Nurses in New Jersey Are on Strike Against Short-Staffed Hospitals
Nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey, have now been on strike for two months, demanding that the hospital increase pay and address short-staffing issues that ultimately hurt the quality of care.
Exterior view of the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey. (Bobby Bank / Getty Images)
There ought to be nine nurses on the day shift at 9 Tower, a trauma surgery unit inside the Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Instead, some days there are just three.
“Sometimes I’d look at a patient’s face and know that I won’t be able to maybe help feed them when they need to be fed,” said nurse Sophia Moccio, “or clean them when they need to be cleaned. It is distressing, and depressing for us.”
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