Pennsylvania Association of Staff Nurses & Allied Professionals

12/03/2025

Excluding nursing from the federal definition of a “professional degree” program for loan eligibility is insulting, short-sighted, and harmful—to the profession of nursing, to the workforce pipeline, and ultimately to safe patient care.

PASNAP joins nurses nationwide in demanding that the Department of Education immediately revise its proposed definition and explicitly include nursing.

12/03/2025

"MUCH, MUCH WORSE": The Keystone Labor Report covers the insulting and unbelievably destructive move by the US Department of Education to classify advanced nursing and healthcare degrees as not "professional," thereby disqualifying applicants for the full amount in federal loans they would be eligible for otherwise. PASNAP's own President Maureen May and Executive Boardmember Bernadette Golarz are quoted.

Changes from President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” will make it harder for students to obtain nursing and other advanced degrees.

12/01/2025

Over the weekend, PASNAP nurses from St. Mary Medical Center brought the holiday cheer to their annual Bowling with Santa event at Lucky Strike!
Members, loved ones and the community came together for a day of fun, family, and solidarity—meeting Santa and Mrs. Claus, and even connecting with local legislators. 🎅🧑‍🎄🎳

Special thanks to Joe Hogan for State Representative and Rep. Tarik Khan for coming out and supporting our team at St Mary Medical Center during the holiday season!

12/01/2025

Among the many frustrations of frontline healthcare workers, "doctors and nurses cite the growing dominance of corporate ownership of medical practices, the salaries paid to nonclinical hospital executives, scheduling and work conditions." PASNAP nurses Debbi Bozeman and Jim Gentile weigh in in this Bucks County Herald story.

There is difficulty finding a physician who accepts new patients and the time to get an appointment. And if you’re in need of a specialist, measure that time in weeks

11/27/2025

Today we give thanks for every nurse and health professional who shows up with skill, compassion, and strength in the commitment to safe patient care. Wishing all our members and communities a peaceful, restorative holiday 🧡

11/25/2025

"WE'RE HOPING THAT THIS IS A GOOD CHANGE." PASNAP nurses and techs at Butler Memorial Hospital know very little about the announced merger between their hospital system and West Virginia Medicine -- but they're hopeful that patient care and those who provide it will FINALLY receive the attention they deserve.

Butler Memorial Hospital staffer Tara Erskine is ready for change. Erskine, 30, of Kittanning has worked as a CT scan technologist at the Butler hospital for eight years. A member of the hospital’s technologists union, Erskine is optimistic about Butler Memorial being partnered with West Virgi...

11/20/2025

Yesterday, it was announced that Independence Health System -- a five-hospital, western PA-based system including Butler Memorial Hospital -- would affiliate with (and receive a huge infusion of cash from) West Virginia University Medicine. Independence promises a complete revitalization. We are optimistic -- for both ourselves and for our patients. But we'll believe it when we see it..

PASNAP techs Don Geibel and Maura Williams weigh in.

11/19/2025

Nurses, healthcare workers and community leaders held an emergency press conference outside of Pottstown Hospital to demand that Tower Health reconsider shutting down crucial services - including the ICU and cancer center.

Sign the petition to help us fight to protect these critical services for our patients: ShameOnTowerHealth.com

11/19/2025

We are proud to have been represented at the screening of AMERICAN DELIVERY by our own Carla Le’coin, PASNAP Executive Board Member and longtime Mother-Baby Nurse at Jefferson Einstein Hospital in Philadelphia.

This powerful, award wining film asks the question, "Why is the US the most dangerous affluent place to give birth?” AMERICAN DELIVERY is now streaming on

11/19/2025

“Last year, Tower hired a private equity-owned company, Ensemble Health Partners, to advise them on how to maximize revenue, according to Tower’s bond filings. Tower is running the private equity playbook, even though they are supposedly a nonprofit”

Sign the community petition at shameontowerhealth.com to demand Tower Health keep life-saving services open at Pottstown Hospital

“Tower is condemning our community to more sickness, more death.”

11/18/2025

The cancer center. The ICU. The endoscopy unit. These are just a few of the lifesaving services that Tower Health plans on cutting at Pottstown Hospital to meet their bottom line.

Visit shameontowerhealth.com now to sign a petition DEMANDING that Tower Health keep these CRITICAL healthcare services open to the Pottstown community.

11/18/2025

DEVASTATED AND GRIEVING.... And fighting for our patients and our jobs. This is where we find ourselves today in healthcare.

Visit shameontowerhealth.com now to sign a petition DEMANDING that Tower Health keep these CRITICAL healthcare services open to the Pottstown community.

Parent company Tower Health will lay off 131 people at Pottstown Hospital by January and close the facility’s ICU, cancer center and endoscopy suite.