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Tell Kaiser >> Don't leave patients home all alone!

Kaiser nurses condemn new “Home All Alone” patient-dumping scheme designed to maximize profits by sacrificing safe patient care

Kaiser registered nurses will hold informational pickets on Wednesday, Nov. 10 to warn the public against Kaiser’s unsafe, new “Home All Alone” patient-dumping scheme that sends patients in need of hospitalization back home.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 8, 2021

• CNA

Large group of Palomar nurses inside the hospital

Palomar Health nurses and caregivers hold virtual town hall urging focus on patients over profits

Registered nurses and caregivers will hold a virtual town hall on Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. to discuss how Northern San Diego County can save Palomar Health.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
November 8, 2021

• CNA, • CHEU

Older woman sits on side of bed with head down

National Nurses United condemns industry plans to maximize profit by sending patients home all alone, replacing 24/7 hands-on nursing care with technology

Kaiser’s program example of massive industry drive to eliminate hospitals and nurses, endangering patients by depriving them of real nursing care.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
November 4, 2021

• CNA, • NNU

Masked nurse outside holds signs "Protect Nurses, Patients, Public Health"

Nurses urge that OSHA adopts permanent Covid-19 and infectious disease protections for health care workers

NNU today urged the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to adopt a permanent OSHA standard on Covid-19 in health care workplaces, building on the emergency temporary standard adopted last June.

National Nurses United
November 3, 2021

• NNU

CNA logo

Nurses in San Gabriel Valley and Whittier to hold informational picket to protest working conditions and remember those lost to Covid on Dia de los Muertos

Registered nurses and health care worker will hold an informational picket on Monday, Nov. 1, to protest unsafe working conditions and to remember those lost to Covid.

California Nurses Association/Caregivers and Healthcare Employees Union
October 29, 2021

• CNA, • CHEU

Nurses outside Community First Medical Center hold signs calling for safety

Registered nurses at Community First Medical Center reach tentative agreement

Registered nurses at Community First Medical Center in Chicago are proud to have reached a tentative agreement on their first union contract.

National Nurses Organizing Committee/National Nurses United
October 26, 2021

• NNOC

Large groups of nurses inside hospital

UC Irvine Medical Center nurses to hold virtual press conference to demand UC provide safe staffing and stronger workplace protections

On Wednesday, Oct. 27, registered nurses from UC Irvine Medical Center will hold a virtual press conference to demand the university address critical, ongoing staffing and patient safety issues highlighted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 26, 2021

Nurse in sunglasses wearing mask "Save lives"

RNs at HCA’s Regional Medical Center of San Jose demand hospital adhere to California safe-staffing laws

Registered nurses at HCA’s Regional Medical Center of San Jose, will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, Oct. 26 to demand safe patient staffing and the adherence to the state-mandated nurse-to-patient laws.

California Nurses Association/National Nurses United
October 25, 2021

Nurse prepparing child for vaccine

National Nurses United applauds White House plans to roll out Covid vaccine doses for ages 5 to 11

NNU applauded an announcement by the White House of plans to distribute Covid-19 vaccine doses to 28 million children aged 5 to 11.

National Nurses United
October 22, 2021

Salt Lake City capitol

Nurses ask FTC to investigate sale of Salt Lake hospitals they say could lead to higher prices and adversely impact quality of care

In a letter to the FTC, NNU urged it to investigate the proposed sale of five Salt Lake-area hospitals to HCA Health which could create monopoly conditions that result in higher prices and a decline in the quality of care for residents.

National Nurses United
October 21, 2021