[2]National Nurses United
Nurses across the country report that they are not receiving the proper
staffing, personal protective equipment, training, or isolation rooms they
need to safely care for COVID-19 patients.
This is unconscionable. At a moment when we are asking nurses and other
health care workers to step up and protect people, we must be able to
protect them as well.
[ [link removed] ]We need your voice right now. Will you sign our urgent petition to
demand that Congress do everything in its power to protect nurses during
this crisis?
[ [link removed] ]Our nurses need protection »
And after you sign, we’ll give you everything you need to help spread the
word on social media and beyond.
The time is NOW to take all precautions to protect nurses and health care
workers on the frontlines. Early reports show that health care workers are
at great risk for serious illness despite their younger age – which means
that the stakes couldn’t be higher.^1
For months NNU has demanded workplace protections, safe staffing, and the
personal protective equipment like masks and gloves that nurses need to
help fight COVID-19. But in a NNU survey, only 56% of RNs report having
access to N95 masks and only 27% have access to PAPRs. If nurses aren't
safe, patients aren't safe.
[ [link removed] ]Will you sign our letter to Congress calling for stronger protections
for nurses, which will protect all of us in this crisis?
Our health care system is woefully unprepared for the crisis we’re in and
for what’s to come. That’s because our current health care system was not
built for a crisis or even for public health; it was built for profit.
It is in the interest of all Americans that everyone gets the health care
they need, when they need it. A pandemic like this amplifies the
fundamental truth that the only thing that will keep EVERYONE safe is a
robust public health care system.
We’re in this together,
Jasmine Ruddy
Organizer
Nurses’ Campaign to Win Medicare for All
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