NATIONAL NURSES UNITED

Health Issues

S.1113 Support for Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act S.4804 Support for the Health Over Wealth Act S.4046 Support for VA Employee Fairness Act H.R.2530 Support Nurse Staffing Standards for Hospital Patient Safety and Quality Care Act H.R.9855 Support for VA Employee Fairness Act Support for Medicare for All Advocate for Medical Debt Reform Express VA Privatization concerns via the Community Care program and the hiring freeze affecting patient care. Express concerns with use and expansion of artificial intelligence and other untested technologies at the hospital bedside. Oppose CRA Anti-Worker Resolutions (GOP resolutions to oppose Biden nursing home rule) Express concerns with proposed changes to the Affordable and Safe Prescription Drug Importation Act. Express concerns of the impact that abortion restrictions have had on the healthcare workforce. Oppose HICPAC/CDC infection control draft guidelines and call for inclusion of labor in working group. Express support for and encourage improvements to the Biden administrations rule to establish staffing standards for nursing homes. Support for and spread awareness of FTCs Non-compete rule and its effect on TRAPs affecting RNs Support OSHA notice of proposed rulemaking for health injury prevention in outdoor and indoor work settings. Urge OSHA to ensure that the latest available scientific research regarding infectious disease transmission and prevention is relied upon in OSHAs Infectious Diseases Rulemaking impacting health care workers. Urge HHS to use authority to establish a national safe staffing mandate and ensure that the updates to infection control guidance by HICPAC/CDC protects health care workers. Urge HHS under the future Harris administration to take a variety of policy actions to abide by the precautionary principle and develop a strong government regulatory framework for artificial intelligence. Urge HHS under the future Harris administration to take a variety of policy actions to support nurses, including supporting legislation to move expeditiously toward a single-payer system, like Medicare for All, staffing ratio legislation to ensure that hospitals and nursing homes have adequate staffing, including advancement of mandatory minimum nurse-to-patient ratios, and more.