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Kylie O’Keefe, an RN in the multidisciplinary clinic, holds a sign on the picket line on Monday, Sept. 25, 2023, outside SM Health St. Louis University Hospital in Midtown St. Louis. Nurses are holding a 24 hour strike, looking for a contract that addresses staffing shortages, increased pay and workplace violence prevention. Nurses gave the hospital advanced notice of the strike to allow for alternative plans to be made for patient care.

SLU hospital nurses call for safer staffing levels, breaks during 24-hour strike

Sarah Fentem

Dozens of nurses on Monday formed a picket line outside SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital on South Grand Boulevard to call for better staffing, guaranteed breaks and more comprehensive sick leave policies.

Kim Eichelberger, a registered nurse, protests for better working conditions outside of SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital on Grand Boulevard on Tuesday, June 13. "Staffing has reached kind of crisis levels in a lot of hospitals. But fortunately, we have a union here that can actually stand up for nurses," she said.

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SLU nurses want help with abusive patients and better overall working conditions

Lilley Halloran

With a 40% staff vacancy rate, SLU Hospital has nurses caring for up to six patients per day, which they say poses a safety risk.

SSM Health nurses protest outside St. Louis University Hospital on June 3, 2022.

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SLU Hospital nurses blame management for hiring and retention woes

Emily Woodbury

SSM Health St. Louis University Hospital nurses say that their departments are regularly understaffed and that hospital management has not done enough to address their concerns.

Nurses greet a patient in their car to be tested for the COVID-19 at the Mercy Virtual Care Center in Chesterfield on Saturday morning. Missouri has four known cases of the new coronavirus virus as of Friday evening. 3/14/20

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Health Care Workers Implore Government For Masks To Protect Against Coronavirus

Sarah Fentem

Updated at 7 p.m., March 26, with details on SLU Hospital's guidance to employees on protective masksAs hospitals prepare to treat people who become very…

Members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United union protest what they refer to as unsafe staffing levels at St. Louis University Hospital in Midtown on Sep. 9.

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SLU Hospital Nurses Union Ratifies Contract That Allows Nurses To Weigh In On Staffing

Sarah Fentem

Nurses at SSM St. Louis University Hospital have reached a contract agreement with management that raises their pay and ensures they have a say in…

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Nurses Union Continues To Protest 'Unsafe' Staffing Levels At SLU Hospital

Sarah Fentem

For the second time in three years, union nurses at SSM Health-St. Louis University Hospital are protesting what they call unsafe staffing levels at the…

Marchelle Vernell-Bettis, a trauma ICU nurse, wears a button during an informational picket for St. Louis University Hospital's nurses union.

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SLU hospital nurses approve new contract with SSM Health

Eli Chen

Updated Sunday, Sept. 25, 5 p.m. with vote results — Nurses at Saint Louis University Hospital have approved a new three-year contract that addresses…