With Montefiore nurses, admins at standstill, solidarity on display on Day 2 of NYC nurse strike via bronxtimes
But solidarity amongst nurses, and support from politicos and patients across the city and nation, has given a red sea of nurses positive momentum.
A small, yet, loud chant of “Dr. O got to go” rang out at a Tuesday’s late-morning press conference held by New York State Nurses Association , the nursing union, and nurses said that divide between themselves and hospital administrators is emblematic of a “dysfunctional” health care system where profits are prioritized over front line employees and patients.
In 2021, NYSNA called for specific staffing ratios in most hospital units, hoping to to alleviate onerous workloads for nurses that were exacerbated by ongoing COVID-19 responses across the city and state. “This is unsafe … the number of patients they’ve given us, which cause delays in treatments, delays in medications,” said Shirley Escala, a nurse of 30 years, with seven spent at Montefiore. “You don’t respect patients by putting them in the hallways. People go to the hospital to get better and heal, and they can’t heal in a chaotic environment.
“It’s frustrating that got canceled, but I also see how dog tired by nurse had been the last time I was at Montefiore. I see how little sleep they get, how overwhelmed they are with their mentals and their physical environment,” said South Bronx resident Greg Gamble. “So, of course, I stand with them over the people who drive my hospital bills up.”
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