May Labor Management & Health and Safety Updates

5/9/2025

- Monte management stated that they will expand the Moses CCU (taking away 10 F6A stepdown beds) after the SICU construction. -Monte is also planning to open a Comprehensive Psychiatric Emergency Program (CPEP) in Rosenthal. Management refused to provide any more details or listen to nursing input about these plans. Nurses spoke out about the loss of med surg and stepdown beds from this restructuring plan and once again demanded opening more med surg beds in Moses. We are requesting copies of the Certificate of Needs for both the CCU expansion and the CPEP and are continuing our campaign to SAVE THE BEDS at Montefiore. 

- This morning Weiler ED nurses marched to management's office with a petition with over 100 signatures demanding an end to the new triage process that is unsafe and places additional burdens on RNs. ED nurses continued to speak up in Labor Management about this unsafe practice and the recent discontinuation of break relief nurses. Nurses plan to meet with ED management next week to demand an end to these unsafe practices.

- CHAM PACU nurses are advocating for 12 hour shifts. This would greatly help retention in the department. Nurses have already delivered a petition about this and will continue fighting for fair working conditions on the job.

- Klau 2 nurses spoke out about an unsafe incident involving a patient breaking glass from a locked door on the unit. Because these nurses spoke up, management is now installing plexiglass on the entire unit. Nurses also highlighted the importance of listening to nursing input in admissions decisions and preventative measures for the safety of the unit. Management agreed to review the glass in other patient care areas, especially psych holding areas, as there are likely locations where it should be changed out.