'We are seeing that burnout is getting worse and worse among our colleagues. People are quitting. They can't keep up with the workload...Kaiser is emphasizing numbers of patients to be seen over quality of care,' said Antonia Rodarte, a licensed marriage and family therapist for Kaiser.
Monday over increased workloads and staffing shortages that their union said have created a "substandard" system of care.
Picket lines went up outside Kaiser facilities in Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and San Diego counties. Natalie Espinoza, a psychiatric counselor, said Kaiser facilities in Southern California are "understaffed and overworked." She said she sees up to 10 patients a day, routinely works through lunch and rarely has time to keep up with her documentation and other required paperwork.Kaiser called the walkout "entirely unnecessary" and said the union is demanding more money for therapists to spend less time seeing patients.
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