Nurses lined the streets in front of the two hospitals for three days, demanding better pay and more manageable nurse to patient ratios.
"Our proposed agreement is similar to those between NYSNA and eight other New York City hospitals. It is fair and responsible, and it puts patients first," Mount Sinai said. JaniceThe NYC nurses and two hospitals they were striking against, Mount Sinai and Montefiore, have reached a tentative agreement.
The hospital sent out a short statement within the last hour saying in part, "Our proposed agreement is similar to those between NYSNA and eight other New York City hospitals. It is fair and responsible, and it puts patients first." Nurses lined the streets in front of the two hospitals for three days, demanding better nurse to patient ratios. They said the understaffing was impacting their workload and patient care.Had a tentative agreement not been reached today, Mount Sinai says traveling nurses arrived in the city and would have been ready to start.
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