Protest 17 Years in the ICU: Nurse Speaks Out on Unsafe Staffing, Offers Hope In the middle of chants and picket signs outside Long Beach Memorial, ICU nurse Arturo Carbajal cuts through the noise with a simple truth: this strike isn’t about wages. It’s about survival—for patients, and for the nurses who refuse to abandon them. After 17 years at the By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read
