NY Nurse: May 2021

May Day Celebration at Albany Med

Albany Med nurses were joined by labor and community allies to honor the hardworking people in Albany and across the world for May Day, or International Workers Day. Approximately 300 people gathered in support of AMC-NYSNA nurses, calling on the hospital...

As the May Issue of New York Nurse goes to press, we are urging Governor Cuomo to sign the staffing bills described in this column and stand behind frontline healthcare workers, patients and nursing home residents so the laws can go into effect on January 1, 2022The New York State Legislature has...

Delita Glori-Feri, a critical care nurse at Montefiore Medical Center, became infected with COVID-19 while caring for her patients last year. Like many NYSNA members, she became severely ill. In fact, she nearly died. For months she was too ill to work and applied for workers’ compensation to cover...

On May 1, residents of Queens, together with friends and families, politicians and others, gathered by the hundreds at the Forest Park Bandshell to grieve those they lost to the COVID-19 virus. The event provided a community space, a place to come together to talk to one another and to share stories...

Even when the cards are stacked against us

Demoralization

This is what I hear most often when speaking with nurses across the regions. We’re so demoralized that we don’t know where to begin to describe our alienation. And while staffing is the primary logistic reason for our frustration, the lack of...