Nurses call for end to COVID-era practices at UCLA hospitals, like ER beds in hallways and doubled-up rooms.
Placing ER patient beds in hallways and squeezing two patients into rooms designed for one were common practices during the pandemic, but now that the COVID-19 State of Emergency has ended so too should these practices, say some UCLA nurses.
The protesting nurses say that the continuing overflow practices are compromising patient care and safe working conditions. They say they would rather see the UCLA hospitals create capacity by reducing the number of elective surgeries, than by continuing to place two patients in rooms designed for one.
“UCLA Health carefully tracks bed availability, patient discharges, planned procedures, supplies, and other data around the clock to inform strategic decisions about staffing, use of overflow areas and use of a limited number of shared patient rooms when necessary to accommodate high volumes of patients seeking care,” a hospital spokesperson said.
Registered nurses rally to protest hospital overcrowding at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, on the sidewalk outside the emergency room Wednesday, Mar 1, 2023. They demand that management end the unsafe practice of placing ER patients in hallway beds and squeezing two patients into single-occupancy rooms, says California Nurses Association/National Nurses United . Nurses claim eroding patient care conditions and lack of patient privacy and dignity.
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