AFT Nurses & Health Professionals

As comes to a close, remember that it's not enough to just celebrate nurses. We must also guarantee safe and healthy working conditions.

Because safe nurses = safe patients

When rural hospitals close, entire communities lose critical care. On day 4 of , we recognize the nurses fighting on the front lines to keep rural hospitals open, protect access, and ensure no patient is left behind.

Read the article below to learn about how Oregon Nurses Association nurses saved labor and delivery and emergency surgical services at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital and Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital.

Nurses and community win fight to save rural birth centers in Oregon Communities in the small Oregon towns of Lebanon and Lincoln City are breathing a sigh of relief after the news that Samaritan Health Services reversed course and will keep labor and delivery, and emergency surgical services open at Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital and Samaritan North Lincoln Ho...