Would you encourage your child to become a nurse? We asked picket line nurses.

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Providence is putting profit over patients and their nurses are done staying silent.

17 years as a nurse. Gity has seen it all, and what she's seeing now at Providence St. Joseph's has her standing on the picket line. Contract negotiations revealed what leadership really thinks of their nurses: takeaways. Less support. More demands. No breaks. No bathroom. Just

By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read

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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

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Thousands of documented missed breaks: Why Keck USC Nurses Are Fighting for Patient Safety

When USC forced all nursing staff into its own healthcare system, it wasn't just a benefits change. Nurses who spent years providing care now pay eight to twelve thousand dollars annually for coverage that doesn't work. For some, like the single moms on staff, that'

By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read

seiu121rn

Providence is putting profit over patients and their nurses are done staying silent.

17 years as a nurse. Gity has seen it all, and what she's seeing now at Providence St. Joseph's has her standing on the picket line. Contract negotiations revealed what leadership really thinks of their nurses: takeaways. Less support. More demands. No breaks. No bathroom. Just

By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read

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

nurse-strike

Thousands of documented missed breaks: Why Keck USC Nurses Are Fighting for Patient Safety

When USC forced all nursing staff into its own healthcare system, it wasn't just a benefits change. Nurses who spent years providing care now pay eight to twelve thousand dollars annually for coverage that doesn't work. For some, like the single moms on staff, that'

By Eric Aguila BSN, RN GERO-BC • 1 min read

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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

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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

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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