‘I just held his hand and we cried together.’ Nurse on comforting dying COVID patients MORE People attend a protest for nurses demanding more PPE, coronavirus testing, and staff, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in West Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 30, 2020. Photo by REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
Hospitalization rates for COVID-19 in California are reaching new record highs almost every day. Across Southern California, ICU capacity is essentially nonexistent, with state numbers showing the 11-county area as having no ICU beds available.
Hearing that jarring statistic is one thing, but living it is another. The pain, trauma, and rollercoaster of the pandemic has been the daily life of critical care nurse Erin McIntosh for months. As she and her colleagues tend to some of the sickest patients at Riverside Community Hospital in the Inland Empire, she says nurses around the country are being p
Nurses at two hospitals in the Valley region have called a 10-day strike from Dec. 24 to Jan. 3 to protest unfair labor practices.
The two facilities – Los Robles Regional Medical Center in Thousand Oaks and West Hills Hospital and Medical Center – are owned by Nashville-based Hospital Corporation of America, or HCA. Members of the Southern California Registered Nurse Union gave the company advanced notice to bring in temporary replacement staff in light of the pandemic, Service Employees International Union 121 said.
Negotiations will continue through the advance notice period, the union said, and a federal mediator will be brought on for the process.
HCA released a statement saying the strike threatens to seriously impact the overburdened healthcare system in Southern California, which is already at bed and ICU capacities due to the nursing shortage and COVID-19 surge. As a result of the union s decision to strike at this challenging time, our hospitals must limit their full scope of services in order to ensure nurses are available to care for patients with the highest needs, the statement reads.
In previous work stoppages at RCH, nurses have taken part in rotating pickets, with some still on the job, while others gather in front of the medical center. There was a walkout over the summer.
Village Health Partners Welcomes New Chief Operating Officer
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Village Health Partners appoints new Chief Operating Officer, Suzanne Phan, on December 1.
With her leadership skills and expertise, I am confident that she will be an asset to our organization and to the patients we serve. PLANO, Texas (PRWEB) December 16, 2020 Suzanne Phan was named the Chief Operating Officer of Village Health Partners December 1.
Suzanne comes to Village Health Partners with extensive leadership and operations experience in the healthcare field. She has recently served as Vice President of Operations and Co-Ethics and Compliance Officer at Hospital Corporation of America – Reston Hospital Center and Vice President of Administration at Nutrition Management Services Company.