To highlight the lack of transparency regarding the hospital’s supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) and management’s lack of answers regarding staffing plans should a surge of infected COVID-19 patients occur, registered nurses at CPMC Van Ness Campus, part of Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center, are holding an action and media availability during their shift change at 2:00 p.m., April 24 to describe current conditions and the need for more N95 respirators and other protective gear required to safely treat COVID-19 patients, announced California Nurses Association/National Nurses United, the nation’s largest and fastest-growing nurses’ union representing 150,000 registered nurses across the country.

• Who: Yasmin Bishr, RN; Amy Erb, 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: Sutter Health’s CPMC, Van Ness Campus (post entrance): 1101 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94109
• When: Friday, April 24 at 2:00 p.m.

If you are interested in sending a camera crew to the press conference or in learning more about the situation at CPMC, registered nurses will be available for the press.