“There is no plan at all:” Nurses battling coronavirus face deteriorating work conditions

Last week, the largest nurse’s union in the US urged hospital employers to increase safety measures to protect nurses from the growing Covid-19 pandemic, which is pushing all hospital workers—but especially nurses—to operate with minimal support. “This is a national emergency and far too many hospitals are still failing to ensure that our caregivers, who are placing their own safety at grave risk, have the protections they need to stay at the bedside for their patients,” National Nurses Union executive director Bonnie Castillo said in a press release. Beds set up inside the New Orleans Convention Center will be used as a space for patients to recover.