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Following the strike, which primarily centered on safe staffing, the New York State Nurses Association ratified new contracts that included updated nurse-to-patient ratios and established a staffing committee with equal nurse-to-management ratios.
NICU nurses were frustrated by having to continue working in "dangerously understaffed shifts," Allen said."They saw it as disrespectful that the hospital wasn't holding up the ratios they agreed to." So the nurses decided to take further action to hold the hospital accountable, Allen said. In a prepared statement, the hospital told Medscape that the NICU is appropriately staffed to ensure safety and appropriate patient care. The recent penalties are an"unfortunate consequence" of the agreement the hospital reached with NSYNA at the end of the strike.
According to Allen, the NICU's action inspired other departments throughout the hospital to monitor their own ratios."The hospital administration is finally taking notice," he said.
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