California Nurses Association
CE Class: What Registered Nurses Need to Know in California
This two-part, in-person CE class provides a nursing practice regulatory review to guide your practice and examines the effects of technology-driven patient care on professional RN practice and safe staffing standards.
St. Rose Hospital nurses ratify new contract with strong measures to improve patient safety and nurse retention
Registered nurses at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward, Calif. voted overwhelmingly in favor of ratifying a new 4-year contract. Highlights of the contract include workplace violence prevention improvements, wage increases, and improved health care benefits.
Protecting and Retaining California’s Nursing Workforce
There is no shortage of registered nurses in California; rather there is a shortage of nurses willing to work in unsafe environments. Learn more by reading our new white paper.
Press releases
UCSF Medical Center nurses speak out against hiring freeze, following increase in workplace violence
Organize with the California Nurses Association to improve workplace standards through collective bargaining, reform national health care legislation, and make a difference for you and your patients.
Videos
2023 California Nurses Association lobby day
Hundreds of registered nurses rallied and marched in Sacramento, Calif. before meeting with legislators about nurses’ key issues and priority legislation.
National Nurse Magazine
By the Numbers: New York City nurses win unprecedented contract enforcement of safe staffing standards
Concord behavioral health RNs strike for first time
Registered nurses at John Muir Behavioral Health Center in Concord, Calif. are seeking a fair first contract.
RNs commemorate Nurses Week in Capitol Hill lobbying blitz
Hundreds of RNs from across the country paid online lobbying visits in Washington, D.C. urging their legislators to confront the staffing crisis in hospitals across the country.
The Heat is On
Temperatures are rising up across the country — and so are U.S. union nurses.
Campaigns
California Safe Staffing Ratios
A.B. 394, the CNA-sponsored safe staffing law, has multiple provisions designed to remedy unsafe staffing in acute-care facilities. California’s safe staffing standards are based on individual patient acuity, of which the RN ratios is the minimum.
Supported California Legislation
CNA is committed to building a broad movement for transformative social change and confronting the powerful interests that dominate our economic and political system. Learn more about our supported and sponsored California legislation.
CalCare
The California Nurses Association is proud to sponsor Assembly Bill 1400, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act (CalCare), which would guarantee comprehensive, high-quality health care to all California residents as a human right.
About CNA
Founded in 1903, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee/AFL-CIO is a premiere organization of registered nurses and one of the nation’s fastest growing labor and professional organizations in the U.S. with more than 100,000 members in hospitals, clinics, and home health agencies in all 50 states.
CHEU
The Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union is an independent union formed in 2001 by hospital employees to win strong union representation, better benefits, and improved conditions for employees and patients. It is an affiliate of CNA.
