Nurses holding press conference about unsafe conditions

SPOKANE, Wash. - A Registered Nurse will speak about her recent resignation, and other Nurses from Deaconess Hospital will discuss unsafe staffing conditions at a press conference this Friday at the Red Lion River Inn.

Since the layoffs of more than 80 staff in March, more than 30 nurses who provide bedside care have resigned their positions as a result of unsafe staffing conditions at the hospital. Increased workloads and job responsibilities have resulted in less time to meet patient needs.

Nurses and caregivers have formally registered their complaints with the hospital about staffing and patient care conditions, and they are now preparing reports about unsafe staffing to present to the Washington Department of Health.

Author Suzanne Gordon will also speak about the mandated measures California and Australia have taken to protect patients, including setting nurse-to-patient ratios. Gordon is in Spokane to meet with local nurses in conjunction with her recently published book about safe staffing ratios in hospitals, Safety in Numbers: Nurse-to-Patient Ratios and the Future of Health Care.

Who: Registered Nurses from Deaconess Hospital and author Suzanne Gordon
What: Patient safety and resignations at Deaconess Hospital
Where: Red Lion River Inn, 700 N. Division
When: 4:00 pm, Friday, May 9

(SEIU Healthcare 1199NW is Washington State's largest healthcare union, representing more than 22,000 nurses, healthcare employees, and mental health workers in hospitals, agencies, and clinics statewide.)

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