Registered nurses at the Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center will speak out against the hospital’s flu policy at a conference at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, claiming they are forced to work while sick.
The nurses, members of the National Nurses Organizing Committee-Texas/National Nurses United, will also file a complaint on Wednesday against the hospital with the National Labor Relations Board
The nurses complain they are threatened with termination if they stay home while sick, and are forced to come to work and expose their patients to their illness, according to a statement.
As a proposed solution, the nurses are asking the hospital to suspend their sick policy during flu season.
There are 307 Registered Nurses on staff at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center’s two facilities.
The nurses are currently in negotiations over the sick policy with the hospital, which is owned by Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Corp.
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