A three-day strike by nurses and other health care workers began Wednesday morning with picketing at three Sharp HealthCare locations in San Diego County. The strike involves 5, 700 registered nurses and 127 health care professionals, comprising pharmacists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, medical social workers, registered dietitians and speech-language pathologists. They went on strike Wednesday at 7 a. m. at the Grossmont, Chula Vista and Kearny Mesa facilities and plan to remain on strike until 7 a. m. Saturday. Nurses with Sharp Professional Nurses Network, an affiliate of United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals, say Sharp executives “have repeatedly dismissed proposals to fix staffing, protect patients, and retain experienced caregivers across the Sharp HealthCare system.” But Susan Stone, Sharp’s senior vice president, Health System Operations and System Chief Nursing Executive, said the strike is not about patient safety or nurse staffing levels. “Sharp provides exceptional patient care and regularly receives national recognition for clinical excellence and safety, thanks to the extraordinary work of our care teams,” Stone said. “Sharp does not have nurse staffing issues. Not only do we comply with mandated staffing ratios, our nurse vacancy and turnover rates are far better than national benchmarks. “The care of our community remains our top priority. We remain dedicated, as always, to continuously providing safe, high-quality health care to the San Diego community.” Andrea Muir, medical-surgical telemetry nurse and president of the Sharp Professional Nurses Network, said the nurses are speaking out “because we’re being stretched too thin and treated as if our own health doesn’t matter. When we come to work sick or exhausted because the company’s sick policy discourages us from taking the time we need to recover, it’s not just unfair, it’s unsafe.”.
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Sharp HealthCare nurses begin 3-day strike at multiple facilities
