Over the past five months, COVID-19 has publicly exposed what nurses have known for a long time: that money and profit — not the well-being of patients, health care workers, or public health — come first in our nation's health care industry.
We have been first hand witnesses during this crisis. Today, registered nurses at more than 200 facilities in at least 16 states and the District of Columbia stand together to demand immediate action from our elected leaders, our government, and our employers to save lives. The nation's largest hospital chains, such as HCA Healthcare, are profiting off COVID-19 through billions in government funds while failing to protect nurses' and patients' health.
From the hospital floor to the streets outside, we say in one voice: now is the time to re-envision a world based on nurses' values of caring, compassion, and community.
Add your voice to ours. Join us in taking collective, public action over social media.
Can you take a moment right now to engage with HCA on social media and tell them to protect frontline workers?
Here's an example of what you can comment on their Facebook post. Feel free to copy and paste this text, or create your own message:
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HCA: YOU can make a big difference by using that $1.7 billion CARES Act bailout to ensure the safety of your nurses, health care workers, and patients. Stop closing vital services and forcing frontline workers to reuse single-use personal protective equipment! |
The United States has the highest number of infections and deaths in the world, with more than 4.8 million cases and more than 150,000 deaths. More than 169 nurses in this country are dead, and millions of folks are jobless, homeless, hungry, and without health care.
Your immediate action is critical so that HCA and the entire health care industry hear nurses' demands and provide personal protective equipment (PPE), safe staffing, and proper infection control.
Please join our Day of Action on social media. Respond to HCA's posts to tell them, publicly and loudly: we demand you take action to save lives now.
Yours in action,
National Nurses United
P.S. — Keep an eye on our Flickr account for photos from today's Day of Action. We'll be updating throughout the day as photos come in from across the country!
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