providence-st-joseph-burbank 17 years. 31 years. Both nurses said they wouldn't recommend it. Gity works in the PACU. Thomas is a cardiac cath lab nurse. Together they have 48 years of experience at Providence Saint Joseph Hospital in Burbank. On Monday, they were on the picket line for the first time in their careers. This isn't a strike about money alone. By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read
kaiser-permanente She's been a Kaiser nurse for over 10 years. Now she's striking for the next generation—and her savings only have a week and a half left. On one of the stormiest Mondays Southern California has seen this season, I drove through flooded streets to meet, Vicky Navarro MSN, RN, a Kaiser nurse who has spent 25 years at the bedside. Flash flood warnings. Ankle-deep water. She still showed up to the picket line. Two years ago, By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read
Kaiser Permanente Riverside Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) Nurses on the picket lines with their handmade picket signs. kaiser-permanente 31,000 Kaiser Nurses Were on Strike. Here's What They Told Me. UPDATED FEBRUARY 26th, 2026 By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read
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
Health Articles The Military Protocol That Could Save Nursing The U.S. military figured out how to stop combat stress before it turns into PTSD. Three hospitals quietly adapted the same protocol for nurses—and the results suggest it could change the future of healthcare itself. The timing couldn't be more urgent. Last year alone, 138,000 By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 7 min read
Health Articles Nurses Week 2025 : A Local Hospital Celebrates Nurses This video was originally captured on May 8th, 2025, at the Chino Valley Medical Center parking lot. Nurses Interviewed (Last Names omitted for privacy) Joshua RN - Med-Surge Telemetry Nicole RN - ICU/Cardiac Cath Lab Director Captured and produced by Eric Aguila RN Production Assistance by Janice RN By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read
Image created using the latest GPT. Health Articles The Home Health Caseload Crisis: When Politics Trump Patient Safety A damning look at how arbitrary staffing ratios and workplace favoritism are putting vulnerable patients at risk We fought tooth and nail for ICU nurse-to-patient ratios because we knew that one overwhelmed nurse couldn't safely monitor two critical patients, let alone three or four. The evidence was clear: By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 6 min read
Image created using the latest GPT model. geriatrics Do You Suck or Blow? Rethinking Incentive Spirometry Editor’s note: This article was originally published by the MedReport Foundation on June 27, 2025. As nurses, we've all been there, entering a patient's room during rounds, glancing at the bedside table, and spotting that familiar plastic breathing device sitting there in all its glory. By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 8 min read
