This seems to be the norm for all the hospital I work.
(I am an agency aide/nursing student.) they do try
their best to get us to atleast lunch. It just those
darn lights, docs, med passes, etc won't wait for us
to take a break.

Peggy
Denver, CO
--- Ken Steinberg <llpn@...> wrote:
>
>
>
> Workers at San Diego's Children's Hospital Take
> Legal Action
> Denouncing Labor Violations
> Notice to CA Dept. of Labor Standards Enforcement
> Seeks Remedy for
> Workers Forced to Work Through Meal and Rest
> Periods; Workers Say This
> Unlawful Practice Is Compromising Quality of Care
> SAN DIEGO -
> PRNewswire - March 8
>
> SAN DIEGO, March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Healthcare
> workers at San Diego's
> Children Hospital and Health Center (CHHC) today
> filed documents
> notifying the California Department of Labor
> Standards Enforcement of
> the hospital's failure to provide many employees
> with meal and rest
> periods as required by law. Workers say these
> unlawful conditions are
> jeopardizing patient care services.
>
> Molly Thalheimer, a Business Associate responsible
> for transcribing
> doctors' patient care orders, says a shortage of
> staff is often the
> reason some employees work long shifts without
> relief. "In my
> department we are understaffed by at least two
> employees ... It is up
> to us to find coverage for lunches, breaks or when
> someone is out sick
> ... Management just says, 'do the best you can.' We
> are often rushing
> from patient to patient and we get backlogged. I'm
> concerned that some
> patients' orders don't get done in a timely manner."
>
> Workers at CHHC represented by the Service Employees
> International
> Union (SEIU) have been attempting to address these
> concerns through
> contract negotiations since September of last year.
> However, talks
> have stalled on key issues including the creation of
> a Patient Care
> Committee that would give caregivers a voice on
> staffing, workload and
> other issues affecting patient care and services.
>
> Contact:
>
> Blanca Gallegos 323-201-2225
> SEIU
>
> Web site: http://www.seiu-uhw.org/
>
>
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> News Copyright © 2005 Interest!ALERT All rights
> reserved.
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