Just weeks after COVID-19 peaked in Westchester County all signs indicated Montefiore Medical System was moving forward with plans to shutter Mount Vernon Hospital (MVH). Some 1,400 COVID-related deaths county-wide had not been persuasive. The ICU was now on the chopping block and 16 nurses were to...
At the height of the COVID surge, psych and detox units around the state were converted to treat COVID patients. They now sit empty as the surge has subsided. However, these units have not been reopened. Many major health systems are using “COVID Surge Plans” to keep them closed, effectively denying...
For months, NYSNA has been pushing hospitals around the state to move to reusable respiratory protection, including powered air purifying respirators (PAPRs) and elastomeric respirators, to address the continued shortage of single-use N95s and other disposable PPE.
As nurses, we put the health and well-being of our patients first every time we’re at the bedside. Despite the enormous challenges, we saved the lives of over 73,000 New Yorkers during the COVID-19 surge this spring.
Now we’re facing a different kind of threat to public health—economic austerity. In...
“When will we go back to normal?” This is the question many schoolchildren are asking in New York, now that the rate of COVID infection and death plummets.
As we continue to recover and attempt to orient ourselves to “Phase IV,” the unknowns that we face, as caregivers, students, parents, sons and...
