Press Releases

Submitted by Administrator on September 25, 2017
Antelope Valley Hospital nurses in hospital

Antelope Valley Hospital nurses to hold press conference to protest staffing ratios waiver and demand hospital prioritize patient safety

Registered nurses will hold a press conference Wednesday, Dec. 2 at Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster, Calif. to declare their opposition to the hospital’s application for a waiver of state-mandated nurse-to-patient staffing ratios, which was approved by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on Monday, Nov. 30

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
December 1, 2020

Nurses hold signs "They call us heroes but treat us like zeroes"

Nurses to hold informational picket and car caravan at Keck Hospital of USC/USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center

Registered nurses at Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center in Los Angeles will hold an informational picket and car caravan honk-a-thon on Dec. 2 to protest unsafe working conditions and policy changes that jeopardize the health of patients and violate health care workers’ contracts and state law.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
December 1, 2020

Graphic - Testing for all healthcare workers

California nurses score huge win: State directs hospitals to begin weekly Covid testing of all health care staff Dec. 14 and testing of all patients now

Nurses scored a tremendous victory for the type of infection control measures they have been demanding since the start of the pandemic when the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) on Wednesday directed all general acute-care hospitals in the state to begin Covid-19 weekly testing of all health care workers on Dec. 14 and of all patient admissions starting now.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 30, 2020

Sutter Delta Nurses

Sutter Delta Nurses to Hold Press Conference Tuesday To Protest Imminent Closure of Hospital’s NICU, Jeopardizing Safety of Infants

Registered nurses will hold a press conference Tuesday, Dec. 1 to protest the planned closure of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Sutter Delta Medical Center in Antioch, Calif. The hospital plans to shutter the unit by the end of December.

California Nurses Association
November 30, 2020

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At virtual press conference briefing on Covid surge, nurses urge employers, government, public to “Listen to nurses”

At a virtual press conference held Monday, Nov. 23 to brief the nation on the challenges they face now as Covid-19 surges in almost every state, National Nurses United RNs impassionately urged their employers, government, and the public to “Listen to nurses” and follow the science of infection control that the country needs to mitigate the catastrophic death and suffering they are anticipating heading into the winter and holiday seasons.

National Nurses United
November 23, 2020