Across the country, nurses have spoken out about the challenges of providing care in the COVID-19 pandemic. They’ve urged health systems to provide more resources to care for patients, including hiring more nurses to address staffing shortages.
We did it! After a long, hard-fought struggle, members and healthcare workers succeeded in getting landmark hospital and nursing home staffing legislation passed into state law.
After more than a decade of advocacy by NYSNA nurses and healthcare professionals, landmark staffing legislation for our hospitals and nursing homes has finally landed on the Governor’s desk ready to be signed!