Ascension says it plans to have replacement nurses work at Via Christi St. Francis and Via Christi St. Joseph hospitals for at least four days in response to National Nurses United announcing a one-day strike.
The strike is slated to last from 7 a.m. July 6 until 7 a.m. July 7.
What Ascension calls a “full complement of highly skilled, credentialed replacement registered nurses” will work a minimum of four days, however, because that is the minimum length of time the staffing agency for which they work would agree to, according to a press release from Ascension, which owns Via Christi…