The following statement is attributable to ONA President Robert Weitzel: “The Ohio Nurses Association is alarmed over the Supreme Court’s monumental decision to overturn Roe v Wade and its potential …
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Workplace Violence Bill to Build Upon Current Law – A Summary
The Ohio Nurses Association is committed to enhancing workplace safety in healthcare. Safe workplaces include safe nurse staffing and curbing workplace violence. Nurses are 5x more likely than other professions …
Nurses and Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Reach Tentative Agreement
Nurses and Ohio State Wexner Medical Center Reach Tentative Agreement Agreement comes one day after nurses hold informational picket at medical center COLUMBUS – The Ohio Nurses Association, the union …
Hundreds of Nurses to Rally at Statehouse
Rally and press conference to take place on the last day of National Nurses Week WHAT: Nurses in Ohio and across the country are rallying to bring light to …
COVID Appreciation Bonus Not for Nurses Says UH Geneva Medical Center
UH said exclusion was “conscious decision” Geneva, Ohio – UH Geneva Medical Center administration reneged on a promise made in December 2021 to pay a COVID appreciation bonus in April …
Nurses Ratify Contract with ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital
DEFIANCE – Nurses at ProMedica Defiance Regional Hospital, a local unit of the Ohio Nurses Association (ONA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), overwhelmingly ratified a three-year agreement last …
The Criminal Conviction of RaDonda Vaught
The following statement is attributable to ONA President, Robert Weitzel, RN: “The ONA stands with many Ohio nurses in deep concern about the dangerous precedent set with the criminal conviction …
The Time is Now to Fix the Nurse Staffing Crisis
MEDIA ADVISORY The Time is Now to Fix the Nurse Staffing Crisis Ohio nurses bring display to statehouse to draw attention to nurse retention problems WHAT: The Ohio Nurses …
#TheTimeIsNow to Fix the Nurse Staffing Crisis
The crisis isn’t due to a nursing shortage, but because hospitals have intentionally understaffed nurses for decades Robert Weitzel RN, BSN ONA President For the first time ever, we …
East Liverpool City Hospital Ordered to Pay Over $170,000 in Backpay to Nurses
Labor board says Hospital to bargain in good faith with union EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio – Ohio Nurses Association (ONA) represented nurses at Prime Healthcare’s East Liverpool City Hospital are …