Safe Staffing
Safe, quality care depends on enough nurses and frontline caregivers to do the job. That’s why NYSNA fights for safe staffing on every unit in every healthcare facility in the state.
By uniting and organizing together, NYSNA nurses have won serious improvements to staffing through our contracts and the law.
More nurses = better care, but healthcare facilities continue to hire and retain too few nurses to provide safe, quality care at all times. That’s why nurses and healthcare workers advocated and won groundbreaking staffing legislation in 2021 to establish safe staffing standards at all hospitals in New York and a universal 1-2 nurse-to-patient staffing ratio for critical care patients. Safe staffing saves lives.
Implementing the Hospital Staffing Committees Law
Safe, quality care depends on enough nurses and frontline caregivers to do the job. That’s why NYSNA fights for safe staffing on every unit, in every healthcare facility in the state.
Safe Staffing News
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St. Catherine’s Agrees to Hire Additional Nurses After Mediation Win
NYSNA Update: November 15, 2024
Nurses Call On Albany Med to Stop Hiding Staffing Crisis Report
“As a nurse with over 30 years of experience, I've dedicated my career to patient care. When there aren’t enough nurses at the bedside to provide the care that our patients need and deserve, nurses get frustrated and burnt out and leave. We need to feel respected for the work we do.”
Press Releases
See More ReleasesNew Report Analyzes the State of Nurse Staffing in New York
Nurses at Mount Sinai South Nassau Picket for a Fair Contract
Resources
See More Resources2024 NYSNA Staffing Report
Unsafe staffing levels in New York’s hospitals undermine the quality of care patients receive. All New Yorkers — from patients, community members, healthcare workers and their unions to legislators and regulators — have a stake in ensuring that the laws and regulations meant to protect patient safety are working well.