To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton are holding an action and media availability at 7:45 p.m., April 15 during their shift change to describe current conditions and the need for more N95 respirators and other protective gear required to safely treat COVID-19 patients, announced the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing nurses’ union representing 150,000 registered nurses across the country.

Who: Samantha Tsuda, RN; Desiree Patterson, RN; Tracy Petschul, RN; and other registered nurses and members of California Nurses Association/National Nurses United 
What: Action and RN media availability to speak out against lack of PPE and other protections for frontline health care workers
Where: St. Joseph’s Medical Center: 1800 N. California St., Stockton, CA 95204
(Front circle of the hospital; at cross streets Maple Ave. and California St.)
When: Wednesday, April 15 at 7:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.