A scheduled three-day nurse strike started in Santa Clara County on Tuesday.
The strike is the first ever for the Registered Nurses Professional Association . The nurses said they are underpaid, understaffed, and being asked to float between hospitals.There are about 3,700 nurses in this union and many of them took to the picket lines on Tuesday. But county officials said while there was honking and chanting outside, it was business as usual inside.Santa Clara County nurses say they need to be heard.
While some appointments were converted to video visits, and some elective procedures were postponed, the trauma center and emergency department are open."Inside the hospital, it really feels and looks and seems as though business as usual. The patients are getting the care they need. The staff here who have come to work seem very pleasant," said Jennifer Tong, MD, the chief experience officer for Santa Clara Valley Healthcare.Patients gave mixed reviews.
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