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Houlton Regional Hospital nurses at town hall meeting: Planned closure of labor and delivery unit must be stopped

Nurses from Labor, Delivery, Recovery, and Postpartum unit at Houlton Regional Hospital held a town hall meeting to address news that their hospital’s administration plans to permanently close their department and what it will mean for patients seeking obstetrics care in their region. The event was held at the Millar Civic Center in Houlton and was attended by over 200 community supporters.

Maine State Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
April 9, 2025

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Maine nurses oppose Pacific trade pact's gifts to billionaire drug companies

Nurses are patient advocates — and by extension advocates for our patients' families and our communities - and today we are sounding an alert on theTrans-Pacific Partnership, an international agreement that puts the public health of Maine, and the nation, at risk.

Cokie Giles, Special to the BDN / Bangor Daily News
January 22, 2016

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Stories from Main Street

NNU Executive Director, RoseAnn DeMoro recently called on RNs nationwide to share stories about how the economic crisis is impacting their lives at home, and in their hospitals and communities. Their heartfelt responses were deeply moving, some of which can be read in this blog. To protect their anonymity, names have been removed. Additional stories are coming soon.

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NNU Endorsements 2016

See a list of legislative endorsements.