The affiliation grows NNU's membership to nearly 225,000 nurses nationwide.
The New York State Nurses Association has voted to affiliate with NNU.
Monday, October 24, 2022
 

"There is strength in numbers and a NYSNA affiliation with NNU will strengthen our fight to protect nurses, our patients, and our communities." — Nancy Hagans, RN, CCRN, BSN, president, NYSNA.

The New York State Nurses Association has voted to affiliate with National Nurses United, adding more than 42,000 nurses to the nation's largest nurses' union. Read here.

Also this week, hospitals, clinics and other care venues are reporting chronic shortages of therapists, imaging and lab techs, and other allied care professionals, according to a new survey from AMN Healthcare. Read here.
 
42K NY Nurses' Union Join NNU
The affiliation grows NNU's membership to nearly 225,000 nurses nationwide. The vote was cast on October 20 by elected local leaders from every NYSNA-represented care venue, during NYSNA's annual convention.
 
Survey Finds Chronic, Widespread Shortages of Allied Care Professionals
Eighty percent of the respondents say their biggest recruiting challenge is the labor shortage.
Innovative Partnerships Power Mobile Integrated Health Programs
Health systems and payers are forging partnerships with paramedics and other community health providers in mobile integrated health programs that bring home-based care to high-risk, high-expense patients.
ECRI: Healthcare Organizations Must Address Racist Behavior in the Workplace
Healthcare organizations must create an environment where it is unambiguous that racist behavior will not be tolerated, ECRI's top leader says.
6 Key Lessons in Keeping Your Workforce, Communities Safe
Hospitals must work not only to keep their communities well, but to keep them safe.
The Way Forward: Healthcare Organizations Must Reenergize Staff Even as COVID Continues
One chief physician executive says the primary COVID-19 challenge now is "getting everyone to think about it as an endemic versus a pandemic."
 

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