California Nurses Association

Registered Nurses to Hold a Formal Farewell Ceremony to Mark the Closing of L.A.’s Historic St. Vincent Medical Center

Registered nurses and community members, along with local clergy will gather at St. Vincent Medical Center (SVMC) on Tuesday, January 21, 2020 to hold a formal farewell ceremony as the historic hospital closes its doors.

January 17, 2020

• California

Nurses to Rally at Women’s Marches Across the Nation

On Jan. 18, registered nurses from National Nurses United (NNU), the largest union of RNs in the country, will join together at Women’s Marches across the United States to highlight the importance of unions to women and working people, NNU announced today.

National Nurses United

January 17, 2020

• District of Columbia• California• Florida• Illinois• MIssouri• Nationwide

Registered Nurses File an Opposition to Prevent the Imminent Closure of St. Vincent Medical Center Citing Grave Public Safety Risk

Registered nurses with the California Nurses Association filed an opposition today with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Central District of California- Los Angeles Division to prevent the proposed imminent closure of St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles

California Nurses Association

January 7, 2020

• California

RNRN Sends Nurses to Disaster Areas

When a hurricane turns Category 5 of a massive earthquake devastates a region, it’s a sure bet that the nurses of Registered Nurse Response Network are already r

Eleanor Godfrey, Director, Registered Nurse Response Network

January 15, 2020

• RNRN

• California• Nationwide

RNRN Monitoring Massive California Fires & Evacuations

RNRN is currently monitoring eleven fires burning and extreme weather conditions across the state of California that led Governor Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency. Two massive fires burning this weekend that are threatening residential areas are the Kincaid Fire in Northern California and the Tick Fire in Southern California.

RNRN / NNU

October 28, 2019

• California

California hospitals have spent decades delaying seismic upgrades. What’s the human cost?

One moment, Tim Thomas, an operating room registered nurse at northern California’s Watsonville Community Hospital, was talking with a colleague, in a hospital office. The next moment, he had been thrown from his chair. Books flew from shelves, and as the building twisted, its door locks activated.

Bonnie Castillo , Executive Director of National Nurses United

August 19, 2019

• Health and Safety

• California

Newsom ramps up state involvement in PG&E future, assigns top aides to tackle energy

Gov. Gavin Newsom, in his strongest actions yet on Pacific Gas & Electric, said the state is stepping up its involvement in the troubled company's future, including what could be dramatic intervention to restructure PG&E.

Colby Bermel, Politico

November 2, 2019

• California

Long Beach’s shuttered Community Hospital could have helped response to Tuesday shooting, officials say

Long Beach’s Community Hospital sat empty Tuesday night, Oct.

Hayley Munguia, Press-Telegram

October 30, 2019

• Patients First

• California

Newsom Vetoes Hospital Closure Notification Bill, a Major CNA Priority

Dealing a major blow to some of his most forceful political supporters, Gov. Gavin Newsom Saturday vetoed legislation that would have increased the public notification period for proposed hospital closures or elimination of emergency services.

Angela Hart, Politico

October 13, 2019

• California