NY Nurse September 2014

NYSNA backs Bronx health

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. (above, center), joined by NYSNA President Judy Sheridan-Gonzalez, RN, left, and NYSNA Board Member Karine Raymond, RN, has been paying close attention to healthcare issues. Recently, NYSNA joined with other unions in partnership with...

Early in August, 27-year-old Eric Silverman, a humanitarian aid worker recently back from Sierra Leone, checked into Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan with symptoms of the deadly Ebola virus disease (EVD), now claiming thousands of lives in West Africa. This raised serious concerns for American...

Three outstanding public servants agreed to participate in the Biennial this year and they are featured, below. Each one has shown extraordinary commitment to the issues of equal access to quality care for all New Yorkers, RN staffing and patient safety. They bring a dimension of integrity to...

Thousands turned out for the annual West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn on September 1, including 100 NYSNA members and staff, celebrating their heritage and its contribution to New York City‘s cultural diversity. NYSNA’s float was a welcome addition to the parade.

The parade is a special event for...

It did not take an Extreme Weather Event (EWE) in the form of Super Storm Sandy in 2012 to wake up NYSNA nurses to the serious threat climate change poses to the health of the planet. Still, the deluge at Bellevue Hospital Center, coupled with floods at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, were...

More than nine months into negotiations with an intransigent management, NYSNA RNs picketed the Gloversville, NY, facility on September 4 in a spirited show of unity. Nearly the entire bargaining unit – 138 nurses – was present. “Every nurse here cares deeply about giving our patients safe and...

The decision by management at Terrence Cardinal Cooke (TCC) to continually cut staffing levels provoked NYSNA RNs to engage in a one-day strike on August 15. More than 60 nurses participated – some had just finished the night shift.

“You’re rushing around all the time trying to keep up, which means...

There are multitudes of reasons that connect nurses to climate change. What underpins them all is the fact that climate change and the abuse of our planet that triggers it results in people getting sick. Very sick.

Some of you have attended climate workshops (see pp. 6-7), and others will in the...

This year, we meet at the Jacob Javits Center in Manhattan with an exciting and highly informative program. Some of the highlights include the following (please check your program for a complete list of offerings, times and locations):

In Nurses Taking Action in Response to the Crisis in our...

As we assemble for our Biennial Meeting, we see new and familiar faces. Our community of caregivers is as diverse as our nation, giving something unique to someone in need every day.

As nurses, we make a profound contribution to the quality of life of our patients. We learn things about people and...

On the move with our message

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NYSNA nurses start from a simple premise: Healthcare is a human right. We strive to make this ideal real every day in our work as front-line caregivers and patient advocates. It’s an ideal that grounds the public healthcare system.

And it’s...