As weary health care workers across California enter the 19th month of the pandemic, thousands are walking off the job and onto the picket line, demanding more staffing. The strikes and rallies threaten to cripple hospital operations that have been inundated by the COVID-19 Delta surge as well as patients seeking long-delayed care. More than […]
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Nurses Picket for Staffing, Increased Aid Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, T-S reports
Local nurses and supporters held an information picket today on Harrison Avenue by St. Joseph Hospital, part of a nationwide effort to call for increased staffing and federal funding amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Times-Standard reports. Read the full story here.
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More Than Half of California Nursing Homes — Including Humboldt’s — Balk at Stricter Staffing Rules
More than half of California’s nursing homes, including four in Humboldt County, are asking to be exempted from new state regulations that would require them to spend more time directly caring for their patients. The state’s new staffing requirements for nursing homes, quietly passed in last year’s budget bill, seem universally unpopular. Patient advocates say […]
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St. Joseph Nurses Decry Operating Room Staffing, Hospital Pledges ‘Comprehensive Plan’
The California Nurses Association issued a statement this morning indicating that nurses in St. Joseph Hospital’s operating room worked their Friday shifts while formally objecting to what they deem “unsafe staffing” conditions that included a nurse working a 15-hour shift. According to the association, nurses worked Friday in the operating room under an “assignment Despite […]