RNRN press releases

Nurses Answer the Call: RNRN/NNU Sends More Volunteers to Care for Migrants and Asylum Seekers at the Border

The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation and National Nurses United, will send a new team of volunteer nurses to Tucson, Ariz., Ma

RN Response Network

March 1, 2019

RNs to Deploy to Tucson, Arizona to Provide Care to Migrants and Asylum Seekers

The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation and National Nurses United, is sending a team of volunteer nurses to Tucson, Arizona, Feb. 22 through Feb. 24, to assist in providing basic medical support to migrants and asylum seekers.

RN Response Network

February 21, 2019

RNs to Deploy to Tucson, Arizona to Provide Care to Migrants and Asylum Seekers

The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation and National Nurses United,is sending a team of volunteer nurses to Tucson

RN Response Network

February 8, 2019

RNs to Deploy to El Paso, Texas to Provide Care to Migrants and Asylum Seekers

The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation and National Nurses United, is sending a team of volunteer nurses to El Paso, Texas to as

RN Response Network

February 1, 2019

RN Response Network Sends Volunteer Nurses to Butte County in Aftermath of California Wildfires

The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN) is sending volunteer nurses to Butte County, California to assist in responding to the disaster created by the deadly Camp Fire, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) announced today.

RN Response Network

November 16, 2018

RN Response Network Deploys Nurse Volunteers to Florida to Help Provide Medical Assistance Post-Hurricane Michael

National Nurses United (NNU)’s Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a national network of volunteer nurses, will deploy RN volunteers to Tallahassee, FL, in conjunction with International Medical Corps, to assist locals in providing medical assistance in the wake of Hurricane Michael.

RNRN - Registered Nurse Response Network

October 12, 2018

On Maria Anniversary, Nurses Condemn Doubt Over High Death Toll in Puerto Rico

On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Maria striking Puerto Rico, National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest union of registered nurses, today condemned any doubt about reports that the death toll from the hurricane and its aftermath reaches into the thousands—following President Trump’s recent comment that thousands of people in Puerto Rico “did not die.”

RNRN - Registered Nurse Response Network

September 20, 2018

As Carr Fire Rages Out of Control, CNA/NNU Nurses are Both Heroes and Victims

The Carr fire sweeping through Redding has affected hundreds of nurses in the Redding area. California Nurses Association/National Nurses United represents registered nurses at the two main hospitals in Shasta County, Shasta Regional Medical Center and Mercy Medical Center Redding.

California Nurses Association

July 30, 2018

Nurses Condemn Fed Puerto Rico Response, as New Study Cites Hurricane Maria Death Toll in Thousands

NNU further condemned the U.S. government’s slow and inadequate response in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria—given the results of a new Harvard study published Tuesday in the New England Journal of Medicine placing the death toll from the storm at 4,645.

RNRN - Registered Nurse Response Network

May 30, 2018

Nurses Back from Puerto Rico Say FEMA Aid Must Continue For Foreseeable Future

Nurse volunteers who just returned from National Nurses United (NNU)’s second disaster relief mission to Puerto Rico said today that conditions on the ground remain dire, and that it is imperative that the Trump Administration and Congress not just continue to provide critical aid, but sharply step up the effort.

RNRN - Registered Nurse Response Network

January 31, 2018