Global Nurses United Press Clips
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
Sutter Health’s CPMC Van Ness Campus Nurses to Hold Rally at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients with COVID-19
To highlight the lack of transparency regarding the hospital’s supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) and management’s lack of answers regarding staffing plans should a surge of infected COVID-19 patients occur, registered nurses at CPMC Van Ness Campus, part of Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center, are holding an action and media availability during their shift change at 2:00 p.m., April 24...
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Apr 23, 2020
University of Chicago Medicine Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Call Attention to High Number of RN COVID-19 Infections and Unsafe Assignments
To protest unsafe patient care conditions and the extraordinarily high number of RNs infected at work during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at University of Chicago Medicine are holding an action and media availability at shift change on April 25 at 8:00 a.m. to call attention to unsafe staffing and assignments...
National Nurses Organizing Committee
Apr 23, 2020
Kansas City RNs to Hold Vigil in Memory of Research Medical RN Who Died of COVID-19
Registered nurses from across the region will hold a candlelight vigil Thursday night at HCA’s Research Medical Center (RMC) in Kansas City in memory of Celia Yap Banago, a longtime RMC RN who died this week of COVID-19 after caring for an infected patient at the hospital.
National Nurses Organizing Committee
Apr 22, 2020
Nurses: HCA San Jose RNs to Protest Thursday Over Unsafe Staffing, Women’s Services Closure
Registered nurses at two HCA San Jose hospitals will hold social distancing actions Thursday to protest inadequate staffing and the threatened closure of maternal health care services, both of which they say will have harmful consequences for area patients.
California Nurses Association
Apr 22, 2020
Suspended Providence Saint John’s RNs Reinstated Registered Nurses Demand Disciplinary Actions be Rescinded
Faced with mounting public scrutiny for its suspension of 10 registered nurses who refused to care for COVID-19 patients without proper personal protective equipment, Providence Saint John’s Health Center on Tuesday reinstated all the suspended nurses – but still filed written warnings in their employment records, California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) announced.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Apr 22, 2020
Enloe Medical Center Nurses to Hold Candlelight Vigil at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19
To highlight the lack of transparency regarding the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE), management’s refusal to meet and discuss the hospital’s staffing plan should a surge in infected COVID-19 patients occur, and to describe current conditions and the need for more N95 respirators and other protective gear required to safely treat COVID-19 patients, registered nurses at Enloe Medical Center are holding a candlelight vigil and media availability at 8:00 p.m., April 22nd...
California Nurses Association
Apr 21, 2020
St. Mary’s Medical Center Nurses to Hold PPE Donation Drive and Demand Protections When Treating Patients with COVID-19
To demand the same COVID-19 staff levels as other Bay Area hospitals and to protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at St. Mary’s Medical Center will hold an action, PPE donation drive, and media availability at 12 p.m., April 22...
California Nurses Association
Apr 21, 2020
Global Nurses United Press Clips
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
University of California, Irvine Nurses to Hold Candlelight Vigil at Shift Change to Honor the Health Care Workers Who Have Been Exposed to and Contracted COVID-19 and to Demand Protections When Treating COVID-19 Patients
Orange, CA – To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) are holding an action and media availability during their 7:00 p.m. shift change to describe current conditions and the need for more N95 respirators and other protective gear required to safely treat COVID-19 patients, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing
California Nurses Association
Apr 20, 2020