CNA press releases

St. Mary’s Medical Center Nurses to Hold PPE Donation Drive and Demand Protections When Treating Patients with COVID-19

To demand the same COVID-19 staff levels as other Bay Area hospitals and to protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at St. Mary’s Medical Center will hold an action, PPE donation drive, and media availability at 12 p.m., April 22...

California Nurses Association

April 21, 2020

University of California, Irvine Nurses to Hold Candlelight Vigil at Shift Change to Honor the Health Care Workers Who Have Been Exposed to and Contracted COVID-19 and to Demand Protections When Treating COVID-19 Patients

Orange, CA – To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at the Uni

California Nurses Association

April 20, 2020

Providence Saint John’s Nurses and Community Supporters Will Hold Solidarity Caravan to Demand Return of 10 Suspended RNs

Santa Monica, CA – Providence Saint John’s Nurses along with community supporters will hold a solidarity caravan at noon,&nbs

California Nurses Association

April 20, 2020

San Mateo Medical Center RNs to Hold Action to Demand Protections When Treating Patients with COVID-19

Nurses to demand personal protective equipment (PPE) for nurses at hospitals across the region, insist on safe staffing, and assert that the County not deny workers’&n

California Nurses Association

April 20, 2020

Nurses Applaud Introduction of Emergency COVID-19 Bill to Protect RNs, First Responders, and Health Care Workers

In response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, California Nurses Association (CNA) is pleased to cosponsor Assembly Bill 664 (Cooper) to protect California’s nurses, firefighters, police officers, and health care workers by providing presumptive eligibility for workers’ compensation during a state of emergency.

California Nurses Association

April 17, 2020

John Muir Health, Concord Medical Center Nurses to Hold Action at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19

Concord, CA – To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline healthcare workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at John Muir&nb

California Nurses Association

April 16, 2020

Queen of the Valley Medical Center Nurses to Join Providence-St. Joseph Health System Nurses Across the State in Demanding Equal Protection When Treating Patients With COVID-19

Napa, CA – Registered nurses at Queen of the Valley Medical Center, part of the St. Joseph Health system, will join other Providence-St.

California Nurses Association

April 16, 2020

Arroyo Grande Community Hospital Nurses to Hold Candlelight Vigil to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19 and Honor Infected Health Care Workers and Those Who Have Died From COVID-19

Arroyo Grande, CA – To honor health care workers who have been infected with and those who have died from COVID-19 and to protest the lack o

California Nurses Association

April 15, 2020

University of California, San Francisco Medical Center Nurses and University of California Unions to Hold a Press Conference to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19

San Francisco, CA – To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) and demand safe staffing for frontline health care workers during this COVID

California Nurses Association

April 15, 2020

Ronald Reagan University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center Nurses to Hold a Drive-a-Thon at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE), the decontamination of N-95 respirators with ultraviolet germicidal irradiation, and to demand safe staffing and full employment for fron

California Nurses Association

April 15, 2020