In another high-profile 2024 incident<\/a>, a 19-year-old man allegedly assaulted two nurses along with other hospital staff during a March visit to the RUMC emergency room that year.<\/p>\nOther RUMC nurse concerns include the hospital\u2019s staffing shortfalls that can leave colleagues attending to more patients than they can effectively handle, and reductions to their healthcare benefits, Yeno said, adding that talks with hospital management had been ongoing since October. <\/p>\n
RUMC spokesperson Alexander Lutz said talks remain ongoing but declined to comment on specifics of the negotiations. He said that safety is a top priority for everyone at the hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cIncidents of violence toward medical staff do occur in hospitals across New York City on occasion and RUMC is unfortunately not immune to these challenges. We are committed to providing a secure environment where our staff can focus on delivering exceptional care to our patients,\u201d he said. \u201cRUMC maintains a highly trained security team, works closely with the NYPD for immediate support when needed, and has long utilized security detectors at all key entry points, among other precautionary and preventive measures we have in place.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yeno, a resident of Grasmere, said her union\u2019s negotiating team at the hospital has a \u2018decent\u2019 working relationship working relationship with the hospital\u2019s administration, but that time is running out to get a deal done.<\/p>\n
A strike would mean the hospital would need to hire outside nurses to meet its staffing needs while the labor action is ongoing.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m hoping that in these next few days, they (hospital administrators) will come to make us a counter proposal, but with that being said, if it doesn\u2019t happen, we did take this strike vote,\u201d she said. \u201cNobody wants to do that. Nobody wants to strike, but it\u2019s a type of maneuver we need to do now, because we\u2019re not getting any headway.\u201d<\/p>\n
The other hospitals around the city where NYSNA members authorized strike actions are BronxCare Health System, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, Flushing Hospital Medical Center, Interfaith Medical Center \/ One Brooklyn Health, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center \/ One Brooklyn Health, Maimonides Medical Center, Montefiore Medical Center, Mount Sinai Hospital, Mount Sinai Morningside and Mount Sinai West, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center and Wyckoff Heights Medical Center.<\/p>\n
Staff at many of those hospitals are experiencing the same kind of concerns seen at RUMC, but many are also facing stagnant wages while seeing inflated executive pay, and unclear futures as artificial intelligence tangles its way into the healthcare industry, according to the nurses.<\/p>\n
Union President Nancy Hagans, a Ward Hill resident, called on the hospitals\u2019 leadership teams to work with nurses to avoid strikes around the city. <\/p>\n
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