Watsonville nurses ask for answers with second demonstration this month [Santa Cruz Sentinel, Calif.]
Dec. 30 WATSONVILLE California Nurses Association organizers Roseann Farris and Quiché Rubalcava were encouraged by the reaction to the first action at Watsonville Community HospitalDec. 16 to protest the idea of reducing the nurse-to-patient care ratio.
In fact, many incoming, current and outgoing Watsonville City Council members showed up in support and promised to consider a second safe staffing resolution at their first meeting of 2021 (Jan. 12). But as Farris, Rubalcava and their coworkers have learned that the hospital has elected to apply for a waiver that waived the long-established nurse-to-patient ratio, they decided Jan. 12 was not soon enough.