Taking Action to Protect Health Care and Patient Safety HPAE nurses and health professionals play an important role in improving the delivery of healthcare services and advocating for patient, worker safety. During Nurses Week, we celebrate all that nurses and
After months of protest and outrage, Congress dismissed pleas from their constituents, patients and working families by passing legislation to take away healthcare from millions of Americans by dismantling the ACA.
HPAE Local 5058 members joined with community members served by Hackensack Meridian, members of CWA Local 1037, and NJCU to hold a Speak Out last night near the hospital to build solidarity in the fight against corporate healthcare.
HPAE President Ann Twomey and HPAE Secretary-Treasurer Barbara Rosen attended a meeting from April 24th to April 28th organized by the International Labor Organization (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland to discuss strategies in the health sector that effectively address challenges and opportunities regarding employment
The Local 5091 Workplace Violence Prevention Committee has issued a report on the status of their efforts and the results of a membership survey on workplace violence at Bergen Regional Medical Center (BRMC).
Leaders of nurses' unions from 9 states and 11 unions came together in New York City on April 10 to collaborate on key issues facing health care and unions, including attacks on collective bargaining rights, the need for safe staffing,
Nurses at Virtua Memorial are trained to remind patients that they “always have time” for them. But the nurses say that because of staffing shortages, that isn’t always the case. Staffing has become an issue of growing concern for about
From NorthJersey.com Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center –the Secaucus hospital where inpatient admissions have dropped to fewer than 30 patients a day – is slated to be sold to a multimillionaire real estate developer who owns a pair of surgery centers
Janice Fitzgerald, RN, APN and an HPAE Local 5089 member, participated in an event last Monday in Camden, NJ to highlight the public health impacts of climate change. In her presentation to the group, Janice noted that “the debate is
This week, Registered Nurses at Cooper University Health Care (CUHC) began bargaining with management for a new contract. For the 1,300 registered nurses represented by HPAE, the focus of these negotiations is centered on patient safety and improving nurse staffing