Nurse volunteers vaccinate thousands in South Los Angeles

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Nurses preparing vaccines
Nurse volunteers from the Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN)—a disaster-relief project of the California Nurses Foundation (CNF) and National Nurses United (NNU)—have been vaccinating the South Los Angeles community for the past three weeks.
National Nurses United
Mar 22, 2021

Cal/OSHA finds Summit campus of Alta Bates Summit Medical Center guilty of eight serious violations, cites hospital for $155,250

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RNs holding vigil at Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center to remember their colleague Janine Paiste-Ponder
California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health has fined Sutter Health’s Alta Bates Summit Medical Center $155,250 for numerous, serious Covid-related workplace safety violations following an investigation after the July 2020 death of registered nurse Janine Paiste-Ponder.
California Nurses Association
Mar 19, 2021

Oak Hill RNs to Rally Friday to Voice Alarm About Unsafe Staffing Issues

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Nurses holding signs on sidewalk: "Save Lives, Safe Staffing NOW"
Registered nurses at HCA’s Oak Hill Hospital will rally on Friday, March 19, outside the Brooksville, Fla., facility to call public attention to short-staffing levels that they warn puts patients at risk, especially in the hospital’s emergency room and in intensive care units.
National Nurses United
Mar 18, 2021

New report reveals continued government failure to track and report data on Covid-19 deaths of nurses and other health care workers

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Nures protest outside the White House
National Nurses United’s (NNU) updated report Sins of Omission, reveals continued failures by local, state, and federal governments to track and report data on the Covid-19 deaths and infections of nurses and other health care workers as well as widespread resistance by the hospital and health care industry to provide this critical information.
National Nurses United
Mar 18, 2021

Nurses applaud the introduction of Medicare for All Act of 2021

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Nurse raising fist and holding sign "We need Medicare For All!"
National Nurses United applauds the introduction of the Medicare for All Act of 2021, introduced by Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Representative Debbie Dingell (D-MI), and co-sponsored by more than half of the House Democratic Caucus including 14 committee chairs and key leadership Members.
National Nurses United
Mar 17, 2021

Registered Nurses at San Leandro and Alameda Hospitals Ratify New Contracts After Years-Long Fight to Improve Patient Care

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3 nurses in front of Alameda facility holding signs: NURSES ESSENTIAL for Patient Care
Registered nurses at Alameda Hospital in Alameda, Calif. and San Leandro Hospital in San Leandro, Calif., recently ratified a pair of collective bargaining agreements that will improve their ability to provide safe patient care as well as recruit and retain experienced nurses at these two public facilities.
California Nurses Association
Mar 15, 2021