NYS Nurses Association
NYSNA Video
New from the NYS Nurses Association... video presentations and profiles, featuring NYSNA members, in their own words, addressing recent and upcoming events, and their importance to their practice and their daily lives.
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“Nurses help Staten Island recover”Nurses are going door-to-door on Staten Island, helping treat people with urgent medical needs. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |
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“NYSNA Rockaways, Nov 2012”Nurses are also going door-to-door in the Rockaways, helping treat people with urgent medical needs. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |
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“Save Mt. Vernon Hospital”Nurses talk about the critical work they do to care for the Mt. Vernon community. Caregivers, community members, and lawmakers are coming together to Save Mt. Vernon Hospital. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |
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“Delegate Assembly Grand Finale”NYSNA's Delegate Assembly led the way for the democratic changes we've made in the last year. Past Delegate Assembly Presidents talk about the work they did. And Delegate Assembly Award recipient Pat Kane, RN, talks about the work that lies ahead to win safe staffing and build a stronger NYSNA. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |
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“Safe RN Staffing Saves Lives”“You’re only one person. No matter how good a nurse you are, you can only be in one place at one time,” says Kathy Santoiemma, a Sound Shore Medical Center RN, in a new video that explains why we need safe nurse-to-patient ratios. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |
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“Nurses Uniting for a Stronger NYSNA”On May 17, 2,500 nurses voted overwhelmingly for a stronger, more united NYSNA. Hear about the changes they made in a new video. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo This video is available as a DVD, available for free to NYSNA members. To get your copy, send your address to mobilizer@nysna.org. |
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“Shore Nurses: In their own words”RNs are the heart and soul of Shore Medical Center. The future of quality patient care at Shore depends on a fair contract. Now Shore nurses are taking their story to the public and policymakers in a powerful new video. Hear their story – and share it your family and friends. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |
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“In her own words: Marie Sweeney, RN”Marie Sweeney never thought she would be attacked at work. After surviving a brutal assault, Marie has become a powerful advocate for nurses, educating the public, lawmakers, and hospital administrators about how we can prevent these terrible attacks. She tells her story in an emotional new video. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |
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“A voice for nurses: Marva Wade on changing NYSNA”Marva Wade — the first and last president of NYSNA's Delegate Assembly — talks about the fight to make NYSNA a stronger union. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |
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“Decision Time”May 17 is decision time for nurses who want a stronger, more united NYSNA. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |
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“Standing Up to Short Staffing”Nurses talk about the problem of short staffing--and what they're doing to meet the challenge. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |
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“Extraordinary Every Day: the Nurses of HHC”The nurses of the Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) provide essential services and quality care for the people of New York. But Mayor Bloomberg and the HHC administration have left these 8,000 nurses without a new contract for the past three years. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |
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“Better Contracts”NYSNA Members discuss the importance of participation in their professional association, and specifically the upcoming Special Membership Meeting on May 17, 2012, being held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center North Hall in New York City. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |
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“Empowering Nurses”NYSNA is the voice for nursing in the Empire State. At a Special Membership Meeting on May 17, members will vote to make NYSNA a stronger union that will speak with one, united voice. Listen as these members invite ALL NYSNA members to join them. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |
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“Westchester Nurses Stand up to Assault”When Douglas Kennedy, the man who assaulted two Northern Westchester Hospital nurses, showed up at court, NYSNA members were there to speak out against the assault. Watch the video and find out what they had to say. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |
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“Get on the Bus”A new song, sung by NYSNA member Valerie Warde, RN, from The Brooklyn Hospital Center. Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |
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“Fighting for Fairness: Flushing RNs tell their story”When Flushing RNs stood up for a good union contract in their fight for fairness, management cut off their healthcare and froze their pensions. But they didn't give up. Watch the video and hear how they brought nurses together, stood up to management's demands, used creative tactics in the workplace and won! Click here to watch the video, or visit NYSNA on Vimeo |