The New York State Nurses Association is the largest union and professional association for registered nurses. We are 42,000 frontline nurses standing together for strength at work, our practice, safe staffing, and healthcare for all.

What to do when faced with unsafe assignments, workplace violence, and management harassment. Real stories from real nurses standing together for strength at work.

Nursing Member Leaders are working nurses, trained to deeply understand a facility’s contract and the rights of his or her fellow nurses. The Nursing Member Leader is trained to successfully organize collective actions, to enforce the contract, and to represent and counsel nurses facing discipline.