RNs at Adventist Health Lodi Memorial to protest management’s failure to address nurse retention and recruitment

Registered nurses at Adventist Health Lodi Memorial in Lodi, Calif., will hold an informational picket on Wednesday, Oct. 23, to call attention to hospital management’s failure to address recruitment and retention of staff nurses and its impact on patient care, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United (CNA/NNU) today.

Nurses say Lodi administration refuses to address their concerns about nurse retention and recruitment, which are critical for patient safety. Scores of nurses have left Lodi since January 2024, putting increased strain on nurses’ ability to provide safe and therapeutic patient care. RNs are demanding that Lodi Memorial administration invest in the nurses who courageously took care of the community through the entirety of the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond.

The nurses voted to join CNA in March 2023 and have been in negotiations for a first contract since July 2023. 

“Patients are at the center of our shared mission,” said Stephanie Moraes, RN in the medical-surgical unit at Lodi Memorial. “Nurses are taking a stand and demanding that Lodi administration stop putting profits over the lives and safety of our patients and community.”

Who: Registered nurses at Adventist Health Lodi Memorial
What: Informational picket to demand safe staffing, retention of RNs
Where: Lodi Memorial Hospital, 975 Fairmont Ave., Lodi, CA 95240
When: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

“We have seen so many nurses leave for neighboring hospitals with powerful union contracts that retain nurses and have a strong voice in patient care,” said Moraes. “We call on Lodi’s administration to invest in the nurses who provide that excellent care here.”

CNA represents nearly 350 nurses at Adventist Health Lodi Memorial.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United is the largest and fastest-growing union and professional association of registered nurses in the nation with more than 100,000 members in more than 200 facilities throughout California and nearly 225,000 RNs nationwide.