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
Nurses Release New Report, Speak Out on Ethical, Patient Care Concerns at St. Joseph Health System
(APPLE VALLEY) Registered nurses from St. Joseph Health system (SJH) will gather at St. Mary Medical Center in Apple Valley 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
Stockton: RNs to Picket St. Joseph’s Medical Center Friday
Registered nurses from St. Joseph’s Medical Center (SJMC) will stage an informational picket on Friday, Aug. 21 over concerns about safe staffing issues at the hospital, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United announced today.
California Nurses Association
Aug 19, 2015
RNs Call on AG Harris, FTC to Assure Protection for Patients and Nurses in Merger
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) today called on California Attorney General Kamala Harris, the Federal Trade Commission, and other elected leaders and regulatory agencies to carefully review the proposed merger between Providence Health & Services and St. Joseph Health to assure patient protections and nurses’ rights are not infringed.
California Nurses Association
Aug 19, 2015
Research Medical Center Nurses to Picket, Urge Compliance Plan to Recruit and Retain Experienced RNs
Registered nurses at Research Medical Center will hold an informational picket and rally on Thursday to urge that the hospital consistently comply with its own staffing plan to improve the recruitment and retention of experienced RNs.
National Nurses United
Aug 18, 2015
Doctors Hospital of Sarasota Nurses Plan Picket, Urge Hospital Compliance with Staffing Plan
Registered nurses at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota will hold an informational picket and rally on Thursday to urge that the hospital consistently comply with its own staffing plan to improve the recruitment and retention of experienced RNs.
National Nurses Organizing Committee - Florida
Aug 18, 2015
Nurses Release New Report, Speak Out on Ethical, Patient Care Concerns at St. Joseph Health System
(NAPA) Registered nurses from St. Joseph Health system (SJH) hospitals will gather in Napa Wednesday to officially release a new report on the 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 18, 2015
Nurses Invite Pope Francis to Meet on U.S. Visit to Discuss Health Effects of Climate Crisis
Leaders of unions representing leading nurses and other healthcare workers in 18 countries from every major continent are requesting a meeting with Pope Francis during his upcoming visit to the U.S. to discuss ways to work together to combat the alarming health effects of the climate crisis and other environmental degradation.
Global Nurses United
Aug 15, 2015