| |
St. Vincent's Strike
Exhausted Nurses = Unsafe Patient Care
Mandatory Overtime Puts Us All At Risk!
The nurses of St. Vincent's Hospital are on strike
over the failure of Tenet/St. Vincent's Hospital management to negotiate
a fair first contract. The key issues in dispute are about the safety
of patients and the ability of nurses to deliver care up to their
professional standards. It is also about treating employees with
dignity and respect.
The Public Has The Right To Know:
- The most important factor contributing to the
safety of your hospital stay is the number of patients your nurse
is assigned.
- Staffing at this hospital is often inadequate
to meet patients' needs. Sometimes nurses' patient care assignments
are unsafe.
- The hospital wants to compensate for its lack
of staffing by using mandatory overtime, i.e. forcing a nurse
to work extra hours and extra shifts.
- Would you want a nurse working her 16th hour
against her will caring for your loved one?
- Poor nurse staffing has been linked to longer
waiting times for needed care and pain medication, increases in
patient injuries, complications and medication errors. Mandatory
overtime has been linked to a rise in medication errors and injuries
to nurses.
What The Nurses Want:
- Safe staffing levels that allow nurses the time
to provide safe patient care.
- Strict limits on mandatory overtime so your
nurses are rested, alert and ready to provide the first-rate care
you deserve. The nurses demand the right to refuse manatory
overtime if they believe they are too fatigued or unable to provide
safe patient care.
- A protected voice in the decisions related to
the move to Worcester Medical Center. We have a legal right
to negotiate changes in working conditions that result from this
move to ensure that those changes do not impede our ability to
deliver safe nursing care.
When Nurses Are At Risk, You Are At Risk
- Don't Let Them Cut Costs At The Price Of
Your Safety
- Register Your Support For The Nurses And
Safe Patient Care
- Call Hospital CEO Bob Maher at 508-363-6211
Back to Strike Page
|
|
