The State Safe Schools for All plan, California’s framework to expand the number of schools resuming in-person instruction, was released on Dec. 30 by Governor Gavin Newsom. According to the governor’s office, the plan is “Informed by growing evidence of the decreased risks and increased benefits of in-person instruction.” The plan was developed in partnership with the Legislature, and the governor’s adjustment…
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Methodist Hospital Faces ‘Severe Shortage of Available Nurses’
By Terry Miller On Saturday, socially distanced union representatives and exhausted nurses protested the patient-to-staffing ratio during the pandemic at Methodist Hospital of Southern California. Registered nurses held the silent event to oppose the hospital’s use of a state waiver to circumvent nurse-to-patient safe staffing standards. In December, the state allowed hospitals to adjust nurse-to-patient…