NY Nurse: March 2021

For several decades, one nurse has distinguished herself in the discipline of safe staffing for hospital nurses. Since the 1990s, Linda Aiken, PhD, RN, and colleagues have produced numerous studies on RN staffing. These studies are considered the gold standard for the nursing profession.

Aiken is the...

NYSNA Board Member Judith Cutchin, RN, President of NYSNA’s NYCH+H/Mayoral Executive Council, testified before the Joint Assembly and Senate Hearing on the Fiscal Year 2022 Executive Budget: Health, on February 25. Below are excerpts of that testimony.

I want to focus on three critical issues in my...

During this month, we look back at a year of grave consequences. It is the one year anniversary of COVID-19 here in New York City, the epicenter of the epicenter, a designation as somber as any could be.

Our experience was not unique. Hospitals across the state endured similar fates: very sick...

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FACTS: In New York, even with fewer gender-restrictive patterns of employment, 94% of nurses are female. The wage gap between men and women averages 80%. Women overwhelmingly occupy the bulk of no-benefit part time jobs when compared to men. Nationally, 1 in 3 women experienced physical violence by...