NY Nurse: Spring 2024

Hundreds of nurses and healthcare professionals across seven different healthcare unions came together in Albany on Monday, May 13, to call on the New York State Department of Health (DOH) to aggressively enforce the safe staffing law.

During Multi-Union Lobby Day, union members met with legislators...

Nurses throughout New York have seen this story play out multiple times across the state: A healthcare corporation buys or merges with a community hospital, resulting in cuts to healthcare services, “consolidation” (more cuts) of resources, chronic understaffing, and less investment in recruiting...

The fights for our profession, our patients and our communities are all interconnected. Members sometimes ask me why NYSNA nurses are involved in racial justice, climate justice or gender justice, for example. They wonder what these issues have to do with nursing. I tell them that these fights are...

NYSNA nurses celebrated Nurses Week beginning May 6 and throughout the entire month. I always feel proud to be a nurse, but this time of year is a good opportunity to reflect even more on what brought me to the profession — and why I’m still here.

Nurses Make the Difference

I’ve always felt called to...