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Nurses helping nurses: Nurses House COVID-19 Fund

March 25, 2020

Nurses House, a national organization dedicated to helping RNs in need, offers assistance with housing and medical expenses to RNs who are seriously ill, injured, disabled or facing other dire...

Virtual Town Hall: Capital Region healthcare crisis: Weds., Mar. 18

March 17, 2020

Join us Wednesday night, March 18 for a Virtual Town Hall: Capital Region healthcare crisis: How can the Community and Healthcare workers be prepared?

RSVP Today | Informational Flier (.pdf)

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Safe nurses, safe communities: the union approach to managing the COVID-19 crisis

March 17, 2020

UPDATED: March 19, 2020

Download and distribute the latest NYSNA COVID-19 Update Flier

Providing Care, Often Without Tools We Need

NYSNA members at many facilities are routinely being asked to provide...

COVID-19 UPDATE, MARCH 15: School Closures/Survey

March 15, 2020

Important! NYSNA Member Child Care Survey

We have just received notification from the Mayor’s Office that the NY City Public Schools will be closed to students effective Monday, March 16, 2020. The NYC...

Our Members are caring for patients amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

March 13, 2020

NYSNA nurses continue to staff the front lines in the battle against COVID-19. The number of New Yorkers infected with the virus continues to increase. We are preparing for that surge in patients. We...

Nurses Issue Call for Help in the Public Health Battle Against Coronavirus

March 10, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 10, 2020 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917.405.1060 New York, NY – Based on the evidence to date, many greater NYC hospitals are failing to provide adequate healthcare worker protections in the handling of the expanding COVID-19 crisis. The result is

NYS Nurses Association urges the Federal and State government to issue emergency temporary standards to control Coronavirus

March 06, 2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 6, 2020 Contact: Carl Ginsburg | carl.ginsburg@nysna.org | 917.405.1060 New York State Nurses Association urges the Federal and State government to issue emergency temporary standards to control Coronavirus New York, NY – In the face of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)