Nurses picketed the facility early Friday to get their message out.
Jennifer Huynh is confident in her role as an ER nurse atBut that confidence is stretched thin when she’s forced to provide longer-term care for patients because of chronic understaffing.
Nurses are also calling for increased security at the medical center. One nurse said a patient hit her in the face with a cell phone, knocking her to the ground. Armed with whistles and picket signs, nurses chanted “What’s this about? Patient care!” as they circled back and forth in front of the building.The hospital’s 350 nurses are represented byThe medical center is owned by, which operates nine California healthcare facilities, including five in the Los Angeles area.
“I was hit in the face with a patient’s cell phone,” said Smith, who has been a registered nurse at the facility for 35 years. “She hit me as hard as she could and knocked me to the ground. It was very traumatic, both physically and mentally.”“She was upset and wanted to go home, but we told her she couldn’t go until someone arrived to pick her up,” Smith said. “She got all hyped up and ran to the elevator and kicked a male nurse in the leg. Then she wanted to run in front of a moving car.
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