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About CNA

Founded in 1903, the California Nurses Association is a premiere organization of registered nurses and one of the nation’s fastest growing labor and professional organizations in the U.S. with more than 100,000 members in more than 200 facilities throughout California.

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CNA 101

Your guide to joining the RN movement. Learn more about our program, our history, and how we are organized.

CHEU

CHEU

The Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union is an independent union formed in 2001 by hospital employees to win strong union representation, better benefits, and improved conditions for employees and patients. It is an affiliate of CNA.

Press releases

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Hemet nurses condemn suspension of hospital’s obstetrics services

Registered nurses at Hemet Global Medical Center in Hemet, California, condemn the suspension of obstetrics services at the hospital.
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Chico nurses at Enloe Medical Center to hold informational picket for patient safety

RNs at Enloe Medical Center, in Chico, Calif. will hold an informational picket on August 28 to highlight their patient safety concerns, including recruitment and retention of experienced nurses, the need for job-related injury protections, and a commitment to natural disaster preparedness.
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Palomar Health registered nurses and caregivers to highlight patient safety concerns at Board of Directors meeting

Palomar Health registered nurses and caregivers will highlight their patient care concerns at the Board of Directors meeting Monday, Aug. 12. They will highlight how Palomar Health’s failure to recruit and retain health care workers is exacerbating the existing staffing crisis at Palomar’s facilities.
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Torrance nurses ratify new three-year contract by overwhelming majority

Registered nurses at Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center in Torrance, Calif., voted 89% yes to ratify a new three-year contract on Friday, Aug. 9. RNs won key measures to improve working conditions and patient care at their facility.
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Organize with the California Nurses Association to improve workplace standards through collective bargaining, reform national health care legislation, and make a difference for you and your patients.

Videos

2024 California Nurses Association lobby day

Hundreds of registered nurses rallied and marched in Sacramento, Calif. before meeting with legislators about nurses’ key issues and priority legislation.

Safe Staffing Ratios Protect Patient and Nurses

Safe RN ratios have been proven to improve the quality of care and nurse recruitment and retention in California hospitals, yet understaffing is a major issue RNs struggle with every day. Together, we can change that.

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National Nurse Magazine

National Nurse magazine April-May-June issue cover

Software don’t care: RNs challenge A.I. and other technology, know nursing judgment is best

Palm Springs nurses fight for hospital’s future

Desert Regional Medical Center RNs sound the alarm at public forum

Hollister nurses vindicated by court ruling

Judge sides with RNs in rejecting hospital bankruptcy

UC RNs hold state public health department accountable

UC RNs from across the state rally in front of the California Department of Public Health

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Campaigns

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California Safe Staffing Ratios

A.B. 394, the CNA-sponsored safe staffing law, has multiple provisions designed to remedy unsafe staffing in acute-care facilities. California’s safe staffing standards are based on individual patient acuity, of which the RN ratios is the minimum.

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CalCare

The California Nurses Association is proud to sponsor Assembly Bill 1400, the California Guaranteed Health Care for All Act (CalCare), which would guarantee comprehensive, high-quality health care to all California residents as a human right.

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Supported California Legislation

CNA is committed to building a broad movement for transformative social change and confronting the powerful interests that dominate our economic and political system. Learn more about our supported and sponsored California legislation.