Nurses to demand personal protective equipment (PPE) for nurses at hospitals across the region, insist on safe staffing, and assert that the County not deny workers’ compensation claims for frontline health care workers who contract COVID-19 during this pandemic, registered nurses at San Mateo Medical Center are holding an action and media availability at noon, April 20 to describe current conditions and concerns of nurses, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing nurses’ union representing 150,000 registered nurses across the country.

Who: Registered nurses and members of California Nurses Association/National Nurses United   
What: Action and RN media availability to speak out for the protection of frontline health care workers
Where: San Mateo County Health, San Mateo Medical Center: 222 W 39th Ave, San Mateo, CA 94403 (main entrance)
When: Monday, April 20 at 12:00 p.m.