Why?
Nurses’ demands in these negotiations are focused on staffing and raises that keep pace with inflation. Throughout NYC hospitals, despite having contract language that promises a 1:4 nurse-to-patient ratio, most nurses are lucky to be assigned only five patients, at times being forced to care for up to eight over the course of their 12-hour shifts. As of this writing, many nurses in hospitals where tentative agreements have been announced have seen only a summary of the TAs which promise “Improved enforcement and dispute resolution process” with no details of how to accomplish this. Many units are having difficulty hiring as they refuse to compete with the wages or the flexibility offered to travel nurses – and yet employ travel nurses regularly paying them far more than their staff.
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