NY Nurse: September 2022

Nurses and healthcare professionals have spent the past few years sacrificing for the greater good. Nurses have put their and their families’ lives on the line to ensure our communities, including patients, had what they needed during a devastating pandemic.

More than half of all American adults experience tremendous pain and suffering in their last months of life, young and old alike. And, although the majority of people express their desire to die in the familiar comforts of their own home, an overwhelming number of them will die in the hospital. This...

The question is not, ‘are nurses ready.’ It is, ‘is management ready?’ Are they ready to do right by nurses and healthcare professionals? Are they ready to tell the truth about record profits? Are they ready to prioritize patients and caregivers? Are they ready to match their rhetoric with the reality of what nurses and healthcare professionals face?

On August 18, I joined hundreds of NYSNA nurses at the Sheraton Hotel in Times Square to kick off our “We Love Nurses” contract campaign.