The hospital strikes back at strikers, but at what cost to patients?
Striking Ascension nurses: Monica Gonzalez, Matthew Clark, Samantha Steele; Lindsay Spinney, Taylor Critendonannounced a one-day strike for June 27, intentionally allowing enough time for Ascension to hire temp nurses to fill in. Ascension management responded by informing nurses that they would be locked out for an additional three days after the strike.
Now, they worry that Ascension's three-day lockout will only exacerbate those issues. Temporary contract nurses are paid much more than staff nurses to come on short notice, but don't know the hospital, where supplies are, or specific hospital policies and practices. Ascension"did not have to make this choice," stressesnurse."They are just looking for bodies. They are assuming that a nurse is a nurse. That's absolutely incorrect and very, very dangerous.
Seton on 38th is not the only hospital in the Ascension network experiencing these issues – nurses with NNU at two Ascension hospitals in Wichita, Kansas, reported similar staffing shortages and also authorized a strike for June 27. Nurses told thethat when Austin and Wichita nurses arrived at Ascension headquarters in St. Louis to deliver their strike notices, Ascension called security to block them from entering.
NNU contends Ascension is contributing to a national trend of nurses choosing not to work in acute care settings due to stress. Hospitals have claimed there is simply a shortage of nurses, though NNU says that according to 2023 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, there are more than 1 million RNs who choose not to work in acute care settings, citing low staffing levels and inadequate stock of medical supplies, among other things.
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