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WEBSep 24, 2024 · National Nurses United is the country’s largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses, with nearly 225,000 members nationwide.
Veterans Affairs - National Nurses United
WEBNurses demand VA lift "hiring freeze," citing thousands of nurse vacancies and patient safety concerns Registered nurses who work at Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals around the country are holding a national week of action.
WEBNurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act. Care ActSponsored by Senator Sherrod Brown Representative Jan SchakowskyThere are no federal mandates regulating the number. f patients a registered nurse can care for at one time in U.S. hospitals. As a result, registered nurses (RNs) are consistently required to care ...
California Nurses Association | National Nurses United
WEB5 days ago · The California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee is a premiere organization of registered nurses and one of the nation’s fastest growing labor and professional organizations in the U.S.
Continuing Education (CE) Class Catalog - National Nurses United
WEBSep 14, 2017 · Click on a calendar item above or scroll below to learn more about a course and register. CE courses are free to National Nurses United members. Classes are only offered to direct-care and staff RNs.
WEBLow nurse stafing levels are extremely dangerous for patients Studies show that when RNs are forced to care for too many patients at one time, patients are at higher risk of preventable medical errors, avoidable complications, falls and injuries,1 pressure sores,2 increased length of hospital stay, higher numbers of hospital readmissions, and death.3
Safe Staffing Ratios - National Nurses United
WEBSafe Staffing Ratios. NNU’s proposal for minimum, mandated, nurse-to-patient staffing ratios protect our patients’ right to nursing care. We know that every patient deserves a single standard of high-quality care. Safe staffing ratios, coupled with nurses’ powerful voice of advocacy secured in collective bargaining, protect our patients ...
Organizing with NNU - National Nurses United
WEBOrganizing: Know your rights. You have a legal right to organize under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), a federal labor law. In the case of many public hospitals, state law that is similar to the NLRA governs the process. National Nurses United is the largest union of RNs in the United States, with a membership of almost 225,000 RNs in ...
The Science of ratios - National Nurses United
WEBMay 10, 2021 · The Science of ratios. Decades of studies have shown that more nurses equate to lives saved and fewer complications. After ratios were implemented in California, research demonstrated that ratios were working! Now that that relationship has been well established, researchers have been focusing on what exactly is the mediating link between ...
WEBH.R. 1195 Representative Joe Courtney Violence against nurses and other health care workers in hospitals and other health care facilities is a growing epidemic across the United States. Nurses report being punched, kicked, bitten, beaten, choked, and assaulted on the job — and some have faced stabbings and shootings. The Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the hazard of workplace violence ...