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UPHS Marquette nurses concerned about staffing levels

MARQUETTE, MI--   Nurses at UPHS Marquette say current staffing levels at the hospital are dangerous and pose a threat to safe patient care.

The nurses are members of the UPHS Marquette RN Staff Council and the Michigan Nurses Association. They have been gathering signatures on petitions that read, “I am signing this petition to urge Duke LifePoint/UPHS-Marquette to bargain with nurses for an agreement that ensures guaranteed minimum RN staffing levels that are safe for patients, in every department and on every shift.”

The nurses will hold a press conference Tuesday at 4 p.m. to talk about conditions at the hospital, share petition results, and deliver the petitions to hospital management.

It takes place at the RN Staff Council office at 260 West Magnetic Street in Marquette. 

Nicole was born near Detroit but has lived in the U.P. most of her life. She graduated from Marquette Senior High School and attended Michigan State and Northern Michigan Universities, graduating from NMU in 1993 with a degree in English.