Washington Hospital Center Nurses

Your UNION Rights:

"A nurse called by the Hospital to attend a disciplinary meeting or investigatory meeting which could lead to discipline shall have the right to Union representation, which includes the right to interrupt a meeting that has already commenced to request Union representation. It shall be the nurse's responsibility to inform the Hospital that she/he wishes to have such representation".
- Refer to Contract ARTICLE 3.2 c for complete language about this important Union right.

Welcome to Washington Hospital Center Nurses

Flyer for the December 6, 2011 CE event at the Georgetown Holiday Inn available

Download the PDF flyer for the session!

NNU Membership Application - Payroll Deduction Authorization Form

This year's 2011 NNU membership drive has been spectacular. We have gathered well over 1,400 Dues Forms from Registered Nurses at WHC. That makes our Union 1,400+ nurses stronger! We still need to gather a few more Forms from you to get all of us on board with membership. Please take a moment to download the NNU Membership Application - Payroll Deduction Authorization Form , print it out, and complete it. Make sure to sign BOTH signature lines on the Form, then mail it back to us or fax it to us. Dues remain the same - unchanged since 2003. If you have any questions about this process, call Dottie Hararas, RN - NNU Nurse Representative - at 301-552-3198.

2011 NNU Meal Break Survey

Please add your voice to our meal break survey. launch the NNU 2011 Meal Break survey

Note: if you would rather print the survey and mail or fax to NNU, download the survey in PDF format fax and mailing instructions included in the PDF.

New web page created for the Professional Practice and Patient Safety Council

Visit the Professional Practice and Patient Safety Council page for the new email address, meeting minutes and news.

NNU Adds Arbitration Victory to its Win Column

Arbitrator Orders Washington Hospital Center to Reinstate Veteran WHC Nurse Fired for Gross Misconduct Download the PDF flier with full details

Final version of the 2011-2014 WHC-NNU Contract available

2011-2014 WHC-NNU Contract in PDF format

2011-2014 WHC-NNU Contract in MS Word format

Hundreds of votes were cast by NNU members at WHC on June 17 and 18, 20011 for Staff Nurse Leadership positions.

Go to the Election Page for our Election results.

Patient Care Summary Report Available !

After careful documentation of patient safety issues by you and fellow RNs, the National Nurses United Patient Care Report is complete. On November 1st, 2010, the report was released to District of Columbia regulators.

Further, RNs from Washington Hospital Center marched to John Sullivan's office on the morning of 11/1 to present the report and demand a fair contract with strong patient safety language.

Review the Public WHC Patient Care Summary Report (PDF)