"The scum on someone's shoe." That's how former state nurse Laura Rausch said she was made to feel after she was promoted to a registered nurse (RN) III position--the highest level nursing position in the state, aside from a manager--in July of 2016.
El Camino Hospital's nurses union voted Tuesday to authorize a strike after negotiations with hospital leaders on a three-year contract broke down earlier this year. More than 95% of the Professional Resource for Nurses (PRN) members voted in favor of a strike, with 83% of the nurses participating in the vote.
Albany Medical Center nurses have delivered a 10-day notice to hospital management of their intent to picket on July 31.The nurses are in the midst of their first-ever contract negotiations as members of the New York State Nurses Association, and say they are picketing to raise concern about short staffing that has led to worsening patient care.
Growing up in Brazil, my dream was to go into medicine. But the idea of spending years in private school seemed daunting and frankly unrealistic for someone in my economic situation.
Nurses told Business Insider a steady job market, good salary, and helping patients are some of the best parts about their job. Nursing jobs are set to increase by half a million by 2026, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nurses currently make about $75,000 on average.
A group of several hundred nurses at Beaumont Hospital of Royal Oak is opposing attempts by other nurses to unionize the hospital. The group has filed an unfair labor charge against a statewide nurses union involved in the unionization effort.