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Nurse speaks at rally against fossil fuels

Nurses Across California Fight Fossil Fuel Industry

In Southern California, nurses teamed up with doctors and environmental and health care activists under the Stand Together Against Neighborhood Drilling project to lobby the Los Angeles City Council.

California Nurses Association
June 19, 2019

Nurses standing up for patients

Town Hall Meeting to Call on Elected Officials to Challenge the Closure of Jackson Park OB-GYN Services

Registered nurses, doctors, and health care workers are convening a town hall meeting on Friday, June 21 to alert the public to growing maternal and infant public health concerns if Jac

National Nurses Organizing Committee
June 19, 2019

Here for our patients

RNs Commend House Hearing on the Urgent Need to Expand the Federal Approach to the Opioid Crisis

The House Committee on Oversight and Reform will hold a hearing Wednesday, June 19 on the current inadequate federal approach to opioid treatment and the need to expand care. National Nurses United President Jean Ross, RN, will testify.

National Nurses United
June 18, 2019

Calais nurses

Nurses Picket Calais Regional Hospital to Highlight Hospital Mismanagement and Deteriorating Working Conditions

Nurses and Medical Laboratory Scientists (MLSs) held an informational picket this morning at Calais Regional Hospital (CRH) in Calais, Maine.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
June 17, 2019

Johns Hopkins Nurses for Improved Patient Care

Coalition for a Humane Hopkins to Hold an Action to Demand that Hopkins Drop Medical Lawsuits

Two dozen members of the Coalition for a Humane Hopkins marched on the office of Redonda Miller, the president of Johns Hopkins Hospital, this morning to deliver a demand letter and petitions.

National Nurses United
June 17, 2019

Nurses picketing

Nurses to Hold Informational Picket at Calais Regional Hospital

Registered nurses and medical laboratory scientists at Calais Regional Hospital in Calais, Maine, will hold an informational picket on June 17, to protest hospital mismanagement and cuts to compensation that make it difficult to retain experienced staff to provide optimal patient care.

National Nurses Organizing Committee
June 14, 2019

Nurses rally for medicare for all

Statement from National Nurses United Executive Director Bonnie Castillo, RN: Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Medicare for All a historic moment in the fight for health care reform

Following today’s hearing on the Medicare for All Act of 2019 in the Ways and Means Committee, Bonnie Castillo, RN, Executive Director of National Nurses United (NNU) has issued the below state

Bonnie Castillo, RN, Executive Director of National Nurses United
June 12, 2019

Nurses at the Capitol

House Committee Votes to Advance Bill to Protect Health Care, Social Service Workers from Epidemic of Workplace Violence

A federal bill to protect health care and social service workers from extremely high rates of workplace violence—HR 1309, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act

National Nurses United
June 11, 2019

Nurses at ballot box

Nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles Ratify Three-Year Contract with Protections to Improve Patient Safety

Registered nurses at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, Calif. overwhelmingly ratified a new three-year contract, announced California Nurses Association (CNA) today.
 

California Nurses Association
June 10, 2019

Nurses picketing for safe patient care

Nurses Charge University of Chicago Medical Center is Jeopardizing Patient Safety

Registered nurses are filing complaints with the Illinois Department of Public Health and OSHA

National Nurses Organizing Committee
June 10, 2019