CNA press releases

Kindred San Gabriel nurses and caregivers: hospital industry attack on safe staffing puts lives of patients, nurses, workers at risk

Registered nurses and caregivers at Kindred San Gabriel Hospital will hold a press conference, tomorrow, Feb. 10 to protest the unsafe staffing conditions at the hospital.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United/Caregivers & Healthcare Employees Union

February 9, 2021

Nurses to deliver petition calling for firing of Chief Nursing Officer Belva Snyder

Registered nurses at San Joaquin General Hospital in French Camp will deliver a petition to the hospital’s CEO David Culberson and the San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors tomorrow, calling for the termination of Chief Nursing Officer Belva Snyder.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

February 8, 2021

California nurses declare victory as state tells hospitals all waivers of safe staffing standards expire by Feb. 8

Today, more than 100,000 RN members of the California Nurses Association declared victory when the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced it will not approve for hospitals any new expedited waivers of the state’s landmark safe staffing ratios and all existing waivers end by Feb. 8.

California Nurses Association

February 1, 2021

RNs, EMS leader to update campaign to stop closure of Olympia Medical Center

Registered nurses from Olympia Medical Center and UCLA, a Los Angeles Emergency Medical Services leader, and other invited prominent speakers will hold a virtual press conference on Wednesday to update the campaign to stop the calamitous closure of Olympia amidst a still-raging pandemic.

California Nurses Association

February 1, 2021

Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Commission Calls for Six-Month Delay in Olympia Medical Center Closure

“Given that we are in a historic public health emergency,” the Los Angeles County Emergency Services Commission (EMS) Wednesday recommended the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors call for a six-month delay in the closure of Olympia Medical Center.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

January 27, 2021

Los Angeles County public hearing Wednesday—Emergency Services Commission Amid pandemic, nurses to urge LA County to press Alecto, UCLA to keep Olympia Medical Center open

At a public hearing by the Los Angeles County Emergency Services Commission Wednesday morning, registered nurses will call on Los Angeles County officials to step up pressure on Alecto Health Services and UCLA Health to keep Olympia Medical Center open at least for the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

January 26, 2021

UC San Diego Nurses demand safe staffing to save lives

Registered nurses at UCSD will hold a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 27 to call on the University of California (UC) to staff for safe patient care and stop elective surgeries.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United

January 26, 2021

Nurses say lifting CA stay home orders puts patients, nurses, health care workers at risk

The California Nurses Association condemned the news this morning that the state’s mandatory stay at home order would be lifted, with counties moving back into the color-coded, tiered reopening system.

California Nurses Association

January 25, 2021

RNs to hold a virtual press conference as they vow to fight hospital chain Alecto’s announced closure of Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles

Registered nurses at Olympia Medical Center will hold a press conference to alert the public to their fight against Alecto Healthcare Services’ intention to close their hospital as Los Angeles health care workers struggle to provide patient care and health officials report zero ICU capacity in the county.

California Nurses Association

January 16, 2021

Nurses Welcome LA County Call to Delay Closure of Olympia Medical Center, RNs Urge UCLA Health to Act

The California Nurses Association today welcomed a request by Los Angeles County’s Emergency Medical Services Agency to operators of Olympia Medical Center (OMC) to delay the hospital closure “for a minimum of six months.”

California Nurses Association

January 14, 2021