The two sides were continuing to negotiate Monday over pay and nurse-to-patient ratios, union officials said.
, the union representing the nurses, said the healthcare workers were prepared to do whatever it takes to have their demands met.
Union members have been negotiating a new contract for weeks at University Hospital, the independent, state-owned medical facility in Newark. The hospital serves as one of the state’s few Level 1 trauma centers. “Two decades of studies have shown safe staffing to improve patient outcomes and reduce worker stress and burnout,” White said.
“UH was one of the first hospitals in the State to include staffing guidelines within its own contract,” University Hospital officials said in a statement on Monday. “We have also made tremendous strides in reducing our nurse vacancy rate, succeeding in hiring over 170 staff nurses in the past year to reduce our vacancy rate to single digits.”
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