Safe staffing ratios press releases

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Four nurses holdiing signs "Safe Staffing Saves Lives"

Nurses applaud Maine Senate for passing nurse-to-patient ratios bill

Maine nurses applaud the Maine Senate for passing LD 1639, The Maine Quality Care Act, today. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Stacy Brenner (D-Scarborough), passed (22-13) on a floor vote and now moves to the Maine State House of Representatives.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
March 27, 2024

Nurses holding signs: "Honk for support" "Patients first in the hospital" and "Save your staff, not your budget"

San Bernardino nurses to hold informational picket for patient safety at Dignity Health Community Hospital

RNs at Dignity Health Community Hospital in San Bernardino, Calif., will hold an informational picket on Thursday, March 28, to protest the administration’s refusal to address their deep concerns about unsafe staffing.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
March 26, 2024

Two City of Hope medical staff holding signs "Staff up! For safe care. End Crisis Care Now"

City of Hope nurses to hold rally for patient safety and safe staffing

RNs at City of Hope National Medical Center in Duarte, Calif., will hold a protest on March 27 to highlight their concerns about patient safety and chronic short staffing.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
March 25, 2024

John Muir Health nurses holding picket outside hospital

Concord nurses to hold informational picket for improved patient safety, a major factor in recruiting and retaining nurses

Registered nurses at John Muir Health, in Concord, Calif., will hold an informational picket to highlight their serious patient safety concerns, including staffing challenges and workplace violence issues.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
March 25, 2024

Group of Atlanta VA nurses holding signs "Staff up for safe care! End crisis care now!"

Atlanta VA nurses to hold protest for patient safety and workplace violence prevention

Nurses at the Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta VA Medical Center will hold a protest to call attention to their serious patient safety concerns, including ongoing short-staffing, poor security measures to prevent workplace violence, and a lack of leadership accountability.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
March 6, 2024

UChicago nurses hold up signs in support of safe staffing.

UChicago nurses to hold one-day strike for safe staffing

Nurses at UChicago Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, will hold a one-day strike on March 14 to protest the administration’s refusal to address RNs’ demand to improve safe staffing at their facility.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
March 4, 2024

UCSF nurses hold signs in support of safe staffing.

UCSF Mission Bay nurses rally to demand immediate action on safe staffing for patients

On February 27, nurses from University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Health Mission Bay will hold a rally to shed light on worsening conditions inside the medical center that the university has continuously refused to address.

California Nurses Association
February 26, 2024

NNU logo over image of nurses taking action.

UChicago nurses schedule strike vote due to unresolved patient safety concerns

Registered nurses at UChicago Medicine will hold a strike vote on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, which would authorize the bargaining team to call a strike if management does not address staffing concerns which lead to patient safety issues.

National Nurses United
February 16, 2024

Nurse holding up sign that reads "We are here for our patients."

Oroville Hospital nurses to hold informational picket to protest short-staffing, erosion of patient care standards, and deteriorating working conditions

Registered nurses at Oroville Hospital in Oroville, California, will hold an informational picket on Thursday, February 15, to protest chronic short-staffing conditions that jeopardize patient care and lead to high turnover and the loss of experienced nurses.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
February 14, 2024

Group of nurses in hallway

Antelope Valley nurses to hold rally for patient safety

Registered nurses at Antelope Valley Medical Center in Lancaster, Calif., will hold a rally on Thursday, Jan. 4 to highlight their patient safety concerns, including chronic short-staffing, management’s failure to meet California’s mandatory minimum RN-to-patient ratios, and retaliation against RNs advocating for safe patient care.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
January 3, 2024