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“We are changing the culture of our union to stop the attacks on our patients and to keep hospitals open for care. It’s working. We have kept LICH and Interfaith open. We held the largest action for safe staffing in New York history. We are in the news …

The votes are in   Elections are the stand we take for candidates who have shown their commitment to fight for the issues that matter to our communities. This year we took a stand like never before and helped elect candidates across the state who will …

Don’t cross the line To see what privatization does to patient care, just look at Westchester Medical Center.  “It was mass chaos,” recalls Jane Barrett, RN, about the consequences when hospital executives laid off 140 RNs and hundreds of caregivers last …

        More than 1,000 RNs joined together in a spirited rally at City Hall on Oct. 17. We came from the NYSNA convention and by the busload from area hospitals after the night shift with one purpose: to demand respect for patients and nurses alike. What …

Nurses in California passed a safe staffing law more than a decade ago that protects patients and respects nursing practice. The results are impressive: shorter hospital stays, lower re-admission rates, greater patient satisfaction, fewer complications …

  Electronic medical records: 1.Take time away from patient care. 2.Prioritize charting over care. 3. Fragment patient-care processes on menus. 4. Assume that a patient’s needs are routine and predictable. 5. Encourage charting by exception, putting words …

The push toward greater health information technology undermines our nursing practice and often hurts the patients we care for and about. Our mission is to heal the sick and to advocate on their behalf. Machines are important in healthcare, obviously, but …

NYSNA members steadfastly care for the people of our state every day. Many go beyond the call of duty to give even more of their time and themselves to advocating for patients, helping communities in need, fighting for healthcare for all, and standing up …

Sandy made landfall just two days after the end of our NYSNA convention last year. Our new board was seated on Friday and on Monday we faced a challenge unprecedented in our union’s history. Hundreds of nurses, including me and many of my colleagues at …

The nationwide trend of hospital consolidation has sparked controversy about the potential long-term effect on healthcare costs. Hospital consolidations are already having unexpected consequences in upstate New York, where 68 percent of all hospitals …