Fallbrook Hospital RNs Say Closure of Labor and Delivery Puts Patients at Risk
The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) called on Community Health Systems (CHS), the giant for-profit healthcare corporation based in Franklin, Tennessee that operates Fallbrook Hospital, to reinstate labor and delivery services, which were hastily suspended with little notice on September 3, 2014.
California Nurses Association
Sep 12, 2014
The Trouble with Kaiser's Technology
Nurses say the healthcare giant's new Oakland Medical Center is plagued by dangerous equipment malfunctions, ineffective communication systems, and chronic understaffing.
Sam Levin, East Bay Express
Nurses deliver pillows and a petition to USC Verdugo Hills Hospital officials
Nurses from USC Verdugo Hills Hospital delivered new pillows to key figures in upper management on Monday as a message that the medical staff needs more funding to improve patient care.
Arin Mikailian, Glendale News-Press
International Nurse News Round-Up
See a collection of links to news stories about nurses in other nations, and how they are advocating for their patients.
Global Nurses United
San Bernardino County Nurses To Picket Board of Supervisors Meeting Tuesday
San Bernardino County registered nurses from Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC), the county detention centers, juvenile halls, outpatient clinics, and public health programs will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, September 9, to call attention to what they view as unsafe conditions for their patients and a lack of response in negotiations by county officials.
Sep 8, 2014
Guest commentary: West County residents deserve a full-service hospital
As registered nurses who have worked at Doctor's Medical Center in San Pablo, for 48 years we feel a deep commitment to the health and well-being of our patients and community. That's why DMC registered nurses have joined with other medical professionals and West County residents to insist that DMC remain open as a full-service acute care hospital. Nothing less than the health and safety of tens of thousands of our neighbors is at stake.
Adrian Boyance-Reid and Carol De Young, Contra Costa Times
It's all about patient care at Queen of the Valley
As dedicated Queen of the Valley Hospital direct-care RNs who work the floors every day caring for our patients the best we can, we are compelled to write a response to the commentary written by Marc Levin, a member of Queen of the Valley Hospital’s administration team.
Christina Capitelli and Benjamin Mineau, Napa Valley Register
The Underreported Side of the Ebola Crisis
Amid the media accounts of the worst Ebola outbreak ever recorded some significant context is largely missing from the major media reporting.
Atop this list are links of the outbreak to the climate crisis and global inequality, mal-distribution of wealth, and austerity-driven cuts in public services that have greatly contributed to the rapid spread of Ebola.
Rose Ann DeMoro, via The Huffington Post
Hemet Valley Medical Center RNs Ratify New Accord
Registered nurses at Hemet Valley Medical Center in Hemet, Ca. Thursday voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement with the hospital that they say will help efforts to retain experienced RNs and recruit new nurses at the Inland Valley hospital.
California Nurses Association
Sep 5, 2014
RNRN Launches Fundraising Drive for Healthcare Workers in Ebola-Stricken Nations
The Registered Nurse Response Network (RNRN), a project of National Nurses United (NNU), the nation’s largest professional organization of RNs, has initiated a national fundraising campaign to provide desperately needed personal protective equipment for frontline healthcare workers caring for patients stricken by the Ebola virus.
RNRN
Sep 3, 2014