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Family Members, Kaiser RNs Set Vigils For Infant who Died After Closure of Pediatric Care Unit

Registered nurses will hold two vigils Thursday to commemorate the life and memory of Jenevieve Dagatan on the first anniversary of her birth, five months after the infant died in April after being discharged following an initial visit to the emergency room at Kaiser Permanente’s Hayward hospital which had several months earlier closed its children’s services unit.

September 17, 2014

St. Joseph RN and Community Delegation to Deliver Petition to CEO Calling for End to Cuts that Harm

A delegation of St. Joseph Hospital of Orange registered nurses, local religious leaders, and community supporters will deliver a petition to CEO Steve Moreau today at 11:00 a.m., calling for the restoration of long standing employee benefits, including disability and retiree healthcare plans, that were recently cut.

California Nurses Association
September 15, 2014

Tri-City Medical Center RNs Sound Alarm on Emergency Department's Dangerous Conditions

Registered nurses at Tri-City Medical Center in Oceanside will hold a press conference on Monday to voice alarm over operations of the hospital's Emergency Department and call for immediate changes to the department's management.

California Nurses Association
September 15, 2014

Fallbrook Hospital RNs Say Closure of Labor and Delivery Puts Patients at Risk

The California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) called on Community Health Systems (CHS), the giant for-profit healthcare corporation based in Franklin, Tennessee that operates Fallbrook Hospital, to reinstate labor and delivery services, which were hastily suspended with little notice on September 3, 2014.

California Nurses Association
September 12, 2014

San Bernardino County Nurses To Picket Board of Supervisors Meeting Tuesday

San Bernardino County registered nurses from Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC), the county detention centers, juvenile halls, outpatient clinics, and public health programs will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, September 9, to call attention to what they view as unsafe conditions for their patients and a lack of response in negotiations by county officials.

September 8, 2014

Hemet Valley Medical Center RNs Ratify New Accord

Registered nurses at Hemet Valley Medical Center in Hemet, Ca. Thursday voted to ratify a new collective bargaining agreement with the hospital that they say will help efforts to retain experienced RNs and recruit new nurses at the Inland Valley hospital.

California Nurses Association
September 5, 2014

Nurses holding signs "Safe Lifgt Now" and "I'm a Patient Advocate"

RNs Hail New State Rules for Safe Patient Lifting

The California Nurses Association today enthusiastically welcomed new state regulations by the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to assure improved safety for patients, registered nurses, and other staff in lifting and other handling of hospitalized patients.

California Nurses Association
August 26, 2014

National Nurses United Director, RoseAnn DeMoro, Named to 100 Most Influential in Healthcare

On a list dominated by top executives of the hospital, insurance, pharmaceutical, and other healthcare industry corporations, National Nurses United Executive Director RoseAnn DeMoro has been named as one of the 100 most influential people in healthcare in the U.S, for the 13th year.

National Nurses United
August 25, 2014

RN-Backed Bills to Expand Healthcare Workers Coverage for MRSA and Improve Violence Prevention

Two major bills, one that expands compensation coverage to healthcare workers who contract the deadly MRSA virus, and another that would protect healthcare workers from workplace violence, won key approvals in the California legislature this week and now move to Governor Brown's desk for his signature.

California Nurses Association
August 22, 2014

CA RNs Call on Hospitals to Adhere to the Highest Standard of Safety in Suspected Ebola Case

CNA/NNU called today on federal, state, and county health agencies to adhere to the strictest guidelines in the handling of the first suspected Ebola virus case in the U.S. CNA/NNU pressed Kaiser Permanente S. Sacramento, where the patient is receiving care, for full transparency in the handling of the patient, including the number of shifts RNs and other healthcare workers have worked since Ebola was first suspected, as well as safe nurse staffing, and the availability of timely training, and education.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
August 21, 2014