Temple University Hospital nurses to picket over understaffing amid contract negotiations

plan to picket Friday at Temple University Hospital to draw attention to working conditions there amid contract negotiations.

The existing contract, in effect for three years, expires Sept. 30. Union representatives are seeking more money for worker retention and hiring at the hospital, which they say has been understaffed for years. Workers are also concerned about workplace safety and caregiver resources. “The turnover rate for nurses here is staggering,” ICU nurse Mary Adamson, president of the Temple University Hospital Nurses Association, said in a statement. “We are still short-staffed every day and every night.”. The burden of treating hundreds of patients with limited resources was hard on nurses, who often have the most frequent contact with hospital patients. Burnout, retirements, and career changes left those who remained with even more work.

Over the last three years, the ratio of nurses to patients at Temple Hospital has declined by 15%, according to the Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses & Allied Professionals.

If they don't like their jobs, they should find new ones. Maybe try another line of work.

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