When 34-year-old Brittney went into labor on April 7, she faced a tough decision: take a required random drug test, or go to the hospital and jeopardize her nursing career. Brittney (a pseudonym) was on probation in the California Board of Registered Nurses’ (BRN) Enforcement Program for a previous driving under the influence (DUI) offense—and…
Queensland Nurses Opting Out of CCP Virus Vaccinations: Union Survey
A Queensland nurses union has revealed strong hesitancy among the “overwhelming majority” of its members towards mandatory immunisation against the CCP virus, given the shorter trial times and higher unknowns for the newer RNA vaccines compared to standard vaccines. Chief Health Officer Jeanette Young, on March 31, made it mandatory for Queensland nurses working with COVID-19 patients to…
Hospital Employees Gather Across California to Protest Bonus Pay Disappointment
March 24, 2021
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Healthcare workers—unhappy with the lack of compensation for their sacrifices during the ongoing pandemic—gathered in Anaheim March 24 to protest Kaiser Permanente’s lower-than-expected annual performance payouts. The rally was among 29 held at Kaiser Permanente facilities statewide. Members of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West said the bonus pay they received was 15 percent…
Nurses Protest Working Conditions at Orange County Hospitals Amid Pandemic
Registered nurses from four different Orange County, California, hospitals protested Dec. 23 against declining hospital safety conditions resulting from an increase of COVID-19-infected patients. Dozens of nurses attended the scheduled protests, which started at 6 a.m. and lasted approximately two and a half hours. They were held simultaneously in front of the Chapman Global Medical…
Orange County’s MemorialCare Hospitals Welcome COVID-19 Vaccine
Vials of the COVID-19 vaccine have begun distribution throughout Orange County’s MemorialCare health care system, giving hope to COVID-19 frontline workers. “This vaccine is the light at the end of the tunnel for all of us,” Dr. Hubert Wong, Orange Coast Medical Center’s first doctor to receive the vaccine, said in a press release. “I…
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