{"id":218868,"date":"2026-05-22T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/cvph-nurses-union-rallies-for-safe-staffing-limits-on-ai-in-health-care\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T16:30:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T20:30:17","slug":"cvph-nurses-union-rallies-for-safe-staffing-limits-on-ai-in-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/22\/cvph-nurses-union-rallies-for-safe-staffing-limits-on-ai-in-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"CVPH nurses union rallies for safe staffing, limits on AI in health care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcountrypublicradio.org\/news\/story\/53473\/20260522\/cvph-nurses-union-rallies-for-safe-staffing-limits-on-ai-in-health-care\">CVPH nurses union rallies for safe staffing, limits on AI in health care<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.northcountrypublicradio.org\/news\/story\/53473\/20260522\/cvph-nurses-union-rallies-for-safe-staffing-limits-on-ai-in-health-care\">https:\/\/www.northcountrypublicradio.org\/news\/story\/53473\/20260522\/cvph-nurses-union-rallies-for-safe-staffing-limits-on-ai-in-health-care<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-22 16:22:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.northcountrypublicradio.org\">www.northcountrypublicradio.org<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Picketing for Safe Staffing Ratios and AI Limitations:<\/strong> NYSNA union members at Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital in Plattsburgh picketed to push for safer nurse-to-patient staffing ratios and limitations on the use of artificial intelligence in their healthcare.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Concerns Over Staffing Ratios:<\/strong> Union representatives and nurses, such as Shawn Baker, have expressed concern that unilateral increases in the number of patients per nurse, from four to five per the medical-surgical unit, compromise patient safety and retention.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Adverse Effects of Increased Staffing Ratios:<\/strong> Chris Swiesz, an emergency department nurse, added that higher ratios, sometimes up to eight to ten patients per nurse, disrupt training as well as nurse retention, making it difficult to train new staff.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Artificial Intelligence Concerns:<\/strong> NYSNA is advocating for limits on AI usage, fearing it could replace nurses and noting medical studies that indicate AI could make critical errors up to 15% of the time, complicating nurse responsibilities further.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Negotiating Challenges:<\/strong> The hospital administration expressed challenges in negotiations, emphasizing their intentions to deliver essential care amidst various pressures. The union remains cautiously hopeful but mentions a strike as a potential outcome.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Ongoing Negotiations and Next Meeting:<\/strong> Contracts between CVPH and NYSNA expired in December, with over a dozen sessions held since to reach a new agreement. The next negotiating session is scheduled for June 10.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Contract Talks Extended to Other Facilities:<\/strong> Similar contract negotiations are ongoing at Adirondack Medical Center and Alice Hyde Medical Center.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Previous Contract Settlements:<\/strong> Earlier in the year, NYSNA settled contracts with several other healthcare facilities, including Samaritan Medical Center and Carthage Area Hospital.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CVPH nurses union rallies for safe staffing, limits on AI in health care https:\/\/www.northcountrypublicradio.org\/news\/story\/53473\/20260522\/cvph-nurses-union-rallies-for-safe-staffing-limits-on-ai-in-health-care Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":218869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.northcountrypublicradio.org\/news\/images\/260526-NYSNA-picket-march.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-218868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218868"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":218870,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218868\/revisions\/218870"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}