Florida press releases

From Florida to Nevada, HCA RNs to hold actions to alert public to escalating patient safety concerns

Thousands of registered nurses at seven HCA hospitals from five states will hold socially distanced public actions in the Kansas City region and Nevada on Friday June 18 and in Florida and Texas on

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

June 17, 2021

Oak Hill RNs to Rally Friday to Voice Alarm About Unsafe Staffing Issues

Registered nurses at HCA’s Oak Hill Hospital will rally on Friday, March 19, outside the Brooksville, Fla., facility to call public attention to short-staffing levels that they warn puts patients at risk, especially in the hospital’s emergency room and in intensive care units.

National Nurses United

March 18, 2021

Nurses to Bring Grinch, Coal to HCA Offices, Unsafe Virus Conditions Betray Holiday Spirit

HCA administrators are delivering a somber holiday season in their West Florida hospitals, say registered nurses, and RNs from eight West Florida HCA hospitals intend to remind the top executives of their betrayal of the holiday spirit for nurses and patients with a visit to HCA’s West Florida Regional offices today.

National Nurses United

December 17, 2020

HCA Nurses to Protest Unsafe PPE, Equipment, Staffing in Four States Tuesday

Registered nurses at HCA hospitals in Florida, Kansas, Missouri and Nevada will hold public actions Tuesday to highlight ongoing practices they say put nurses and other caregivers in jeopardy and increase the spread of COVID-19 to others.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

August 31, 2020

Nurses seek OSHA sanctions on HCA

National Nurses United (NNU) today called on the federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) to inspect all HCA-owned-and-operated hospitals and issue citations against the hospital giant for “willful violation” of workplace safety hazards, which NNU warns “could reasonably be expected to cause death or serious physical harm.”

National Nurses United

August 24, 2020

Fawcett Memorial RNs to Sound Alarm On Unsafe Conditions as Virus Surges

Registered nurses at HCA’s Fawcett Memorial who have been grappling with dangerous levels of inadequate staffing while the coronavirus pandemic rocks Florida and their hospital, will hold a public action Thursday to alert the public and demand the hospital act to protect patients.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 22, 2020

With Virus Surging, Nurses to Voice Alarm on Conditions at HCA Pinellas County, FL Hospitals

With record coronavirus cases rocking Florida, Registered Nurses from St. Petersburg General Hospital, Largo Medical Center, and Northside Hospital will come together Wednesday to alert the public to an explosion of unsafe conditions at their hospitals.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 14, 2020

Blake Medical Center RNs Protest Unsafe Protections as COVID-19 Surges

With cases of the coronavirus pandemic surging across the state, Registered Nurses at HCA’s Blake Medical Center in Bradenton, FL will protest Friday to voice alarm at what they call unsafe protections for registered nurses, other health care workers and patients.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

July 2, 2020

RNs at 15 HCA Hospitals Plan Protest Over Demand for Layoffs, Pay Cuts

Registered nurses at 15 HCA hospitals in six states will participate in actions Thursday and Friday to protest demands by the nation’s largest hospital chain for widespread layoffs and economic cuts that nurses say will also put patients in danger.

National Nurses United

May 26, 2020

Gulf Coast nurses to join 139 nationwide ‘May Day’ actions demanding COVID-19 protections for nurses, health care workers

Gulf Coast area nurses will be marking Friday, May 1—International Workers Day, also known as “May Day”—with shift change actions calling for optimal COVID-19 protections.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United

April 30, 2020