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On March 26, more than 1,000 NYSNA RNs and nursing students from across the state brought our message to Albany: Pass the Safe Staffing for Quality Care Act to protect patients and nursing practice. Nearly 170 visits with state senators and assembly …

Published : April 9, 2014 Thousands of reports annually from our members across the state convey a consistent and harsh reality: nurses are caring for too many patients at one time, sometimes in overwhelming numbers. By this count, the vast majority of …

Albany reached a budget agreement in time to start the state’s new fiscal year on April 1. As always, it was a tough fight. But NYSNA members were right there in the mix, calling on legislators and the governor to do right by our state’s people. …

Fighting to keep public healthcare public We pressed our case against HHC’s plan to privatize chronic dialysis services for patients at four HHC facilities – Harlem, Kings County, Metropolitan, and Lincoln hospitals – and have protected them, so far, as …

Even before Hurricane Sandy hit Staten Island with a vengeance, healthcare in the borough was in trouble. The Staten Island Advance called the health statistics “sobering.” Yet with only two hospitals (in three sites) for its population of nearly 500,000, …

Never before has there been such a united, and active, front in the fight to defend healthcare in New York City as in Brooklyn today. While our fight is not over, the last few weeks have brought the kind of progress that seemed impossible a year ago. LICH …

Nursing can often be dangerous work. Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics confirms what we know: healthcare workers are at high risk of violent assault on the job. According to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), …

Steward training is about building power. It’s about learning to organize to solve problems on the job and to affect change statewide. Here’s what some of the hundreds of NYSNA members who have already taken the training have to say about it. We hope …

Vigil at Shore Medical Center Nearly 100 RNs at Shore Medical Center in Somers Point, N.J. and community supporters held a vigil in mid-February to protest management’s bullying and retaliation tactics against RNs who speak out for quality care. …

If someone broke into our homes and took our valuables, we would be outraged. Why are we not as upset about the theft of our history? What is more valuable than knowledge – and truth to power? There is a rich and vibrant history in our country – a history …