CNA press releases

Doctors Modesto nurses protest state waiver of safe staffing standards

Registered nurses at Doctors Medical Center in Modesto, Calif., will hold a shift change action on Wednesday, Dec. 23 to object to the recent waivers on safe staffing standards that acute-care hospitals are pursuing.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

December 22, 2020

Emanate nurses: Hospital industry attack on safe staffing puts lives of patients, nurses, workers at risk

Registered nurses at Emanate Health in Covina, Calif., will hold a press conference on Friday, Dec. 18 to protest the recent waiver on safe staffing standards that has been granted to acute care hospitals.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

December 17, 2020

California nurses hold press conference to warn new rule to let hospitals violate safe staffing standards will lead to more death and suffering of both patients and health care workers

The California Nurses Association will hold a virtual press conference Wednesday to warn that allowing hospitals blanket permission to violate California’s RN-to-patient safe staffing law under the cover of the Covid-19 surge will inevitably lead to more patient, nurse, and other health care worker infections and deaths.

California Nurses Association

December 15, 2020

Sutter Roseville nurses: Hospital Industry Attack on Safe Staffing Puts Lives of Patients, Nurses, Workers at Risk

Registered nurses at Sutter Roseville will hold a press conference Tuesday, Dec. 15 to protest the recent waiver on safe staffing standards that has been granted to acute care hospitals. Nurses say they are urging Sutter Roseville to staff for safe patient care, not use the pandemic as an excuse to cut corners.

California Nurses Association

December 14, 2020

Nurses: Hospital Industry Attack on Safe Staffing Putting Lives of Patients, Nurses, Workers at Risk

During the pandemic, California hospitals have been bombarding state health officials for individual, temporary waivers in adherence to California’s landmark safe staffing law, which requires minimum levels of registered nurse staffing for various hospital units.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

December 14, 2020

Nurses and Health Care Workers Take Action Against Palomar Health’s Ratio Waiver and Commingling of Patients

Nurses, caregivers, and community members are outraged at Palomar Heath CEO’s misinformation and blatant misrepresentation of actual critical low staffing and dangerous co-mingling of Covid-19 patients and non-Covid-19 patients assigned to nurses and caregivers.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers & Healthcare Employees Union

December 13, 2020

Palomar Health nurses and Caregivers to hold press conference to demand hospital prioritize patient safety

Registered nurses and caregivers will hold a press conference on Friday, Dec.11 at Palomar Health in Poway, Calif., to declare their opposition to the hospital’s application for a waiver of state-mandated nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, which was approved by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on Dec. 9, 2020.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers & Healthcare Employees Union

December 10, 2020

UC Davis Medical Center nurses hold virtual rally to demand safe staffing, alert public to patient safety concerns during the Covid-19 pandemic

Registered nurses at UC Davis Medical Center (UCDMC) will hold a virtual rally Tuesday, Dec. 8 to demand safe staffing and alert the public to patient safety concerns.

California Nurses Association

December 7, 2020

UCSF nurses hold virtual rally to demand safe staffing, patient protection during ongoing Covid-19 pandemic

Nurses at University of California, San Francisco Medical Center (UCSF) will hold a virtual rally on Tuesday, Dec. 8 to demand safe staffing throughout the health system and to alert the public to their patient safety concerns during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

California Nurses Association

December 7, 2020

Nurses Warn CA Hospital Industry Demands For Patient Safety Cuts Would Worsen Pandemic

The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United today criticized the California hospital industry for years of hospital closures and other cuts that have led to the current crises in capacity and staffing. The union also criticized the industry for making new demands for sweeping blanket waivers to roll back years of workplace public safety rules that they warn would worsen the severity of the pandemic.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

December 3, 2020