Registered nurses from UC Davis Medical Center will hold a rally to demand safe staffing and alert the public to patient safety concerns on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
“As nurses dedicated to our patients, we have worked hard to provide the best care even as we fought for appropriate personal protective equipment, safe staffing levels, and watched our patients and our co-workers become ill with Covid,” said Jenny Managhebi, a registered nurse.
“Instead of honoring our service, UCDMC has been denying nurses Covid-related administrative leave for many months. UC promised the nurses this leave but has repeatedly failed to make good on that promise. We are exhausted. Our families need us now more than ever. As health care providers, we understand that we can only give the best care to our patients, when we can care for ourselves.”