Kaiser LAMC Nurses Plan Vigil Thursday With Call for Safer Patient Care Staffing for Children
Registered nurses at Kaiser Permanente’s Los Angeles Medical Center will hold a vigil Thursday night to press the hospital giant to invest in safer patient care for children at its Southern California flagship hospital.
California Nurses Association
Aug 26, 2015
Nurses at Kindred Hospital Westminster Set One-Day Strike for September 3
Registered nurses at Kindred Hospital Westminster (KHW) in Westminster, Ca. will hold a one-day strike beginning Thursday, September 3, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today.
California Nurses Association
Aug 24, 2015
National Nurses United Director RoseAnn DeMoro Named to 100 Most Influential in Healthcare List
It’s 14 for 14. On a list dominated hospital, insurance, pharmaceutical, and other healthcare industry corporations, National Nurses United Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro has again been named as one of the 100 most influential people in healthcare in the U.S.
National Nurses United
Aug 24, 2015
Contra Costa County Nurses Overwhelmingly Vote to Authorize Strike
With contract talks stalled, nurses who work for Contra Costa County voted nearly unanimously late last week to authorize a strike, if necessary, to protest the County’s continued refusal to address unsafe staffing and high nurse attrition/turnover and its failure to properly invest in its healthcare system. No strike date has been set as yet.
California Nurses Association
Aug 24, 2015
Nurses at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital Set One-Day Strike for September 3
Registered nurses at Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital in Valencia, Ca. will hold a one-day strike beginning Thursday, September 3 the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced yesterday.
California Nurses Association
Aug 24, 2015
Huntington RNs Cite Recent Firings as Latest in Management Pattern of Violating Nurses’ Rights
Registered nurses will gather at Huntington Memorial Hospital Monday to speak out about the recent firing of an outspoken nurse leader in Huntington RNs’ fight to better advocate for patients by forming a union—as well as the firing of a nurse co-worker.
California Nurses Association
Aug 23, 2015
Nurses at Medical Center of Trinity Plan Picket
Registered nurses will hold an informational picket and rally on Monday, Aug. 24 to urge Medical Center of Trinity to consistently comply with its own staffing plan and improve the recruitment and retention of experienced RNs.
National Nurses Organizing Committee - Florida
Aug 21, 2015
Nurses accuse Queen of the Valley, St. Joseph Health of profits before people
The California Nurses Association held a press conference in Napa on Wednesday to accuse St. Joseph Health, the parent of Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa, of degrading patient care in pursuit of profits.
Once run by Catholic nuns, the organization is now a large business enterprise that has lost its “moral compass,†the union charged in a report titled “Falling from Grace.â€
Jennifer Huffman / Napa Valley Register
Corpus Christi Medical Center Nurses Plan Picket, Push Plan to Recruit and Retain Experienced RNs
Registered nurses will hold an informational picket and rally on Friday morning to urge the hospital to consistently comply with its own staffing plan to improve the recruitment and retention of experienced RNs.
National Nurses Organizing Committee
Aug 20, 2015
Nurses Release New Report, Speak Out on Ethical, Patient Care Concerns at St. Joseph Health System
(EUREKA) Registered nurses from St. Joseph Health system (SJH) will gather at St. Joseph Hospital, Eureka Thursday to hand out summaries of a new report on serious concerns that have arisen as SJH has shifted from the values of its founding Sisters—to corporate management concerned, nurses say, with maximizing revenue at the expense of patients, RNs, taxpayers, and its own stated principles.
California Nurses Association
Aug 20, 2015