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Nurse in mask holding sign: "PROTECT"

California nurses condemn potential end of Bay Area indoor mask mandate, call for multiple measures of infection control

CNA/NNU today condemned the announcement by health officers for nine Bay Area jurisdictions that indoor masking rules may soon be lifted in most public spaces.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 7, 2021

Sign: "Save lives, hands off our ratios"

Central Coast nurses to hold press conference at Sierra Vista Hospital to advocate for safe staffing

Central Coast registered nurses will gather on Thursday, Oct. 7 to express their outrage and respond publicly to a recent New Times-SLO article that quoted Rep. Jordan Cunningham (R-San Luis Obispo) advocating for hospitals to be given waivers on California’s landmark safe nurse-to-patient staffing law (or “ratios”)—claiming that assigning nurses far too many patients to safely care for at once, during the deadly Delta surge, is good for hospitals.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 6, 2021

Five nurses in hospital wearing stickers that read "Safe Staffing Now"

Sutter Solano Nurses to Hold Candlelight Vigil to Demand Safe Working Environment for Patients and Staff

Nurses say chronic short staffing and a lack of resources has contributed to moral injury on the job while Sutter Health continues to turn a profit.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 5, 2021

• CNA

Large group of nurses outside hospital with fists raised

Sutter Roseville nurses to hold candlelight vigil at shift change to demand safe staffing

Nurses say chronic short staffing and a lack of resources has contributed to moral injury on the job while Sutter Health continues to turn a profit.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 5, 2021

• CNA

Patient of color looking out of hospital window

California nurses welcome signing of bill to tackle implicit bias in nursing education as step forward on racial health disparity

CNA welcomed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature enacting landmark legislation to require implicit bias education and training for nursing students and new graduates in California, an important step in addressing persistent racial disparities, particularly in health care.

California Nurses Association
October 4, 2021

President Joe Biden in front of "Build Back Better" background

Nurses praise President Biden’s leadership on Build Back Better agenda bill essential for improving lives of women workers and their families

NNU strongly endorsed efforts by President Biden, the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and the vast majority of the House and Senate Democratic caucuses to pass the reconciliation and infrastructure legislation in tandem.

National Nurses United
October 4, 2021

California Nurses Association with logo

Doctors Medical RNs picket Oct. 5 to protest unsafe staffing

RNs demand that the medical center step up its efforts to recruit and retain registered nurses.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 4, 2021

• CNA

Nurse with clipboard signing document

Nurses call on FTC to investigate hospital contracts that place onerous burden on new RN graduates

NNU is calling on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate exploitative employment contracts common in the hospital industry that impose harsh burdens on new registered nurse graduates.

National Nurses United
October 4, 2021

Group of Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital nurses inside hospital

Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital nurses demand safe staffing

Nurses say despite repeated appeals, the hospital is failing to provide much needed resources and staff, which jeopardizes patient care.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 2, 2021

CNA logo

Doctors Hospital of Manteca RNs vote by 94 percent to join CNA

When the ballots were counted today, a total of 121 RNs voted to join CNA, with just 8 votes for "no union."

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
September 30, 2021

• CNA