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Nurses holding signs outside Enloe Medical Center

Enloe Medical Center Nurses to Hold Candlelight Vigil at Shift Change to Demand Protections When Treating Patients With COVID-19

To highlight the lack of transparency regarding the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE), management’s refusal to meet and discuss the hospital’s staffing plan should a surge in infected COVID-19 patients occur, and to describe current conditions and the need for more N95 respirators and other protective gear required to safely treat COVID-19 patients, registered nurses at Enloe Medical Center are holding a candlelight vigil and media availability at 8:00 p.m., April 22nd...

California Nurses Association
April 21, 2020

Nurses demanding PPE

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

nurses holding signs

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

nurse holding sign

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

Nurses protest lack of PPE

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

Workers with signs

Nurses to Protest at White House to Demand OSHA Standard and Mass Production of Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers

Registered Nurses will be holding a protest in front of the White House on Tuesday, April 21 to call attention to the tens of thousands of health care workers nationwide who have become i

National Nurses United
April 20, 2020

Protect health care workers sign

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

Nurses outside facility holding action

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

nurses holding signs

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

VA Nurses at action

Atlanta VA Medical Center Nurses to Hold Action to Demand Protections When Treating Patients with COVID-19

To protest the lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline health care workers during this COVID-19 pandemic, registered nurses at Atlanta VA Medical Center are holding an action and

National Nurses Organizing Committee
April 16, 2020

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