Registered nurses at 15 HCA Healthcare hospitals in seven states will hold actions Wednesday and Thursday, April 1 and April 2, to protest a lack of preparedness by the nation’s largest hospital chain that they say places nurses, other staff, and patients at risk in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, announced National Nurses United (NNU) today.

Nurses will be hosting a candlelight vigil to highlight the lack of a staffing plan along with inadequate personal protective equipment (PPE), for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic. Also, Nurses are being told that they will no longer be notified when they have been exposed to a COVID-19 patient further endangering Nurses and patients.

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at Community First Medical Center are holding an action and media availability during their shift change today to describe current conditions and the need for more N95 respirators and other protective gear required to safely treat COVID-19 patients, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing nurses union representing 150,000 registered nurses across the country.

To celebrate the steps that have been made at UCLA Ronald Regan Medical Center in protecting nurses’ health and safety during COVID-19, and to call on further action from the federal government, nurses are holding a candlelight vigil during their shift change this evening, announced the California Nurses Assocation (CNA). Nurses will describe recent improvements that nurses have won at UCLA and demand further improvements for nurses everywhere.

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and preparedness for frontline health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital will hold a silent vigil and solidarity stand on Monday, March 30, 2020. Registered nurses are calling on Watsonville Community Hospital to reverse its decision to weaken personal protective equipment standards and cancel staff rather than preparing for a surge of COVID-19 patients.

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at Kaiser Modesto and Kaiser Manteca are holding an action and media availability during their 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 nurses union representing 150,000 registered nurses across the country.

SEIU Local 73 and National Nurses United demand Cook County drastically reduce jail population

SEIU Local 73 and the National Nurses United (NNU) represent nearly 300 workers in the Cook County Department of Corrections and more than 300 professionals, nurses and other frontline healthcare workers in Cermak Health Services, who provide health care to Cook County detainees. Earlier this week, a Cook County Correctional Officer tested positive for COVID-19. This week, it was also announced that it spread to at least 17 unknown cases among detainees.

National Nurses United is stepping up pressure on hospital employers across the U.S. to provide safer facilities for health care workers and patients as confirmed coronavirus cases, and COVID-19 deaths, continue to skyrocket.

In recent days NNU has filed over 125 complaints with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) offices in 16 states charging individual hospitals with failing to provide safe workplaces, as required by law.