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Around 1,000 nurses at NYU Langone Hospital\u2014Brooklyn <\/span>announced<\/span><\/a> they will go on strike Saturday if hospital administrators do not address concerns about short staffing and inadequate salaries by midnight Friday, claiming that patient care quality may be inhibited by the medical center\u2019s work environment.<\/span><\/p>\n

The nurses, who are represented by the citywide union Federation of Nurses \u2014 a branch of the larger United Federation of Teachers \u2014 filed a memo to the hospital 10 days ahead of the scheduled strike on Feb. 18, detailing more than 8,000 grievances over the past three years and alleging that the hospital\u2019s nurse-to-patient ratio violates New York state law and the nurses\u2019 contract with NYU Langone Hospital\u2014Brooklyn, according to a press release from the UFT.<\/span><\/p>\n

Union head Anne Goldman said the hospital consistently over-admits the emergency room with more than 100 patients. Goldman said that during negotiations, administrators offered to hire 100 additional nurses to address the issue of short staffing at the hospital, but that the union calculated the addition would not meet staffing needs. However, many union members remain frustrated by the lack of details on how these nurses would be trained, a process that could take up to nine months.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a moral injury to your soul when you cannot reach each patient in the appropriate way because you weren\u2019t given the right number on your staffing team,\u201d Goldman said in an interview with WSN. \u201cWhat it does is increase the chance of making mistakes, injury and falls. This fight is about giving us what we need to succeed for patient care.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Elvie Smith, a nurse educator at NYU Langone Hospital\u2014Brooklyn, told WSN that currently, each nurse in the medical surgical unit is responsible for six to seven patients \u2014 despite a contracted standard at five patients per nurse. In August 2023, the union <\/span>issued a complaint<\/span><\/a> referencing more than 2,000 complaints related to understaffing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Maria Paradiso, a recovery room nurse at the hospital, said the constant overflow of patients and shortage of staff have created a highly stressful environment, where many nurses feel they are unable to provide patients with the quality of care they deserve.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve made it clear to them that it\u2019s not our job to staff the hospital. It\u2019s their job to do that. To get a lot of kickback from them has been very frustrating,\u201d Paradiso said. \u201cWe feel very undervalued, it\u2019s disrespectful and these administrators just aren\u2019t getting it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Smith said that the hospital should also raise nurses\u2019 salaries to make them comparable to those at neighboring hospitals. In the press release, UFT President Michael Mulgrew criticized NYU Langone Health for spending <\/span>nearly $8 million<\/span><\/a> on a Super Bowl advertisement earlier this month, instead of investing it in the salaries and recruitment of nurses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt shows you their priority. Their priority is their brand. Being in the Super Bowl meant more than letting our good nurses who are trying so hard to serve this community be paid fairly,\u201d Goldman said. \u201cIt\u2019s just a shame.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Goldman told WSN that along with hiring enough additional nurses to sufficiently address the staffing shortage, NYU Langone should also implement more extensive training sessions on patient care, equipment use and other components of the medical center\u2019s workplace culture and expectations.<\/span><\/p>\n

Earlier this month, NYU Langone Hospital\u2014Brooklyn <\/span>rehired nine nurses<\/span><\/a> whose jobs were terminated after the hospital accused them of failing to assist a woman who gave birth in a hallway. Arbitrator James Brown ruled last month that the nurses\u2019 failure to help was due to understaffing at the hospital.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSalary doesn\u2019t affect the quality of care we provide. It doesn\u2019t prevent us as nurses from doing our jobs because we all have compassion,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWhat affects the quality of care we provide is when we\u2019re short-staffed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The nurses unionized in 2016 and have consistently advocated for smaller nurse-to-patient ratios since. In 2022, the group <\/span>delegated a subcommittee<\/span><\/a> to specifically handle concerns around understaffing.<\/span><\/p>\n

That same year, NYU Langone Hospital\u2014Brooklyn became the <\/span>first hospital in Brooklyn<\/span><\/a> to receive Magnet recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, one of the nation\u2019s leading standards for measuring patient care quality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI still feel hopeful as a nurse, we\u2019re always hoping for the best and we are very resilient,\u201d Paradiso said. \u201cHowever, we are also ready to go on strike if it comes down to it, and we have members behind us, so we\u2019re using that energy to just push through and get the best contract we can.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A spokesperson at NYU Langone did not respond to WSN\u2019s request for comment. In a <\/span>statement to Gothamist<\/span><\/a>, the medical center said the hospital is \u201ccommitted to bargaining in good faith\u201d and is \u201coptimistic\u201d that its prospective agreement will support patients and staff.<\/span><\/p>\n

Contact Amanda Chen at\u00a0achen@nyunews.com.<\/em><\/p>\n

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