May 6-12 is Nurses Appreciation Week and UFCW Local 400 expressed “Thanks to nurses like Shazia Naimee (right) from Kaiser Permanente and countless others… for all you do to heal the sick, comfort the afflicted, and save lives!” And on Monday, registered nurses “will mark International Nurses’ Day with two actions in the District of Columbia aimed at protecting patients and caregivers,” reports NNU...
Nurses will rally outside the John A. Wilson Building 8:45a to urge the DC Council to pass legislation to protect patients by mandating minimum nurse-to-patient ratios in all DC hospitals and then at 10a they’ll demonstrate and deliver a petition to Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald, demanding respect for nurses’ rights in VA hospitals across the country and support for the VA Employee Fairness Act.