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The state has issued guidance that would prevent unvaccinated health care workers who are fired to collect unemployment.
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“It does not have to happen, my friends, it does not have to happen. What is looming for Monday is completely avoidable and there are no excuses.”
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"Our nurses have not had any input on safe staffing levels – we certainly have had our opinions, but we have never really been asked to share those."
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“The key difference between a job at McDonald’s and a job at a nursing home should be a career, that you’re beginning a career. We believe we need to build that infrastructure.”
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Union members called on House Health Committee Chair Kathy Rapp to consider their proposal.
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Retired nurses could relieve some stress and handle any holiday-related increase in cases of the coronavirus and in distributing vaccines should they become available.
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The union says health systems are sitting on stockpiles of N95 respirators, leaving nurses without needed protection, as some hospitals restart elective procedures.
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“Helping them see their families, making sure we’re scheduling times for Zoom and FaceTime meetings -- that’s never been a part of our day."
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At least 9,000 front-line nurses and other medical workers have contracted COVID-19.