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Patients over Profits: Keep Allen Hospital Beds OPEN!

June 14, 2018

On June 13^th, NYSNA members took to the streets to bring awareness to our communities about the inpatient psychiatric unit closures. Rain or shine, NYSNA brought in passionate crowds, ready to take...

Authority of Nurse Practitioners Expanded to Execute Medical Orders Not to Resuscitate along with other orders pertaining to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment:

June 14, 2018

On November 29, 2017, Governor Cuomo signed S.1869 (Hannon)/A.7277 (Gottfried), legislation enabling nurse practitioners to execute medical orders not to resuscitate and other orders pertaining to...

Preventing Nurse Occupational Exposure to Fentanyl

June 14, 2018

The opioid crisis has had a devastating effect on many of our families and communities. According to the CDC, drug overdoses killed 63,632 Americans in 2016. Nearly two-thirds of these deaths (66%)...

New Video: RN Medical Mission to Mexico

June 04, 2018

Check out our new video documenting NYSNA members recent medical mission in Ciudad Hidalgo, Chiapas, Mexico.

Video: Delegation to Mexico in May 2018

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Mexico Medical Mission a Success!

May 29, 2018

The medical mission to Mexico held in the City of Hidalgo and Ejido La Libertad was a huge success! Hosted by Ciudad de Hidalgo, we served about 500 patients, mostly women and children (176 pediatrics...

Members Of The New York State Nurses Association Vote To Authorize A Strike At Northwell Health’s Staten Island University Hospital

May 18, 2018

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 18, 2018 Contact: Laura Montross I Email: lmontross@kivvit.com I Cell: 212-929-0669 MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION VOTE TO AUTHORIZE A STRIKE AT NORTHWELL HEALTH’S STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL Staten Island, NY ---- Members of the New York State

NYS Nurses Association gives re-election endorsement to Governor Cuomo

May 17, 2018

New York’s largest union and professional association of RNs gives strong backing to Governor FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 17, 2018 Contact: Carl Ginsburg, carl.ginsburg@nysna.org, 917.405.1060 New York — Citing his leadership for patients, who in the last two years were threatened by federal policies