To protest unsafe patient care conditions and the extraordinarily high number of RNs infected at work during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at University of Chicago Medicine are holding an action and media availability at shift change on April 25 at 8:00 a.m. to call attention to unsafe staffing and assignments, announced National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing nurses’ union representing 150,000 registered nurses across the country. As of April 23, 33 RNs have been infected with the COVID-19 virus at University of Chicago Medicine. Nurses on all units, not just the COVID units, need adequate personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect themselves and non-COVID patients from contracting the disease.

Who: University of Chicago Medicine RNs and other registered nurses and members of National Nurses United 
What: Action and RN media availability to address these issues
Where: 5800 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637 
When: Friday, April 25 at 8:00 am