Health care workers in California have some of the strongest unions in the country, but that does not exempt them from a national crisis. Reed reports that some of her coworkers were performing 12-hour shifts 10 days in a row.
Kimberley Reed is a nurse in the post-op cardiovascular ICU unit at Stanford Hospital and is a representative in the independent union of registered nurses at the Stanford and Packard Hospitals, the Committee for Recognition of Nursing Achievement. Working in a fast-paced, high stakes environment, where sick people rely on you for their recovery and every move counts — all while on your feet — is not everyone’s idea of a dream workplace.
“Those patients come out extremely sick, bleeding, requiring tons of interventions, medications and fluids. I fight for them the same way I would fight for my family,” she said. “But when I come back two days later and see them sitting up in a chair, that’s how I know I’m doing what I was supposed to. That’s a great day at work.”
The union is focusing on nurse’s well-being for this round of bargaining: Demands include mental health support, workplace violence prevention, stay-on bonuses and a no-cost medical plan. These proposals are CRONA’s response to a critical trend rising in healthcare workers — below the waves of sickness during the pandemic, burnout has been a riptide moving through the staff of hospitals.
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