov. 30 outside of HCA’s West Florida Division Office in Tampa, Fla. to demand better from management ahead of 2024 contract negotiations.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
RNs at HCA Florida Trinity Hospital, in Trinity, Fla., will hold a press conference on Oct. 3 to speak out about their concerns regarding HCA’s shutdown of their hospital’s behavioral health unit.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Starting Monday, Dec. 12, the hospital will eliminate the dedicated nursery nurses who receive and care for newborns, and assign this role to nurses who are watching other patients in labor, which is not safe.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
The scheme is officially scheduled to begin Dec. 12, but the hospital started making operational changes in units providing birth care this past summer, including reassigning nurses to the NICU without adequate training.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), in partnership with International Medical Corps, deployed a team of nurse volunteers to Florida earlier this month to help provide medical assistance in the wake of Hurricane Ian. The RNRN team has returned from their two-week deployment.
The new contracts support improvements in patient care and will strengthen each hospitals’ capacity to retain and recruit registered nurses, which is a priority given the staffing crisis at each facility.
Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
Citing a desire for improved staffing and a strengthened voice in patient care protections, registered nurses at Coral Gables Hospital in South Florida voted by 57 percent to join National Nurses Organizing Committee-Florida.
National Nurses Organizing Committee-Florida/National Nurses United
RNs at HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital will hold an outdoor action on Mon., July 25, to protest hospital management’s refusal to address chronic short staffing at the facility and the impact on patient care.
National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
