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CNA/NNU RNs protect patients in the event of a strike.
When CNA/NNU RNs strike, there are mechanisms that
ensure the well-being of their patients and community.
They are as follows:
• Ten-Day Notice
The law requires a 10-day advance written notice of intent
to strike. This is to give the hospital time to stop admitting
new patients and to begin the process of transferring patients
who can be safely moved.
• Patient Protection Task Force
RNs form a task force to make the process of patient transfers
and hospital phase down go as smoothly as possible. A few days
before a strike is to begin, the task force issues a written advisory
to the hospital summarizing nursing recommendations on which
patients may be safely transferred that day.
• RN-Controlled Emergency Care
During the strike, the task force makes a nursing assessment
of each situation where emergency care is requested and will
assign an RN to stabilize a patient.
• Patient and Family Education and Counseling
RNs are made available to provide patients and families with
information and counseling on the transport process.
