Ohio Nurses Association

10/11/2026

October 11 is National Coming Out Day!

Shoutout to all our LGBTQ+ members and to nurses and health professionals everywhere who are creating safe spaces for patients and colleagues to be their full, true selves.

10/10/2026

Today is World Mental Health Day, intended to raise awareness, fight social stigma, and mobilize support for mental health care.

Mental health *is* health, and all healthcare is a human right.

10/09/2026

Safe staffing means EVERY PATIENT, EVERY SHIFT.

10/08/2026

There is no nursing shortage.

What there's a shortage of is hospital executives making staffing decisions based on patient care needs. That leads to shifts like this. Which leads to nurses leaving the bedside.

It's time to put .

🪦Scary Story Time🪦

14 hour wait in the lobby. 38 patients in PIT. Multiple assignments closed due to staffing. “It was so f*ing bad”

Despite understaffing, workplace violence, and less-than-ideal conditions, our nurses continue to meet patient care needs, often at significant personal cost. These are the exact conditions driving turnover and pushing nurses away from the bedside. 🖤

10/07/2026

It's Mental Health Awareness Week, and let's be honest: the issues we have to deal with -- understaffing, workplace violence, unsupportive upper management -- they take their toll on our health and wellbeing.

There's a reason so many nurses leave the bedside. It's ok to ask for help before it becomes unbearable.

❤️‍🩹It's ok to not be ok.
🤝It's ok to ask for help.

10/06/2026

OHIO: Early in-person voting starts today!

✅Find the 2026 voting schedule and links to all county boards of election here, https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/voting-schedule

✅Research your local candidates and their positions on issues like safe staffing and workers' rights.

✅Your vote.
✅Your voice.
✅Make it count.

10/05/2026

"Kylee Ham, president of the registered nurses association at UC Medical Center, said understaffing is preventing nurses from giving patients the level of care they deserve. ER staffing ratios usually cap a registered nurse's patients at four, but some nurses are handling eight at once."

A Cincinnati man left the ER untreated after waiting hours in a chair with worsening symptoms. He's not alone.

10/05/2026

An investment in nurses is an investment in patient care and an investment in the community. ✊Geneva Nurses Association✊

10/04/2026

Important races and issues will be decided in the general election this November, and tomorrow is a crucial deadline: if you want to vote in the November election, you must be registered to vote by tomorrow, Monday, October 5, 2026!

Go to the Ohio Secretary of State's website (https://www.ohiosos.gov/elections/register-to-vote) to check your registration, update your address, and register to vote.

Plan now to vote in November!

10/03/2026

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means it's a great time to get back in the habit of conducting regular self-exams, and go ahead and schedule your next annual mammogram, too!

As nurses and health professionals, we put others' health and wellbeing above our own, but it's so important that we take care of ourselves. Take a little time this month to get checked for breast cancer. We need you in this fight!