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Nurses rally in front of Department of Veterans Affairs headquarters

Nurses demand VA lift “hiring freeze,” citing 66,000 vacancies and patient safety concerns

Registered nurses who work at Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals around the country will hold a picket and rally on Thursday, June 6, at the Veterans Headquarters in Washington, D.C., to call on the VA to lift what is in effect a hiring freeze that has contributed to more than 66,000 vacancies across the health system.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
June 3, 2024

• Veterans Affairs, • NNU, • NNOC

Two nurses standing with North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein holding signs "Staff Up for Safe Patient Care"

Asheville nurses to hold rally for improved patient care and health care access with Attorney General Josh Stein

Registered nurses at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, will hold a rally to highlight their contract campaign priorities to improve patient care and working conditions. Nurses will be joined by Attorney General Josh Stein who since 2018 has demanded that HCA meet its obligation to provide quality, affordable care to western North Carolina.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
June 3, 2024

• NNOC, • HCA

Nurses outside holding signs "VA Nurses: Protecting America's Heroes"

Cincinnati VA nurses to hold informational picket to protest unsafe staffing, mismanagement of VA resources

Registered nurses at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, will hold an informational picket to highlight their patient safety concerns, including mismanagement of VA staff by Cincinnati VA executives.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
May 29, 2024

• NNOC, • NNU, • Veterans Affairs

4 nurses from Desert Regional Medical Center holding signs "Patients before profits" and "Our community, our hospital"

Nurses from Desert Regional and other Tenet hospitals to rally, Tuesday, in opposition to proposed sale as Desert Healthcare District Board vote expected

Nurses from Desert Regional Medical Center and other Tenet hospitals will hold a rally and voice their strong opposition to the proposed sale of Desert Regional to Tenet as the Desert Healthcare District board is expected to vote on the proposal at their board meeting on Tuesday, May 28.

California Nurses Association
May 26, 2024

Nurses in front of California state capitol building holding banners and signs: "Insist on an RN"

Nurses applaud California Senate vote to improve nursing education transparency, equity

CNA applauds the California Senate’s passage of Senate Bill 1015. The bill, authored by Senator Dave Cortese and sponsored by CNA, would ensure clinical placement opportunities for California’s future nurses, particularly for students attending community colleges, state universities, and other public institutions.

California Nurses Association
May 24, 2024

Nurses in front of capitol with banner "National Nurses United: The national voice for direct-care RNs"

NNU announces new Council of Presidents for 2024-2027 term

NNU celebrates its newly elected Council of Presidents for the 2024-2027 term. The new leaders will be seated at NNU’s 15th Anniversary Convention in September, commemorating the visionary leadership of nurses.

National Nurses United
May 24, 2024

• NNU

UCLA nurses hold signs that read "Patients first in the hospital."

UCLA nurses to protest major scheduling changes that jeopardize staffing stability, safe patient care

Registered nurses from the University of California, Los Angeles will hold a rally on May 29 to protest major changes by management to scheduling practices for float pool nurses. These changes could result in mass resignations, negatively impact patient safety, and create unsafe staffing across UCLA Health.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
May 24, 2024

• CNA, • NNU

Group of nurses with raised fists, holding signs "Protect Nurses, Patients, Public Health"

NNU invited to join CDC’s HICPAC workgroup on infection prevention

National Nurses United is proud to announce that Jane Thomason, its lead industrial hygienist has been invited to join the workgroup of the Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also, Lisa Baum, lead occupational safety and health representative at NNU affiliate New York State Nurses Association, has been invited to join HICPAC.

National Nurses United
May 22, 2024

• NNU, • NYSNA

Nurses in front of California state capitol building holding banners and signs: "Insist on an RN"

CNA applauds California Senate passage of S.B. 1061 removing medical debt from credit reports

CNA applauds the California Senate’s passage (31-8) of S.B. 1061, which would prohibit consumer reporting agencies from including medical debt on credit reports.

California Nurses Association
May 22, 2024

Large group of people in park standing and sitting in front of CalCare banner, some holding CalCare signs

Nurses condemn California Assembly committee for failing to pass CalCare

California Nurses Association members condemned the California State Assembly Appropriations Committee for capitulating to corporate health care and failing to pass A.B. 2200,  the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act, also known as CalCare, at a time when public health programs are being drastically cut and a comprehensive, high-quality single payer program would be many Californians’ only lifeline for care.

California Nurses Association
May 16, 2024

• CNA