RNs Urge Management to Invest in RN Staff and Patient Care

Registered nurses at Tenet hospitals in Arizona, California, and Florida will hold one-day strikes on Sept. 20, urging management to invest in nursing staff to ensure optimal patient care at their facilities. The strikes planned in Arizona will be the first ever held by registered nurses in that state, and the Florida strikes mark a first for hospital-based RNs in that state.

Over 448,000 people hold active RN licenses in the states of Arizona, California, Florida and Texas and are not working as nurses, according to the National Nursing Database, the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Arizona State Board of Nursing and California Board of Registered Nursing. Some of these people are retired or unemployed while others are choosing not to work in the field.

“We believe that more nurses in these states with active RN licenses would return to work at the hospital bedside if there were staffing and other working conditions that supported their providing optimal care to patients,” said Janice Ames, one of over 6500 RNs who work at the Tenet hospitals going out on strike in Florida, Arizona and California. “With this strike action we are expressing our unity and commitment to win conditions that support this goal.”

Strike locations and schedules:

Arizona

Tucson: St. Joseph’s Hospital, 9/20, 7:00 a.m. to 9/21, 6:59 a.m. Rally 9/20 at 10:00 a.m.
350 N. Wilmot Road, Tucson, Ariz.
Contact: Sara Castle, 520-272-9011

Tucson: St. Mary’s Hospital, 9/20, 7:00 a.m. to 9/21, 6:59 a.m. Rally 9/20 at 10:00 a.m.
W. St. Mary’s Road, Tucson, Ariz.
Contact: Sara Castle, 520-272-9011

Florida

Hialeah: Palmetto General Hospital, 9/20, 7:00 a.m. to 9/21, 6:59 a.m.
Rally 9/20 at 12:00 p.m.
2001 W. 68th Street, Hialeah
Contact: Moody Duff, 813-579-7801

Lauderdale Lakes: Florida Medical Center, 9/20, 7:00 a.m. to 9/21, 6:59 a.m.
Rally 9/20 at 12:00 p.m.
5000 West Oakland Park Blvd, Lauderdale Lakes
Contact: Moody Duff, 813-579-7801

California

Joshua Tree: Hi-Desert Medical Center, 9/20, 7:00 a.m. to 9/21, 6:59 a.m.
6601 White Feather Rd, Joshua Tree
Contact: Raquel Ruiz, 747-215-4243

Los Alamitos: Los Alamitos Medical Center, 9/20, 7:00 a.m. to 9/21, 6:59 a.m.
Rally 9/20, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
3751 Katella Ave., Los Alamitos
Contact: Erik Macatuno, 562-577-4668

Modesto: Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, 9/20, 7:00 a.m. to 9/21, 6:59 a.m.
Rally 9/20, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
1441 Florida Avenue, Modesto
Contact: Cheli Guzman, 510-457-5117

Palm Springs: Desert Regional Medical Center, 9/20, 7:00 a.m. to 9/21, 6:59 a.m.
Rally 9/20, 12:00 p.m.-1:00 p.m.
1150 North Indian Canyon Dr., Palm Springs
Contact: Raquel Ruiz, 747-215-4243

San Luis Obispo: Sierra Vista Regional Med Center, 9/20, 7:00 a.m. to 9/21, 6:59 a.m.
Rally 9/20, 11:00 a.m.- 12:00 p.m.
1010 Murray Avenue, San Luis Obispo
Contact: Tom Dunne, 510-219-9615

San Ramon: San Ramon Regional Medical Center, 9/20, 7:00 a.m. to 9/21, 6:59 a.m.
Rally 9/20, 12:00 p.m.-12:45 p.m.
6001 Norris Canyon Rd, San Ramon
Contact: Becka Beatty, 408-802-4668

Templeton: Twin Cities Community Hospital, 9/20, 7:00 a.m. to 9/21, 6:59 a.m.
1100 Las Tablas Rd, Templeton
Contact: Tom Dunne, 510-219-9615

Turlock: Emanuel Medical Center, 9/20, 6:45 a.m. to 9/21, 6:44 a.m.
Rally 9/20, 11:00 a.m.-11:45 a.m.
825 Delbon Ave, Turlock
Contact: Cheli Guzman, 510-457-5117

Texas: El Paso Nurses will hand out leaflets and conduct public outreach for optimal patient care at two Tenet hospitals in El Paso on Friday, 9/20, 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Providence Memorial Hospital, 2001 North Oregon
Sierra Medical Center, 1625 Medical Center Drive
Contact: Natasha Acevedo, 915-301-2461.