As they continue their quest to mandate nurse-patient ratios at hospitals in the state, the nurses of the Massachusetts Nurses Association are using Saint Vincent Hospital as an example of the problems they say need to be addressed.
The MNA will hold a press conference outside the Worcester hospital Wednesday, along with a parallel rally at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, to call for specific staffing ratios and an end to forced overtime for nurses.
The union said nurses at Saint Vincent and Tufts are attempting to include rules in their union contracts limiting the number of patients a nurse can be responsible for. Because of the lack of state law on the subject, the union said the last resort for nurses is to hold strikes to push for staffing language in the contracts.
The press conferences will take place Wednesday at 10 a.m.
