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It’s time for a new paradigm in healthcare delivery, one that puts patient need before profit without exception.  The overall healthcare needs of a community have little room for consideration in a system that, in the words of a recent New York Times …

The landscape in Brooklyn is changing fast. At Interfaith, public outcry has brought the hospital back from the brink, again. The instant response from the community, unions, and elected officials when then CEO Sullivan told the city to stop bringing …

The fight to save Interfaith Medical Center in central Brooklyn has taken many dramatic turns of late. Most poignantly, the staging of Edward Albee’s “The Death of Bessie Smith” in the hospital . The play is based on the legend that this great blues …

Joint Commission staffing standards and the New York Code of Rules and Regulations specify that a sufficient number of qualified registered nurses must be on duty at all times to give patients safe and competent nursing care that requires the independent …

ALBANY WEDNESDAY MARCH 26 Talk to your union rep about signing up for our Lobby Day. Text STAFFING to 877877 to receive NYSNA action alerts. Standard rates apply. Text STOP to stop receiving texts. … New Date: Stand Up for Safe …

By its nature, staffing emergency rooms is a very top priority. How else do we accomplish this critical work but with adequate staff to meet every and any contingency in the protection of patients? Now, as it turns out, ER visits are increasing under the …

Beck Notification If you are represented for collective bargaining by NYSNA, you have the right to be or stay a nonmember and pay an agency fee equivalent to dues. As a nonmember, you are entitled to object to paying for activities unrelated to the …

Pre-K push Free, quality pre-K for every kid in New York City would help millions of working families like ours. Mayor de Blasio campaigned on this and is pushing Albany to approve a modest tax increase on the city’s richest, those who make more than …

NYSNA offers dozens of educational workshops on a variety of subjects and in different locations around the state. Topics include: Pharmacology and medication administration for nurses. Emergency preparedness for healthcare workers. Knowing your …

Archived issues of full copies of  New York Nurse  are listed below; click on the individual month to access the issue. Text versions of individual articles and recent PDF's of full copies are available on the NYSNA public website.  Archived issues of  …