RNs From Menorah Medical Center Become First Kansas Nurses To Join National Union Of Nurses

In a dramatic victory for the growing national movement of registered nurses, more than 300 RNs at Menorah Medical Center in Overland Park have become the first Kansas RNs to join with their colleagues around the nation, by voting overwhelmingly to align with Nurses United, the local arm of National Nurses Organizing Committee/California Nurses Association, AFL-CIO (NNOC/CNA).

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RNs From Menorah Medical Center Become First Kansas Nurses To Join National Union Of Nurses

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