The Labor of Labor: Forced Birth Is Forced Work
Nurses know firsthand just how much work goes into giving birth for our patients, especially if we’re labor and delivery nurses or parents ourselves. I’m an emergency room nurse, but I’m also a mom, so I know that the miracle of birth isn’t always so miraculous in the moment. Yes, there’s joy and celebration, but there’s also a lot of pain and hard work.
Mawata Kamara, RN
Nursing is in the Heart
In honor of Filipino American History Month, the California Museum, located in Sacramento, is presenting an exhibit entitled ‘California is in the Heart’, which explores the vital role that Filipinx Americans have played in the state’s history.
National Nurses United
More than 100 years of RN power
Throughout the last 120 years, California Nurses Association has been on the historical and clinical cutting edge of confronting a political economy that values profits over people. Our advocacy expanded nationally with the creation of National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC). The delivery of health care in the United States has undergone dramatic changes in the span of the past 120 years.
National Nurses United statement on fraudulent nursing diploma scheme
Following the announcement by federal law enforcement authorities of a fraudulent nursing diploma scheme, a statement was issued by National Nurses United President Deborah Burger, RN.
National Nurses United
Feb 1, 2023
Hayward nurses to hold informational picket to demand safe staffing at St. Rose Hospital
Registered nurses at St. Rose Hospital in Hayward, Calif. will hold an informational picket on Friday, Feb. 3 to protest chronic short staffing at the facility and to voice their deep concerns about staff retention.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Feb 1, 2023
National Nurses United statement on Tyre Nichols’ death and police practices
Nurses mourn the tragic death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police. We extend our deepest sympathies to his family and the community fighting for justice in the wake of his killing.
National Nurses United
Jan 31, 2023
Nurses look forward after year of achievements – new year begins with national day of action for safe staffing
Following a year of major contract gains across the country, nurses are pledging to step up actions to demand the hospital industry end their profession’s staffing crisis by providing safe numbers of nurses to care for patients.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee
Jan 25, 2023
California nurses will rally to uphold nation’s highest safe staffing standards
Thousands of registered nurse members of California Nurses Association will hold actions on Thursday, Jan. 26, to demand that, instead of scheming to evade and undermine the state’s nearly 20-year-old safe staffing law, the hospital industry immediately provides appropriate numbers of nurses so that RNs can protect their patients, their profession, and their communities.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Jan 24, 2023
Nurses to rally nationwide for safe staffing
Thousands of registered nurse members of National Nurses United will hold actions on Thursday, Jan. 26 to demand the hospital industry end their profession’s staffing crisis by providing safe numbers of nurses to care for patients.
National Nurses United
Jan 24, 2023
Concord nurses to hold informational picket about staffing crisis
Registered nurses at the John Muir Behavioral Health Center in Concord, Calif., will hold an informational picket on to raise awareness of chronic understaffing and high turnover rates at the hospital.
California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
Jan 20, 2023