National Nurses United
National Nurses United, with close to 185,000 members in every state, is the largest union and professional association of registered nurses in US history.
Releases by this organization
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Newswire article Wednesday, April 01, 2020 RNs at 15 HCA Hospitals to Protest Lack of COVID-19 Preparedness Registered nurses at 15 HCA Healthcare hospitals in seven states will hold actions Wednesday and Thursday, April 1 and April 2, to protest a lack of preparedness by the nation’s largest hospital chain that they say places nurses, other staff, and patients at risk in the face of the coronavirus... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, March 26, 2020 Nation’s Nurses United Condemns Congressional Inaction on Protecting Nurses, Other Health Care Workers From COVID-19 National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of registered nurses in the United States, today condemned the United States Senate for failing to mandate protections for health care workers in the COVID-19 stimulus package that passed the Senate on Wednesday night. The Senate passed the inadequate... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, March 23, 2020 Nurses Send Petition to Congress Demanding Immediate Protections During COVID-19 Outbreak National Nurses United, the largest union of registered nurses, sent a petition to the US Congress today with a quarter of a million signatures demanding that Congress ensure that nurses and health care workers are immediately given the protections they need to avoid exposure to COVID-19. The union... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, March 20, 2020 Updated COVID-19 Survey of Registered Nurses Shows Little Improvement and Worsening Availability of Personal Protective Equipment A nationwide survey National Nurses United (NNU) has been conducting of registered nurses, the country’s frontline health care staff, continues to show that the vast majority of United States hospitals and health care facilities are still unprepared to handle and contain cases of COVID-19... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, March 05, 2020 Press Conference to Release Results of National Nurse Survey About COVID-19 Preparedness A nationwide survey National Nurses United (NNU) conducted of registered nurses, the country’s frontline health care staff, reveals that the vast majority of United States hospitals and health care facilities are unprepared to handle and contain cases of COVID-19, announced NNU, the country’s... Read more |
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Newswire article Tuesday, March 03, 2020 National Nurses United Urges Administration, Congress to Protect Health Care Workers and Fully Fund Coronavirus Response On Monday afternoon, the nation’s largest union of registered nurses sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence, Ambassador Deborah Birx, members of Congress, and other key officials in the administration, demanding a quick and meaningful response to the outbreak of novel coronavirus across the... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, February 28, 2020 Nation’s Hospitals Unprepared for COVID-19 Despite University of California medical facilities being generally better prepared and equipped to treat challenging medical cases, the recent UC Davis Medical Center COVID-19 case highlights the vulnerability of the nation’s hospitals to this virus and the insufficiency of current Centers for... Read more |
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Newswire article Friday, January 17, 2020 Nurses to Rally at Women’s Marches Across the Nation On Jan. 18, registered nurses from National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of RNs in the country, will join together at Women’s Marches across the United States to highlight the importance of unions to women and working people, NNU announced today. “As proud union nurses, we are marching... Read more |
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Newswire article Monday, January 06, 2020 Nurses Top Gallup Poll as Most Trusted Profession for 18th Consecutive Year Nurses topped the 2019 Gallup Poll's annual ranking of how Americans view 22 major professions with 85% of the public, four in five Americans, rating their honesty and ethical standards as “high” or “very high.” Nurses have ranked first for 18 consecutive years and every year except for one since... Read more |
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Newswire article Thursday, November 21, 2019 House Passes Bipartisan Bill to Prevent Workplace Violence for Health Care and Social Services Workers Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed a groundbreaking federal bill to protect health care and social service workers from extremely high rates of workplace violence—H.R. 1309, the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act, authored by Rep. Joe Courtney... Read more |